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1.1	Statement from CEO	Message from Jim Skinner
1.2	Description of key impacts, risks, and opportunities	Introduction Message from Jim Skinner Nutrition and Well-Being Progress Sustainable Supply Chain Progress Environmental Responsibility Progress Employee Experience Progress Community Progress Nutrition and Well-Being Sustainable Supply Chain Environmental Responsibility Employee Experience Community Farm to Front Counter: Beef Farm to Front Counter: Potatoes Farm to Front Counter: Lettuce Nutrition & Well-Being Goals Sustainable Supply Chain Goals Environmental Responsibility Goals Employee Experience Goals Community Goals
2.1-2.9	Organizational Profile	McDonald's Annual Reports
2.10	Awards recieved during the reporting period	Employee Experience Energy Management Innovations Environmental Responsibility: Proper Disposal Green Building Green Teams
3.1-3.11	Report Parameters	Introduction Message from Jim Skinner Nutrition and Well-Being Progress Sustainable Supply Chain Progress Environmental Responsibility Progress Employee Experience Progress Community Progress
4.1	Governance Structure	Board Committees & Charters
4.2	Whether the Chair of the highest governance body is also an executive officer	Board of Directors
4.3	Number of members of the highest governance body that are independent	Board of Directors Standards on Director Independence
4.5	Linkage between compensation for members of the highest governance body, senior managers, and executives and the organization's performance	Ownership Guidelines Standards on Director Independence Director Selection Process
4.6	Process in place for the highest governance body to ensure conflicts of interest are avoided	Director Code of Conduct
4.7	Process for determining qualifications and expertise of members of the highest governance body for guiding the organization's strategy of economic, environmental, and social topics	Standards on Director Independence Director Selection Process
4.8	Internally developed statements of mission or values, code of conduct, and principles relevant to economic, environmental, and social performance	McDonald's Values Standards of Business Conduct Political Contributions Policy Sustainable Supply Chain Antibiotics Policy Code of Conduct for Suppliers Rainforest Protection Animal Welfare Guiding Principles Marketing Practices Sustainable Land Management Commitment Packaging Guidelines
4.9	Procedures of the highest governance body for overseeing the organization's identification and management of economic, environmental, and social performance	McDonald's Corporate Responsibility Committee Charter
4.10	Process for evaluating the highest governance body's own performance	Leadership in Development
4.12	Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to which the organization subscribes or endorses	Marketing Practices Sustainable Supply Chain Farm to Front Counter: Beef
4.13	Memberships in associations	Sustainable Supply Chain Farm to Front Counter NGO Collaborating for Success
4.14	Stakeholder groups engaged	Introduction NGO Collaborations Public Policy & Political Contributions Nutrition & Well-Being Sustainable Supply Chain Environmental Responsibility Where We Stand on Beef Product Safety Employee Welfare Animal Welfare Council Rainforest Protection Sustainable Fisheries Environmental Responsibility: Proper Disposal Green Building Green Teams Farm to Front Counter: Beef Farm to Front Counter: Potatoes Farm to Front Counter: Lettuce Sustainable Land Management Commitment Packaging Guidelines Best of Green
4.17	Key topics and concerns raised through stakeholder engagement and how organization has responded	Where We Stand on Beef Animal Welfare Council NGO Collaborations Nutrition & Well-Being Sustainable Supply Chain Environmental Responsibility Product Safety Rainforest Protection Farm to Front Counter: Beef Farm to Front Counter: Potatoes Farm to Front Counter: Lettuce Sustainable Land Management Commitment Best of Green
	Economic
	Disclosure of Management approach	Message from Jim Skinner McDonald's Values Annual Reports
	Goals and performance	Annual Reports
EC1	Direct economic value generated and distributed	Community Progress Snapshot
EC2	Financial implications and other risks and opportunities for the organization's activities due to climate change	Environmental Responsibility
	Environmental
	Disclosure of Management approach	Sustainable Supply Chain Environmental Responsibility Packaging and Waste Green Building Global Environmental Commitment Sustainable Land Management Commitment
	Goals and Performance	Sustainable Supply Chain Progress Environmental Responsibility Progress Sustainable Supply Chain Goals Environmental Responsibility Goals Sustainable Supply Chain Where We Stand on Beef Sustainable Fisheries Environmental Responsibility Packaging and Waste Green Teams
	Policy	Global Environmental Commitment Rainforest Protection Sustainable Land Management Commitment
	Training and Awareness	Best of Green
	Organizational Responsibilty	Sustainable Supply Chain Sustainable Land Management Commitment
	Monitoring and follow-up	Sustainable Supply Chain Progress Environmental Responsibility Progress Sustainable Fisheries Packaging and Waste Sustainable Land Management Commitment Environmental Responsibility Farm to Front Counter: Beef Farm to Front Counter: Potatoes Farm to Front Counter: Lettuce Sustainable Supply Chain Goals Environmental Responsibility Goals
