Continental AG

1. Sustainable natural rubber policy or commitment for all its operations?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

2. Sustainable natural rubber policy or commitment applies to all suppliers?

The company has published a sustainable natural rubber policy which applies to all suppliers.

3. High-level position of responsibility for sustainability?

Group Sustainability Steering Committee managed by Steffen Schwartz-Hoefler, Head of Group Sustainability.

4. One or more members within the board of the company have responsibility for sustainability?

Dr. Ariane Reinhart- Member of the Executive Board for Group Human Relations, Group Sustainability, and Director of Labor Relations.

5. Percentage or number of women in senior management team?

17.8% - As of December 31 2022, the company reports 17.8% female executives and senior executives.

6. Percentage or number of women board members?

40% - The company reports that 40% (2) of its Executive board were women in 2022.

7. Member of multiple industry schemes or other external initiatives to reduce negative environmental or social outcomes associated with natural rubber production?

[Externally verified] The company is a member of the UNGC, WBCSD, and the WBCSD Tire Industry Project.

8. Collaboration with stakeholders to reduce negative environmental or social outcomes associated with natural rubber production?

Since 2019, the company has been in collaboration with Michelin and SMAG in developing a joint venture "Rubberway" (a risk analysis tool for rubber sourcing). Additionally, the company reports it collaborates with Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) on a traceability project in Indonesia that trains smallholders on sustainable cultivation practices.

9. Sustainability report published within last two years?

The company's latest sustainability report was published in 2023, covering the year 2022.

10. Reports through standardised reporting systems?

The company has submitted its Water Security, Forests, and Climate Change 2023 CDP Questionnaire. The company's sustainability report references GRI, however, it does not state 'This report has been prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards: Core option' OR 'This report has been prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards: Comprehensive option' as per GRI 101: Foundation requirements for reports published prior to 2023.

11. Climate risks assessment available?

The company has published its CDP questionnaire which has a process for identifying, assessing, and responding to climate-related risks and opportunities. However, the information reported is not externally verified.

12. Lists countries and operations?

Manufacturing (Germany, Czech Republic, France, Romania, Sri Lanka, India, Malaysia, China, Thailand, South Africa, Brazil, Ecuador, the USA, Mexico, Portugal, Slovakia).

13. Lists countries sourcing from?

14. Total land area managed/controlled for natural rubber (ha)?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

15. Total natural rubber planted area (ha)?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

16. Scheme smallholders/outgrowers planted area (ha)?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

17. Unplanted area (areas designated for future planting) (ha)?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

18. Conservation set-aside area, including HCV area (ha)?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

19. Maps of estates/management units?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

20. Management plans for natural rubber production are available for all estates/management units?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

21. Monitoring of management plan implementation available for all estates/management units?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

22. Maps of all scheme/outgrower smallholders?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

23. Maps of all third-party supplying industrial estates/management units?

24. List of jurisdictions where sourcing from smallholders?

25. Number of company owned natural rubber processing facilities?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

26. Maps of company owned natural rubber processing facilities?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

27. Number (or percentage) of company-owned processing facilities that source from company-owned operations and third parties?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

28. Reports total volumes (or percentages) sourced by company-owned processing facilities that come from company's own operations and third-parties?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

29. Number of company owned natural rubber manufacturing facilities?

The company reports it manufactures its tires at 22 locations in 17 countries. However, the information reported is undated.

30. Maps of manufacturing facilities?

31. Number of third party supplying processing facilities?

32. Maps of all third party supplying processing facilities?

33. Number (or percentage) of third party supplying processing facilities that source from their own plantations and third party plantations?

34. Reports total volume (or percentages) sourced from third-party supplying processing facilities that come from the supplying facilities' own operations and third parties?

35. Total volume (or percentage) sourced for manufacturing that comes from intermediary traders rather than directly from processing facilities?

36. Time-bound commitment to achieve 100% traceability to processing facility level?

The company reports as of 2023, it has reached 100 percent of direct suppliers of 'Central Purchasing' with its Sustainable Natural Rubber (SNR) policy and documented their acknowledgment. However, it is unclear if this reporting covers all suppliers of the company.

