Unified Metrics Library - Controversial weapons
Helper question
Was the company exposed to controversial weapons during the period?
Summary
Controversial weapons refer to anti personnel mines, cluster
munitions, chemical weapons and biological weapons.
Unit
Boolean: Yes or No
Description
Controversial weapons are:
- Biological weapons
- Chemical weapons
- Anti-personnel mines
- Cluster munitions
- Depleted uranium ammunition and armour
- Incendiary weapons
- White phosphorus weapons
- Nuclear weapons programmes in recognized nuclear-weapon states(United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France, and China)
- Nuclear weapons programmes outside the Non-Proliferation Treaty (“NPT”), i.e. in countries other than the five recognized nuclear-weapon states, regardless of company domicile
- Biological weapons
- Chemical weapons
- Anti-personnel mines
- Cluster munitions
- Depleted uranium ammunition and armour
- Incendiary weapons
- White phosphorus weapons
- Nuclear weapons programmes in recognized nuclear-weapon states(United States, Russia, United Kingdom, France, and China)
- Nuclear weapons programmes outside the Non-Proliferation Treaty (“NPT”), i.e. in countries other than the five recognized nuclear-weapon states, regardless of company domicile
Examples
If you have a Sustainability Policy excluding
controversial weapons, you answer No.