CSR report

GRI Index

GRI content index

Disclosure

 

Description

 

UNGC

 

SDG

 

Reference

 

External assurance

GENERAL DISCLOSURES

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1. Organizational profile

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

102–1

 

Name of the organization

 

 

 

 

 

This is Sonova

 

No

102–2

 

Activities, brands, products, and services

 

 

 

 

 

This is Sonova

 

No

102–3

 

Location of headquarters

 

 

 

 

 

This is Sonova

 

No

102–4

 

Location of operations

 

 

 

 

 

This is Sonova

 

No

102–5

 

Ownership and legal form

 

 

 

 

 

Organizational structure

 

No

102–6

 

Markets served

 

 

 

 

 

Hearing care market

 

No

102–7

 

Scale of the organization

 

 

 

 

 

Reporting profile

 

No

102–8

 

Information on employees and other workers

 

6

 

8

 

Investment in people

 

No

102–9

 

Supply chain

 

 

 

 

 

Hearing care market

 

No

102–10

 

Significant changes to the organization and its supply chain

 

 

 

 

 

Reporting profile

 

No

102–11

 

Precautionary Principle or approach

 

 

 

 

 

Message from the CEO

 

No

102–12

 

External initiatives

 

 

 

 

 

Ethics and integrity

 

No

102–13

 

Membership of associations

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate Governance

 

No

2. Strategy

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

102–14

 

Statement from senior decision-maker

 

 

 

 

 

Message from the CEO

 

No

102–15

 

Key impacts, risks, and opportunities

 

 

 

 

 

Hearing care market

 

No

3. Ethics and integrity

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

102–16

 

Values, principles, standards, and norms of behavior

 

1

 

16

 

Corporate governance

 

No

102–17

 

Mechanisms for advice and concerns about ethics

 

1

 

16

 

Corporate governance

 

No

4. Governance

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

102–18

 

Governance structure

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate governance

 

No

102–19

 

Delegating authority

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate governance

 

No

102–20

 

Executive-level responsibility for economic, environmental, and social topics

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate governance

 

No

102–21

 

Consulting stakeholders on economic, environmental, and social topics

 

 

 

16

 

Corporate governance

 

No

102–22

 

Composition of the highest governance body and its committees

 

 

 

5, 16

 

Corporate governance

 

No

102–23

 

Chair of the highest governance body

 

 

 

16

 

Corporate governance

 

No

102–24

 

Nominating and selecting the highest governance body

 

 

 

5, 16

 

Corporate governance

 

No

102–25

 

Conflicts of interest

 

 

 

16

 

Corporate governance

 

No

102–26

 

Role of highest governance body in setting purpose, values, and strategy

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate governance

 

No

102–27

 

Collective knowledge of highest governance body

 

 

 

4

 

Corporate governance

 

No

102–28

 

Evaluating the highest governance body’s performance

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate governance

 

No

102–29

 

Identifying and managing economic, environmental, and social impacts

 

 

 

16

 

Corporate governance

 

No

102–30

 

Effectiveness of risk management processes

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate governance

 

No

102–31

 

Review of economic, environmental, and social topics

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate governance

 

No

102–32

 

Highest governance body’s role in sustainability reporting

 

 

 

 

 

Corporate governance

 

No

102–35

 

Remuneration policies

 

 

 

 

 

Compensation report

 

Yes (Annual Report)

102–36

 

Process for determining remuneration

 

 

 

 

 

Compensation report

 

Yes (Annual Report)

102–37

 

Stakeholders’ involvement in remuneration

 

 

 

16

 

Compensation report

 

Yes (Annual Report)

5. Stakeholder engagement

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

102–40

 

List of stakeholder groups

 

 

 

 

 

Stakeholder engagement: Open dialog

 

No

102–41

 

Collective bargaining agreements

 

3

 

8

 

Investment in people

 

No

102–42

 

Identifying and selecting stakeholders

 

 

 

 

 

Stakeholder engagement: Open dialog

 

No

102–43

 

Approach to stakeholder engagement

 

 

 

 

 

Stakeholder engagement: Customers

 

No

102–44

 

Key topics and concerns raised

 

 

 

 

 

Sustainability program: Identification and prioritization

 

No

6. Reporting practice

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

102–45

 

Entities included in the consolidated financial statements

 

 

 

 

 

Reporting profile: Entities

 

No

102–46

 

Defining report content and topic Boundaries

 

 

 

 

 