37. Percentage of supply traceable to processing facility level?

The company reports as of 2023, it has reached 100 percent of direct suppliers of 'Central Purchasing' with its Sustainable Natural Rubber (SNR) policy and documented their acknowledgment. However, it is unclear if this reporting covers all suppliers of the company.

38. Time-bound commitment to achieve 100% traceability to industrial plantation level?

The company has reported a commitment to achieve 100% traceability of its natural rubber supply from industrial plantations within three years (policy published in 2021).

39. Percentage of supply from own processing facilities traceable to industrial plantation level?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

40. Percentage of supply from third-party processing facilities traceable to industrial plantation level?

41. Time-bound commitment to achieve 100% traceability to jurisdictional level for smallholders?

The company commits to achieving full traceability to the jurisdictional level for smallholders, however, the commitment reported is not time-bound.

42. Percentage of supply from own processing facilities traceable to smallholder at jurisdictional level?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

43. Percentage of supply from third party processing facilities traceable to smallholders at jurisdictional level?

44. Member of the Global Platform for Sustainable Natural Rubber (GPSNR)?

[Externally verified] The company is a member of GPSNR. This has been verified via the GPSNR website.

45. Submitted self-declaration form for the Sustainable Natural Rubber Initiative (SNR-i)?

The company has submitted a self-declaration form for SNR-i.

46. Percentage area (ha) FSC certified?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

47. Time-bound plan for achieving FSC FM certification of estates/management units?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

48. Percentage of scheme/outgrower smallholders (ha) FSC-certified?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

49. Time-bound plan for achieving FSC certification of scheme/outgrower smallholders?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

50. Percentage of natural rubber supply (tonnes) from independent smallholders/outgrowers/third-party natural rubber suppliers that is FSC-certified?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations or processing facilities.

51. Percentage of all natural rubber products handled/traded/processed (tonnes) that is FSC-certified?

52. Percentage area (ha) PEFC certified (excluding FSC certified area)?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

53. Certified under voluntary sustainability certification scheme?

The company reports that a majority of its production and development locations are ISO 14001 certified. However, no certificates are publicly available.

54. Commitment to become 100% certified under voluntary sustainability certification scheme?

55. Commitment to zero conversion of natural ecosystems?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

56. Commitment to zero conversion of natural ecosystems applies to all suppliers?

57. Commitment to zero deforestation?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

58. Commitment to zero deforestation applies to all suppliers?

The company makes this commitment through the GPSNR Policy Framework. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's alignment with GPSNR Policy Components that fully meet the SPOTT indicator criteria. The company also reports its commitment to no deforestation for suppliers.

59. Criteria and cut-off date for defining deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

60. Criteria and cut-off date for defining deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion in supplier operations?

The company makes this commitment through the GPSNR Policy Framework. GPSNR defines natural rubber sourced from deforested areas or where HCVs have been degraded after 1 April 2019 to be non-conformant with its policy. The company's reporting for suppliers defines deforestation as the degradation of HCV areas and the cut-off date is reported as October 2018.

61. Evidence of monitoring deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

62. Evidence of monitoring deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion in supplier operations?

63. Amount of deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion recorded in own operations since cut-off date?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

64. Amount of deforestation and/or ecosystem conversion recorded in supplier operations since cut-off date?

65. Commitment to restoration of deforestation/conversion in own operations since cut-off date?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

66. Commitment to restoration of deforestation/conversion in supplier operations since cut-off date?

The company reports that as a part of the GPSNR platform, it plans to contribute to restoration efforts for ecosystems that were damaged due to unsustainable practices related to the natural rubber business. The cut-off date is reported as October 2018 and this commitment applies to all suppliers. However, this commitment reflects the company's plan for restoration and it's unclear if the company is requiring suppliers to restore ecosystems due to their own conversion.

67. Implementing a landscape or jurisdictional level approach?

The company makes this commitment through the GPSNR Policy Framework. Partial points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's alignment with GPSNR Policy Components that do not fully meet the SPOTT indicator criteria. The company's reporting only mentions that it recognises the importance of landscape and jurisdictional approaches, however, no details on implementation are provided.

