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GRI is an international multi-stakeholder network-based organization. GRI provides a comprehensive sustainability reporting framework and consists of indicators and principles organizations can use to measure their environmental, social and economic performance.

As we further develop our Taking Care website, we will continue to expand the number of GRI performance areas we report on.

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2 Organizational Profile
2.1

Name of the organization: Consumers Energy Corporation
2.2 Primary brands, products, and/or services
Corporate Overview
CMS's 2012 10k (Item 1 - Business, pages 12-29)
2.3

Operational structure of the organization
Corporate Overview
CMS's 2012 10K (Item 1 - Business, pages 12-29)
2.4 Location of organization’s headquarters- Jackson, Michigan
Corporate Overview
2.5 Countries in which the company has operations - United States
2.6 Nature of ownership and legal form
Corporate Overview
CMS's 2012 10K (Item 1 - Business, page 12)
2.7 Markets served
Electric and Gas Service Territories
2.8 Scale of the reporting organization
CMS's 2012 10K (Item 1 - Business, pages 12-29)
2.9 Significant changes in size, structure, or ownership- there were no major changes in 2012
2.10 Awards received in the reporting period
Awards
4 Governance
4.1 Governance structure of the organization
Corporate Governance
4.2 Indicate whether the Chair of the Board is also an executive officer
Corporate Governance
4.3 Board independence
Corporate Governance Principles
4.4 Making recommendations to the Board
Corporate Governance
  Economic Performance Indicators (EC)
EC2 Financial implications, risks and opportunities of climate change
Climate Change
  Market Presence
EC6 Locally based suppliers spending
What Consumers Energy does for Michigan
  Availability and Reliability
EU6 Approach to ensure electricity availability and reliability
Balanced Energy Initiative
EU10 Planned capacity
Balanced Energy Initiative
  Demand-Side Management
EU7 Demand-side programs
Energy Efficiency
  Plant Decommissioning
EU9 Nuclear decommissioning – N/A
  Environmental Performance Indicators (EN)
  Energy
EN6 Initiatives to provide energy-efficient or renewable energy based products and services
Energy Efficiency 
Green Generation
  Biodiversity
EN11 Land owned, leased, managed in, or adjacent to, protected areas and areas of high biodiversity value outside protected areas
Land Stewardship
EN13 Habitats protected or restored
Wildlife Management
  Emissions, Effluents and Waste
EN16 Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight
Climate Change- Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction Targets and Programs
EN17 Other relevant indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight
Climate Change- Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction Targets and Programs
EN18 Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved
Climate Change- Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Reduction Targets and Programs
EN20 NOx, SOx, and other significant air emissions
Air Quality
  Labor Practices and Decent Work (LA)
  Occupational Health and Safety
LA7

Safety statistics
Safety
  Training and Education
LA11

Skills management and lifelong learning programs
Growth and Development
  Employment
EU14 Processes to ensure retention and renewal of skilled workforce
Growth and Development
  Product Responsibility (PR)
  Access
EU23 Programs to improve or maintain access to electricity services
Payment Assistance Programs
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