Highlights, recognitions and frameworks

2024/25 sustainability highlights

Sonova made significant achievements and progress during the 2024/25 financial year.

Almost

18,000

employees worldwide (FTEs)

–24.5%

Scope 1, 2 and 3 greenhouse gas emissions on a comparable basis to 2019/20

67%

increase in hearing instruments sold in low- and middle-income countries compared to 2018/19

–13%

energy consumption per FTE compared to 2022/23

65%

of our leaders are recruited internally

16%

improvement in the cochlear implant reliability rate compared to 2023/24

98%

of our employees completed the annual Code of Conduct training on time

90%

of direct material suppliers with high ESG risk were assessed through Ecovadis

–6%

operational waste per FTE compared to 2022/23

5,168

hearing aids fitted through Hear the World Foundation projects

More than

30%

of our senior leaders are female

555

hearing care professionals trained in low- and middle-income countries through the SIHA program

2024/25 recognitions, frameworks and initiatives supported

Sonova has been regularly and continuously recognized by various leading ESG rating agencies, and included in sustainability indices, including during the 2024/25 financial year. Sonovaʼs reporting on our ESG performance is made in accordance with several global reporting frameworks to enhance transparency and comparability.

ESG ratings and indices

Member of the DJSI since 2014; ranked 1^st out of 275 companies in the health care equipment and supplies industry in 2024.

Rated Prime with a score of B in the 2024 ISS ESG Corporate Rating, placing Sonova in the top 2% of the health care equipment and supplies industry.

Reached the highest possible rating of AAA (on a scale of AAA-CCC) in the 2024 MSCI ESG Ratings assessment¹.

Awarded a CDP score of B in the 2024 climate change rating.

Received the Ecovadis Platinum rating in 2024, representing the top 1% of all companies rated.

Frameworks and initiatives supported

Sonovaʼs ESG Report has been prepared in accordance with Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards since 2012/13.

Sonova has applied the TCFD framework for climate-related risk reporting since 2021/22.

Sonova has used the SASB standard for medical equipment and supplies since 2020/21.

Since 2016, Sonova has been committed to the UN Global Compact corporate responsibility initiative and its principles in the areas of human rights, labor, environment and anti-corruption.

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