Sustainability program: Identification and prioritization

 

No

102–47

 

List of material topics

 

 

 

 

 

Sustainability program: Sustainability landscape

 

No

102–48

 

Restatements of information

 

 

 

 

 

Reporting profile: Restatements and significant changes

 

No

102–49

 

Changes in reporting

 

 

 

 

 

Reporting profile: Restatements and significant changes

 

No

102–50

 

Reporting period

 

 

 

 

 

Reporting profile

 

No

102–51

 

Date of most recent report

 

 

 

 

 

Reporting profile

 

No

102–52

 

Reporting cycle

 

 

 

 

 

Reporting profile

 

No

102–53

 

Contact point for questions regarding the report

 

 

 

 

 

Reporting profile

 

No

102–54

 

Claims of reporting in accordance with the GRI Standards

 

 

 

 

 

Reporting profile

 

No

102–55

 

GRI content index

 

 

 

 

 

GRI content index

 

No

102–56

 

External assurance

 

 

 

 

 

Reporting profile

 

No

MATERIAL TOPICS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Management Approach

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

103–1, 2, 3

 

Customer-focused solutions

 

 

 

 

 

Sustainability program

 

No

 

 

Access to hearing care

 

 

 

 

 

Sustainability program

 

No

 

 

Investment in people

 

 

 

 

 

Sustainability program

 

No

 

 

Safeguarding the environment

 

 

 

 

 

Sustainability program

 

No

ECONOMIC

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

201–1, 3

 

Economic performance

 

 

 

2, 5, 7, 9

 

Financial report

 

Yes (Annual Report)

203–2

 

Indirect economic impacts

 

 

 

1, 3 8, 10, 17

 

Hearing care market

 

No

204–1

 

Procurement practices

 

 

 

 

 

Hearing care market

 

No

205–1, 2

 

Anti-corruption

 

 

 

16

 

Ethics and integrity

 

No

206–1

 

Anti-competitive behavior

 

 

 

 

 

Ethics and integrity

 

No

ENVIRONMENTAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

302–1, 2, 4, 5

 

Energy

 

7, 9

 

7, 12, 13

 

Safeguarding the environment

 

Yes

303–1, 2

 

Water

 

7

 

6

 

Safeguarding the environment

 

No

305–1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7

 

Emissions

 

7, 9

 

3, 12, 13, 14, 15

 

Safeguarding the environment

 

Yes

306–2, 3

 

Effluents and waste

 

8

 

3, 6, 12, 13, 14, 15

 

Safeguarding the environment

 

No

307–1

 

Environmental compliance

 

8

 

12, 13, 14, 15, 16

 

Safeguarding the environment

 

No

308–1, 2

 

Supplier environmental assessment

 

8

 

 

 

Safeguarding the environment

 

Yes

SOCIAL

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

401–1

 

Employment

 

6

 

5, 8

 

Investment in people

 

Yes

402–1

 

Labor/management relations

 

3

 

8

 

Investment in people

 

No

403–2

 

Occupational health and safety

 

 

 

3, 8

 

Investment in people

 

No

404–2, 3

 

Training and education

 

6

 

5, 8

 

Investment in people

 

No

405–1

 

Diversity and equal opportunity

 

1

 

5, 8

 

Investment in people

 

Yes

407–1

 

Freedom of association and collective bargaining

 

3

 

8

 

Ethics and integrity

 

No

408–1

 

Child labor

 

4, 5

 

8, 16

 

Ethics and integrity

 

No

409–1

 

Forced or compulsory labor

 

4, 5

 

8

 

Ethics and integrity

 

No

412–1

 

Human rights assessment

 

1, 2

 

 

 

Ethics and integrity

 

No

413–1

 

Local communities

 

1

 

 

 

Access to hearing care

 

No

414–1, 2

 

Supplier social assessment

 

2

 

5, 8, 16

 

Ethics and integrity

 

No

415–1

 

Public policy

 

 

 

16

 

Ethics and integrity

 

No

416–1

 

Customer health and safety

 

 

 

 

 

Investment in people

 

No

417–1

 

Marketing and labeling

 

 

 

12, 16

 

Customer-focused solutions

 

No

418–1

 

Customer privacy

 

 

 

16

 

Ethics and integrity

 

No

419–1

 

Socioeconomic Compliance

 

 

 

16

 

Ethics and integrity

 

No

UNCG = UN Global Compact Principle; AR = Annual Report; SDG = Sustainable Development Goal