68. Biodiversity policy?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

69. Biodiversity policy applies to all suppliers?

70. Identified species of conservation concern, referencing international or national system of species classification?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

71. Examples of species and/or habitat conservation management?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

72. Commitment to no hunting or only sustainable hunting of species?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

73. Commitment to no hunting or only sustainable hunting of species applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to only allow sustainable hunting of species by local communities for subsistence purposes in their operations.

74. Commitment to protect areas from illegal activities?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

75. Commitment to protect forest areas from illegal activities applies to all suppliers?

The company only commits suppliers to protect forests from certain forms of illegal activities which include protecting wildlife, including rare, threatened, endangered, and critically endangered species from, poaching, overhunting, and habitat loss.

76. Evidence of protecting forest areas from illegal activities?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

77. Commitment to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

78. Commitment to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments applies to all suppliers?

The company makes this commitment through the GPSNR Policy Framework. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's alignment with GPSNR Policy Components that fully meet the SPOTT indicator criteria. the company also commits suppliers to conduct High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments in its reporting.

79. High Conservation Value (HCV) assessments available for all new plantings since 1st April 2019?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

80. High Conservation Value (HCV) management and monitoring plans available for all new plantings since 1st April 2019?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

81. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

82. Commitment to the High Carbon Stock (HCS) Approach applies to all suppliers?

The company commits suppliers to protect high carbon stock forests but does not reference the HCS Approach, as defined by the HCS Approach Toolkit.

83. High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments available?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

84. Peer review of all High Carbon Stock (HCS) assessments undertaken since April 2015 by the HCSA Quality Assurance Process?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

85. Commitment to conduct social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs)?

86. Commitment to conduct social and environmental impact assessments (SEIAs) applies to all suppliers?

87. Social and environmental impact assessment (SEIAs) undertaken, and associated management and monitoring plans?

88. Commitment to no planting on peat of any depth?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

89. Commitment to no planting on peat of any depth applies to all suppliers?

The company makes this commitment through the GPSNR Policy Framework. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's alignment with GPSNR Policy Components that fully meet the SPOTT indicator criteria. The company also reports its commitment to no planting on peat of any depth for all suppliers.

90. Landbank or planted area on peat (ha)?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

91. Implementation of commitment to no planting on peat of any depth?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

92. Commitment to best management practices for soils and peat?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

93. Commitment to best management practices for soils and peat applies to all suppliers?

94. Evidence of best management practices for soils and peat?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

95. Commitment to best/sustainable tapping practices?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

96. Commitment to best/sustainable tapping practices applies to all suppliers?

97. Evidence of best/sustainable tapping practices?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

98. Commitment to zero burning?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

99. Commitment to zero burning applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to no burning.

100. Evidence of fire monitoring and management?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

101. Details/number of hotspots/fires in company estates/management units?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

102. Details/number of hotspots/fires in suppliers operations/jurisdictions?

103. Time-bound commitment to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions?

The company aims to reduce absolute emissions by 30% by 2030. The commitment includes scope 1 & 2 emissions.

104. GHG emissions?

The company reports its CO2 emissions (Scope 1 and 2) in millions of metric tons of CO2 as 0.99 in 2022.

105. GHG emissions from land use change in company's own operations (scope 1)?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

106. GHG emissions from land use change in supplier operations (scope 3)?

107. Progress towards commitment to reduce GHG emissions?

[Externally verified] The company reports progress towards its commitment to reducing GHG emissions, and the emissions (millions of metric tons of CO2) have decreased in 2022 (0.99) as compared to 2021 (1.05). Evidence is externally verified by PwC.

108. Methodology used to calculate GHG emissions?

The company uses the GHG protocol for the calculation of GHG emissions.

109. Time-bound commitment to improve water use intensity?

The company commits to reducing its water withdrawal in regions affected by high water risk by 4%, and in regions with moderate water risk by 2% year-on-year in relation to sales. However, the commitment does not cover all manufacturing operations and is not expressed in intensity per product.

