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Corporate Governance Report 2018, dated April 1, 2019.
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Sustainability Report 2018, dated April 1, 2019.
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External Steering Documents, such as Swedish Companies Act, the Annual Accounts Act, the Swedish
Code of Corporate Governance, Rule Book for Issuers Nasdaq Stockholm, industry regulations, U.S. federal securities laws and regulations as applicable for foreign private issuers, etc.
|
|
|
Par value
|
Total issued
shares |
% of total
count |
Votes per
share |
% of total
votes |
|
A Shares
|
1.25
|
22,647,692
|
3.3
|
10
|
25.3
|
B Shares
|
1.25
|
665,794,905
|
96.4
|
1
|
74.5
|
C Shares
|
1.25
|
1,899,000
|
0.3
|
1
|
0.2
|
Total
|
690,341,597
|
100%
|
100%
|
|
|
|
|
● |
re-election of Sofia Arhall Bergendorff, Anders Björkman, Georgi Ganev, Cynthia Gordon, Eamonn O’Hare and Carla Smits-Nusteling as directors of the Board and election of
Georgi Ganev as Chairman of the Board;
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● |
re-election of Deloitte as auditor until close of the 2019 AGM;
|
● |
approval of the Annual Report for 2017 and resolution on ordinary dividend of SEK 4 per share. The record date was decided to be May 23, 2018. The dividend was paid out
to the shareholders on May 28, 2018;
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● |
discharge the directors of the Board and the CEO from liability for the financial year 2017;
|
● |
approval of remuneration to the Board and auditor and procedures for the Nomination Committee;
|
● |
approval of guidelines for the remuneration to senior executives as well as the principles and scope for Tele2’s long term share related incentive program 2018, including
authorisations for the Board to resolve on a new issue of not more than 1,750,000 Class C shares and to repurchase all Class C shares in the company in order to, after a reclassification of the C-shares to B-shares, transfer such
shares to the participants in Tele2’s long term incentive plans, of which 2,490,000 can be transferred to the participants under the 2018 LTI; upon approval of the merger between Tele2 and Com Hem there will be an additional
allocation under the LTI 2018 according to the same principles to approx. 40 participants joining Tele2 from Com Hem; provided that such allocation is made before December 31, 2018; and
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● |
authorise the Board to pass a resolution on one or more occasions for the period up until the next Annual General Meeting to repurchase so many Class A and/or Class B
shares that Tele2’s holding does not at any time exceed 10 per cent of the total number of issued Tele2 shares.
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Name
|
Representing
|
Share of votes as
at August 2018 |
Share of votes as
at February 2019 |
Georgi Ganev (Chairman)
|
Kinnevik AB
|
47.89%
|
42.02%
|
John Hernander
|
Nordea Funds
|
2.46%
|
1.72%
|
Hans Ek
|
SEB Investment Management AB
|
1.64%
|
1.52%
|
Name
|
Born
|
Position
|
Elected
|
Remuneration
Committee |
Audi
Committee |
Independent
|
Shareholding
|
Georgi Ganev
|
1976
|
Chairman
|
2016
|
Chairman
|
Member
|
No*
|
1,030 B shares
|
Andrew Barron
|
1965
|
Member
|
2018
|
Member
|
–
|
Yes
|
106,140 B shares
|
Sofia Arhall Bergendorff
|
1969
|
Member
|
2016
|
–
|
–
|
Yes
|
2,500 B shares
|
Anders Björkman
|
1959
|
Member
|
2017
|
Member
|
–
|
Yes
|
2,000 B shares
|
Cynthia Gordon
|
1962
|
Member
|
2016
|
–
|
–
|
No*
|
2,000 B shares
|
Eva Lindqvist
|
1958
|
Member
|
2018
|
–
|
Member
|
Yes
|
2,891 B shares
|
Lars-Åke Norling
|
1968
|
Member
|
2018
|
Member
|
Member
|
No*
|
–
|
Eamonn O’Hare
|
1963
|
Member
|
2015
|
–
|
–
|
Yes
|
–
|
Carla Smits-Nusteling
|
1966
|
Member
|
2013
|
–
|
Chairman
|
Yes
|
1,687 B shares
|
● |
Approves budgets, business plans, financial reports, investment and employment of senior executives and their remuneration,
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● |
Makes decisions regarding acquisitions and disposal of business interests,
|
● |
Monitors the CEO’s work and the company’s performance, and
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● |
Evaluates the quality of the company’s internal control functions, risk management and financial reports, and communicates with the company’s auditors directly and
through regular reports from the Audit Committee and the company’s CFO.
|
● |
Appointment of the new CEO and approval of management appointments after closure of the merger,
|
● |
Review and approval of financial reports,
|
● |
Review and follow-up of internal controls, risk management and corporate governance,
|
● |
Treasury matters, revised capital structure, shareholder remuneration policy for the new combined company and financing matters in relation to the Com hem merger,
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● |
Corporate responsibility matters, including data privacy, corruption risks and ethical business practices,
|
● |
Human resources matters, including talent management, succession planning (including CEO) and remuneration guidelines,
|
● |
Strategy review, including review of growth opportunities, product portfolio, business model challenges and marketing strategies,
|
● |
Several matters regarding acquisition and divestment opportunities, including the statutory merger between Tele2 and Com Hem Holding AB, the agreement between Tele2 and
Deutsche Telekom to combine Tele2 Netherlands and T-Mobile Netherlands, and the notice to exercise the put option in Kazakhstan,
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● |
Review and approve the budget for 2019 and review the strategic plan for 2019–21,
|
● |
Evaluation of the Board and evaluation of the CEO,
|
● |
Auditors’ reports,
|
● |
Frequency acquisitions.