	Additional contextual information	Coffee Where We Stand on Beef Marketing Practices Green Building Best of Green
EN1	Materials used by weight or volume	Sustainable Supply Chain Progress Sustainable Land Management Commitment
EN2	Percentage of materials used that are recycled input materials	Sustainable Supply Chain Progress
EN3	Direct energy consumption by primary source	Environmental Responsibility Progress
EN5	Energy saved due to conservation and efficiency improvements	Best of Green Energy Management Innovations
EN13	Habitats protected or restored	Rainforest Protection Sustainable Land Management Commitment
EN14	Strategies, current actions, and future plans for managing impacts on biodiversity	Sustainable Supply Chain Progress Environmental Responsibility Progress Sustainable Land Management Commitment Coffee Sustainable Fisheries Sustainable Supply Chain Goals Environmental Responsibility Goals Rainforest Protection
EN16	Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight	Environmental Responsibility Progress
EN18	Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved	Environmental Responsibility Progress Energy Management Innovations Best of Green
EN26	Initiatives to mitigate environmental impacts of products and services and extent of impact mitigation	Sustainable Supply Chain Progress Environmental Responsibility Progress Where We Stand on Beef Coffee Sustainable Fisheries Energy Management Innovations Packaging and Waste Green Building Green Teams Environmental Responsibility Sustainable Land Management Commitment Sustainable Supply Chain Farm to Front Counter: Beef Farm to Front Counter: Potatoes Farm to Front Counter: Lettuce
	Labor Practices & Decent Work
	Disclosure on Management Approach	Message from Jim Skinner Standards of Business Conduct Employee Experience Inclusion & Diversity Employment Value Proposition Talent Management
	Goals and Performance	Employee Experience Progress Employee Experience Employee Experience Goals
	Policy	Standards of Business Conduct Employee Experience Employee Welfare Code of Conduct for Suppliers
	Training and Awareness	Inclusion & Diversity
	Monitoring and follow-up	Employee Welfare Employee Experience Progress Employee Experience Goals
LA1	Total Workforce by employment type	Annual Reports
LA3	Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees	Employment Value Proposition Employee Experience
LA11	Programs for skills management and lifelong learning	Employment Value Proposition Talent Management Employee Experience Employee Experience Progress
LA13	Composition of governance bodies and breakdown of employees per category according to gender	Employee Experience Progress
	Human Rights
	Disclosure of Management approach	Standards of Business Conduct Employee Welfare Sustainable Supply Chain
	Goals and Performance	Employee Experience Progress Sustainable Supply Chain Employee Welfare
	Policy	Standards of Business Conduct Code of Conduct for Suppliers Sustainable Supply Chain Employee Welfare
	Training and Awareness	Standards of Business Conduct Employee Welfare Inclusion & Diversity
	Monitoring and follow-up	Sustainable Supply Chain
	Society
	Disclosure on Management Appraoch	Standards of Business Conduct Public Policy and Political Contributions Policy McDonald's Values
	Policy	Standards of Business Conduct Political Contributions Policy
	Training and Awareness	Standards of Business Conduct
	Monitoring and follow-up	Standards of Business Conduct Corporate Public Policy and Political Contributions Policy
	Additional contextual information	Supplier Diversity
SO5	Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying	Corporate Political Contributions Policy
SO6	Total value of financial and in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians, and related institutions	Corporate Political Contributions Made in the U.S.
	Product Responsibility
	Disclosure on Management approach	Sustainable Supply Chain Product Safety Animal Welfare Nutrition & Well-Being Nutrition Information Marketing Practices Privacy Policy
	Goals and performance	Message from Jim Skinner Nutrition and Well-Being Progress Sustainable Supply Chain Progress Environmental Responsibility Progress Employee Experience Progress Community Progress Animal Welfare Sustainable Fisheries Sustainable Land Management Commitment Nutrition & Well-Being Nutrition & Well-Being Goals Sustainable Supply Chain Goals
	Policy	Product Safety Marketing Practices Nutrition & Well-Being Privacy Policy
	Monitoring and follow-up	Corporate Profile Nutrition and Well-Being Progress Sustainable Supply Chain Progress Environmental Responsibility Progress Employee Experience Progress Community Progress Product Safety Animal Welfare: Facility Audits
	Additional contextual information	Antibiotics Animal Cloning Nutrition & Well-Being
PR1	Lifecycle stages in which health and safety impacts of products are assessed for improvement and percentage of significant product categories subject to such procedures	Product Safety
PR3	Type of product information required by procedures and percentage of significant products subject to such requirements	Nutrition Information
PR5	Practices related to customer satisfaction	Corporate Profile
PR6	Programs for adherence to laws, standards, and voluntary codes related to marketing communications	Marketing Practices

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