110. Water use intensity?

397.6 - The company reports it water withdrawal as 397.6 m3 per group sales (? million) in 2022. However, the intensity figures need to be reported per product, rather than sales.

111. Progress towards commitment on water use intensity?

The company's water withdrawal intensity has decreased in 2022 (397.6 m3 per group sales (? million)) as compared to 2021 (494.6 m3 per group sales (? million)). However, the intensity figure is not expressed as m3 per product.

112. Time-bound commitment to improve water quality (BOD or COD)?

113. Progress towards commitment on water quality (BOD or COD)?

114. Treatment of effluents from processing facilities?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

115. Treatment of effluents from manufacturing facilities?

116. Commitment to protect natural waterways through buffer zones?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

117. Implementation of commitment to protect natural waterways through buffer zones?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

118. Reducing odours from natural rubber processing or manufacuring facilities?

119. Commitment to minimise the use of chemicals, including pesticides and chemical fertilisers?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

120. Commitment to minimise the use of chemicals, including pesticides and chemical fertilisers, applies to all suppliers?

The company commits suppliers to reduce chemical use. However, it does not specify pesticides and chemical fertilisers.

121. Commitment to no use of paraquat?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

122. Commitment to no use of paraquat applies to all suppliers?

123. Commitment to no use of World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

124. Commitment to no use of World Health Organisation (WHO) Class 1A and 1B pesticides applies to all suppliers?

125. Commitment to no use of chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

126. Commitment to no use of chemicals listed under the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention applies to all suppliers?

127. Chemical usage per ha or list of chemicals used?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

128. Implementation of commitment to minimise inorganic fertiliser usage?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

129. Integrated Pest Management (IPM) approach?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

130. Commitment to human rights?

The company makes this commitment through the GPSNR Policy Framework. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's alignment with GPSNR Policy Components that fully meet the SPOTT indicator criteria. The company also reports its commitment to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

131. Commitment to human rights applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human rights.

132. Progress on human rights commitment?

The company reports that its employees receive training on compliance with the Code of Conduct which includes respect for human rights and fair working conditions. In 2022, 11,716 employees completed e-learning training on the Code of Conduct. However, the information reported is not externally verified.

133. Commitment to respect Indigenous and local communities' rights?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

134. Commitment to Indigenous and local communities' rights applies to all suppliers?

The company commits suppliers to the UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples.

135. Commitment to respect legal and customary land tenure rights?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

136. Commitment to legal and customary land rights applies to all suppliers?

The company only commits suppliers to respect customary land tenure rights.

137. Commitment to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC)?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

138. Commitment to free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to respect FPIC.

139. Details on Free, prior and informed consent (FPIC) process available?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

140. Examples of local stakeholder engagement to prevent conflicts?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

141. Details of process for addressing land conflicts available?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

142. Supports the inclusion of women across natural rubber operations, including addressing barriers faced?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

143. Commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

144. Progress on commitment to mitigate impacts on food security?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

145. Commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

146. Progress on commitment to provide essential community services and facilities?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

147. Commitment to provide business/work opportunities for local communities?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

148. Commitment to Fundamental ILO Conventions or Free and Fair Labour Principles?

The company commits to the ILO's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

149. Commitment to Fundamental ILO Conventions or Free and Fair Labour Principles applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to the ILO's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

150. Progress on commitment to respect all workers' rights?

In 2022, 11,716 employees were trained on the Code of Conduct, which contains fair working conditions and health and safety topics. Evidence is not externally verified.

151. Commitment to eliminate gender related discrimination with regards to employment?

The company commits to respect ILO Convention 111 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation).

152. Commitment to eliminate gender related discrimination with regards to employment applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to respect ILO Convention 111 Discrimination (Employment and Occupation).

153. Progress on commitment to eliminate gender related discrimination with regards to employment?

The company reports targets to achieve better workforce gender balance and efforts to promote organisation and cultural change, however, evidence is very limited in detail. It is not clear what is being implemented to achieve targets or changes within the organisation. Also, the information reported is not externally verified.

154. Percentage or number of temporary employees?

13.7% - The company reports that the fixed-term contracts were at 13.7% in fiscal 2022 (PY: 12.3%). These fixed-term contracts include the contracts of leasing personnel.

