UN Global Compact – Communication on Progress

This CR report report also serves as a Communication on progress (CoP) from Deutsche Telekom as part of the United Nations Global Compact. The table lists the text passages, in this CR report and in other Group publications, in which we provide information about our commitment to implementing the ten principles of the Global Compact. thereby also meeting the expanded Global Compact Advanced criteria.

German Sustainability Code

The German Sustainability Code has been approved by the Federal Government’s Council for Sustainable Development. Deutsche Telekom was one of the first companies to accede to the Sustainability Code. The German Sustainability Code aims to make companies' commitment to sustainability transparent and comparable under a binding framework. Each year, as part of our Corporate Responsibility report, we publish a comprehensive declaration of conformity with the German Sustainability Code. We will provide links to the declaration of conformity for 2022 following its publication in the present context.

The German Sustainability Code

Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)

There are various standards for CR reporting for companies. Our CR report has been based on reporting in accordance with GRI, in particular, for nearly 20 years. Our annual report has met the European requirements for CR reporting since 2017. We have been making our contribution toward reaching the SDGs img transparent in our reporting since 2017 as well. To satisfy the growing interest of our stakeholders img in comparable sustainability information, we have published an additional index on the sustainability standards of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) in our CR report since 2021 – with an industry-specific focus on the information and communications technology sector.

In the SASB index, we explain how we satisfy the industry-specific SASB criteria or link to passages in our sustainability communication where we explain how we satisfy them. In addition, we list the SASB criteria at relevant locations within the present report.

We welcome the growing attention being given to sustainability issues, and of course are happy to readily meet growing transparency requirements. At the same time, we are aware of announced efforts to consolidate various relevant standards and frameworks.

SASB-Code   Requirement   Reference
Environmental Footprint of Operations
TC-TL-130a.1  

(1) Total energy consumed, 
(2) percentage gridelectricity, 
(3) percentage renewable

 
Data Privacy
TC-TL-220a.1   Description of policies and practices relating to behavioral advertising and customer privacy  
TC-TL-220a.2  

Number of customers whose information is used for secondary purposes

 
TC-TL-220a.3  

Total amount of monetary losses as a result of legal proceedings associated with customer privacy

  All relevant legal procedures and outputs are disclosed in the annual report.
TC-TL-220a.4  

(1) Number of law enforcement requests for customer information,
(2) number of customers whose information was requested,
(3) percentage resulting in disclosure

 
Data Security
TC-TL-230a.1  

(1) Number of data breaches,
(2) percentage involving personally identifiable information (PII),
(3) number of customers affected

 
TC-TL-230a.2  

Description of approach to identifying and addressing data security risks, including use of third-party cybersecurity standards

 
End-of-Life Management of Products
TC-TL-440a.1  

(1) Materials recovered through take back programs, percentage of recovered materials that were 
(2) reused, 
(3) recycled, and 
(4) landfilled

 
Competitive Behaviour & Open Internet
TC-TL-520a.1  

Total amount of monetary losses as a result of legal proceedings associated with anti-competitive behavior regulation

  All relevant legal procedures and outputs are disclosed in the annual report.
TC-TL-520a.2  

Average actual sustained download speed of
(1) owned and commercially-associated content and
(2) non-associated content

 

The minimum, normal and maximum download speeds are stated in the product specifications.

TC-TL-520a.3   Description of risks and opportunities associated with net neutrality, paid peering, zero rating, and related practice  
Managing Systemic Risks from Technology Disruptions
TC-TL-550a.1  

(1) System average interruption frequency and
(2) customer average interruption duration

 
TC-TL-550a.2  

Discussion of systems to provide unimpeded service during service interruptions

 

GRI-Index

The CR Report 2022 of Deutsche Telekom was created in line with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) guidelines and in agreement with the option “in accordance with” (2021: “Core”). With this step, we further increased our claim to transparency in the year under review. The reported information relates to the period from January 1, 2022 to December 31, 2022.

