Section 78B.170 - Annual benefit report: Requirement; contents1. A benefit corporation shall deliver to each shareholder an annual benefit report which includes the following: (a) A narrative description of: (1) The process and rationale for selecting the third-party standard used to prepare the benefit report;(2) The ways in which the benefit corporation pursued general public benefit during the applicable year and the extent to which that general public benefit was created;(3) The ways in which the benefit corporation pursued any specific public benefit identified in the articles of incorporation of the benefit corporation pursuant to NRS 78B.140 and the extent to which that specific public benefit was created; and(4) Any circumstances that have hindered the creation by the benefit corporation of general public benefit or any specific public benefit identified in the articles of incorporation of the benefit corporation pursuant to NRS 78B.140.(b) An assessment of the overall social and environmental performance of the benefit corporation, prepared in accordance with a third-party standard applied consistently with any application of that standard in prior benefit reports or accompanied by an explanation of the reasons for any inconsistent application. The assessment is not required to be audited or certified by a third party.(c) The statement required by NRS 78B.180.(d) A statement of any connection between the entity that established the third-party standard, or its directors, officers or material owners, and the benefit corporation, or its directors, officers and material owners, including, without limitation, any financial or governance relationship that might materially affect the credibility of the objective assessment of the third-party standard.2. The annual benefit report required by subsection 1 must be sent annually to each shareholder within 120 days following the end of the fiscal year of the benefit corporation or at the same time that the benefit corporation delivers any other annual report to its shareholders.3. A benefit corporation shall post all of its annual benefit reports on the public portion of its Internet website, if any, except that the compensation paid to directors and any financial or proprietary information included in the annual benefit report may be omitted from the annual benefit report posted on the Internet website.4. If a benefit corporation does not have an Internet website, the benefit corporation must provide a copy of its most recent annual benefit report, without charge, to any person requesting a copy. The benefit corporation may omit any proprietary or financial information, including, without limitation, the compensation paid to directors, from the copy of an annual benefit report that the corporation provides pursuant to this subsection.Added to NRS by 2013, 417Added to NRS by 2013, 417, effective 1/1/2014