155. Percentage or number of women employees?

The company only reports the percentage of female employees with part-time contracts (6.2%), fixed-term contracts (14.4%), and the share of female executives and senior executives (19.1%) in 2022. This information does not cover all women employees of the company.

156. Commitment to pay a living wage?

The company only commits to paying a minimum wage.

157. Commitment to pay a living wage applies to all suppliers?

The company only commits its suppliers to pay minimum wage.

158. Progress on commitment to pay a living wage?

159. Reporting of salary by gender?

160. Commitment to address occupational health and safety?

The company commits to address health and safety at work for all workers.

161. Commitment to address occupational health and safety applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to address health and safety at work for all workers.

162. Provision of personal protective equipment and related training?

163. Time lost due to work-based injuries?

The company reports the accident rate (number of accidents per million working hours) as 2.5 in 2022. The information covers permanent employees of the company.

164. Number of fatalities as a result of work-based accidents?

165. Commitment to support smallholders?

The company makes this commitment through the GPSNR Policy Framework. Full points have therefore been awarded on the basis of the company's alignment with GPSNR Policy Components that fully meet the SPOTT indicator criteria. The company also reports its own commitment to supporting smallholders.

166. Percentage of supply from smallholders?

167. Programme to support scheme smallholders/outgrowers?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

168. Percentage of scheme smallholders/outgrowers involved in programme?

This indicator is disabled as the company does not operate rubber plantations.

169. Programme to support independent smallholders?

The company reports collaboration with the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) and the Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ), to ensure the traceability of natural rubber by implementing a digital system and training small farmers in sustainable cultivation practices.

170. Percentage of independent smallholders involved in programme?

The company reports that the number of farmers involved in its collaboration with the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) is to be increased from 450 to 4,000 by 2024. However, it is not clear what percentage of supply the programme covers.

171. Process used to engage smallholder suppliers on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?

172. Number or percentage of smallholder suppliers engaged on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?

173. Process used to prioritise, assess and/or engage non-smallholder suppliers on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?

The company assesses selected suppliers with the help of self-assessment questionnaires, which are collected via EcoVadis and NQC, and the amount of which it assesses at a corporate level on an annual basis. However, limited details are available for the process.

174. Number or percentage of non-smallholder suppliers assessed and/or engaged on compliance with company's policy and/or legal requirements?

63% - The company reports that as of December 2022, 1,009 valid supplier self-assessment questionnaires were available which corresponds to a completion rate of 63% of suppliers selected for this process. However, the information reported is not externally verified.

175. Suspension or exclusion criteria for suppliers?

The company clearly states the criteria by which suppliers are excluded along with the steps that will be taken. However, time frames for action are not reported.

176. Time-bound action plans (including Key Performance Indicators) for suppliers to be in compliance with natural rubber sourcing commitments?

The company reports compliance information based on self-assessment by suppliers only.

177. Proportion of supply from suppliers that is verified as deforestation- and/or conversion-free (DCF)?

178. Percentage of supply coming from agroforestry?

179. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

The company commits to ethical conduct and the prohibition of corruption.

180. Commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption applies to all suppliers?

The company commits all suppliers to ethical conduct and the prohibition of corruption.

181. Progress on commitment to ethical conduct and prohibition of corruption?

The company reports it has a compliance management system that focuses mainly on preventing and detecting corruption, fraud, and other property offenses, violations of antitrust and competition law, and money laundering. In 2022, 23,780 employees took compliance e-learning courses on anti-corruption and antitrust law and 5,069 participants attended in-person training courses on anti-corruption and antitrust law. Information reported is not externally verified.

182. Disclosure of the company's management approach to tax and payments to governments?

The company discloses the management approach to tax and payments to governments. However, the company does not state the governance body/executive-level position which is responsible for the tax strategy/policy and its review.

183. Whistleblowing procedure?

The company has published its whistleblowing procedure.

184. Own grievance or complaints system open to all stakeholders?

The company has its own grievance mechanism for reporting unethical conduct which is open to all stakeholders.

185. Details of complaints and grievances disclosed?