In the GRI content index, we refer to content pertaining to general and specific standard disclosures and explain the content when necessary. The standard disclosures are based on the very relevant aspects identified in our materiality process. Selected content from various action areas, has been reviewed in this regard; such content is suitably marked in the index img with [Inhalt durch PWC geprüft Content reviewed by Deloitte]. The index also contains links and explanations relative to other GRI aspects that are covered in the report.

GRI 102: Allgemeine Standardangaben

Organisationsprofil

GRI-Indikator
Auskunft
Verweis Seite
102-1
Name der Organisation
102-2
Wichtigste Marken, Produkte, Dienstleistungen

Es gab 2019 in keinen Ländern Verbote von Produkten und/oder Dienstleistungen.

102-3
Hauptsitz
102-4
Länder der Geschäftstätigkeit
102-5
Eigentumsstruktur und rechtliche Form
102-8
Gesamtbelegschaft

In Deutschland nutzen 14 Prozent der tariflich Beschäftigten und 18,5 Prozent der Beamtinnen und Beamten der Deutschen Telekom Teilzeitmodelle (Stand: 31.12.2019). Darüber hinaus arbeiten in Deutschland insgesamt 29 leitende Angestellte in Teilzeit (Stand: 31.12.2019).

102-9
Lieferkette
102-11
Berücksichtigung des Vorsorgeprinzips

Ansätze für präventives Handeln bieten bei der Telekom das Risikomanagement, das Compliance-Management und die ESG KPI.

102-13
Mitgliedschaften in Verbänden und Interessenvertretungen

Eine Aufschlüsselung der Mitgliedschaften und Kooperationen nach strategischen Beteiligungen ist aus Gründen der Vertraulichkeit nicht möglich. Für die Mitarbeit in Gremien und Verbänden gelten unsere Grundsätze der politischen Interessenvertretung.

Unternehmensführung

GRI-Indikator
Auskunft
Verweis Seite
102-18
Struktur der Unternehmensführung
102-19
Delegation von Verantwortung für Nachhaltigkeitsentwicklungen
102-20
Zuständigkeiten für Nachhaltigkeitsentwicklungen
102-24
Auswahlverfahren für höchstes Kontrollorgan und Komitee

Im Auswahlprozess werden alle Kompetenzen berücksichtigt, die für die Ausübung der Position erforderlich und dienlich sind. Die Anforderungen an eine Position werden anhand einer Skill-Liste definiert.

Der Auswahlprozess findet im Aufsichtsrat statt, in dem die Interessen der Stakeholder und der Shareholder vertreten sind.

    Einbindung von Stakeholdern

    GRI-Indikator
    Auskunft
    Verweis Seite
    102-41
    Mitarbeiter unter Kollektivvereinbarungen

    Tarifpolitik hat bei uns eine hohe Bedeutung und lange Tradition, was auch der Abdeckungsgrad durch Tarifverträge bestätigt. Zum 31. Dezember 2019 waren 73,4 Prozent der Beschäftigten in Deutschland tariflich gebunden. Konzernweit waren es 52,3 Prozent.

      102-42
      Bestimmung der Stakeholder-Gruppen
      102-43
      Ansätze für Einbezug von Stakeholdern

      Wir arbeiten mit unterschiedlichen Feedbackformaten, die sich aufgrund der Vielfältigkeit nur schwer kategorisieren lassen. Da wir uns auch auf Dialogveranstaltungen und informell mit unseren Stakeholdern austauschen, lässt sich das Feedback nicht nach den Stakeholder-Gruppen aufschlüsseln.

      102-44
      Fragen und Bedenken der Stakeholder

      Ermittelte wesentliche Aspekte und Grenzen

      GRI-Indikator
      Auskunft
      Verweis Seite
      102-45
      Unternehmensstruktur
      102-48
      Erläuterung neuer Darstellungen von Informationen

      Im Berichtszeitraum gab es keinen Anlass für neue Darstellungen von Informationen.

        102-49
        Erläuterung veränderter Berichtsparameter

        Im Berichtszeitraum gab es keine Veränderung der Berichtsparameter.

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