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Name
|
Board
meetings |
Audit
Committee |
Remuneration
Committee |
Comments
|
|
Number of meetings, including telephone and per capsulam meetings
|
21
|
8
|
5
|
||
Georgi Ganev
|
19/21
|
6/6
|
5/5
|
– Elected Chairman of the Board at the AGM 2018 and ordinary member of the Audit Committee
– Did not participate in two Board meetings due to possible conflict of interest
|
|
Sofia Arhall Bergendorff
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21/21
|
–
|
–
|
||
Andrew Barron
|
3/3
|
–
|
1/1
|
Elected new Board member at the EGM 2018 and ordinary member of the Remuneration Committee with effect once the merger between Tele2 and Com Hem has been registered
with the Swedish Companies Registration Office
|
|
Anders Björkman
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20/21
|
–
|
5/5
|
||
Cynthia Gordon
|
19/21
|
7/7
|
–
|
– Ordinary member of the Audit Committee until the merger between Tele2 and Com Hem was registered with the
Swedish Companies Registration Office.
– Did not participate in two Board meetings due to possible conflict of interest
|
|
Eva Lindqvist
|
3/3
|
1/1
|
–
|
Elected new Board member at the EGM 2018 and ordinary member of the Audit Committee with effect once the merger between Tele2 and Com Hem has been registered with the
Swedish Companies Registration Office
|
|
Lars-Åke Norling
|
7/7
|
2/2
|
1/1
|
Elected new Board member at the EGM 2018 and ordinary member of the Audit Committee
|
|
Eamonn O’Hare
|
18/21
|
–
|
–
|
||
Carla Smits-Nusteling
|
21/21
|
8/8
|
–
|
||
Mike Parton
|
7/7
|
2/2
|
2/2
|
Left the Board at the AGM 2018
|
|
Irina Hemmers
|
7/7
|
2/2
|
–
|
Left the Board at the AGM 2018
|
Fees to the Board
|
Fees to the Committees
|
Total Fees
|
||||
SEK
|
2018
|
2017
|
2018
|
2017
|
2018
|
2017
|
Georgi Ganev
|
1,575,000
|
575,000
|
200,000
|
90,000
|
1,775,000
|
665,000
|
Andrew Barron
|
287,500
|
–
|
22,500
|
–
|
310,000
|
–
|
Sofia Arhall Bergendorff
|
575,000
|
575,000
|
–
|
–
|
575,000
|
575,000
|
Anders Björkman
|
575,000
|
575,000
|
45,000
|
45,000
|
620,000
|
620,000
|
Cynthia Gordon
|
575,000
|
575,000
|
55,000
|
110,000
|
630,000
|
685,000
|
Irina Hemmers
|
–
|
575,000
|
–
|
110,000
|
–
|
685,000
|
Eva Lindqvist
|
287,500
|
–
|
55,000
|
–
|
342,500
|
–
|
Lars-Åke Norling
|
359,375
|
–
|
96,875
|
–
|
456,250
|
–
|
Eamonn O’Hare
|
575,000
|
575,000
|
–
|
–
|
575,000
|
575,000
|
Mike Parton
|
–
|
1,575,000
|
–
|
155,000
|
–
|
1,730,000
|
Carla Smits-Nusteling
|
575,000
|
575,000
|
220,000
|
220,000
|
795,000
|
795,000
|
Total fee to board members
|
5,384,375
|
5,600,000
|
694,375
|
730,000
|
6,078,750
|
6,330,000
|
● |
The right to establish procedures for accounting, internal control and auditing,
|
● |
The right to determine the procedure for receiving and managing complaints received by the company with regard to accounting, internal control or audit issues.
|
Andrew Barron
|
Sofia Arhall Bergendorff
|
Anders Björkman
|
Cynthia Gordon
|
Eva Lindqvist
|
Lars-Åke Norling
|
Eamonn O’Hare
|
Carla Smits-Nusteling
|
Anders Nilsson
President and CEO, Tele2 Group
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CONTENTS
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Welcome to the Tele2 Sustainability Report 2018
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2
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The Tele2 approach to sustainability
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3
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What we did in 2018
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4
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Sustainability information
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8
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Introduction
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9
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Disclosure of management approach
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10
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GRI content index
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12
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Auditor statement
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21
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Contacts
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22
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Ethics & Compliance
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● |
Privacy & Data Protection
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Diversity & Inclusion
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Environment
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● |
Child Protection
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ESG Target
|
Achieved
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Ethics & Compliance
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Update the text of the Code of Conduct and the Business Partner Code of Conduct to ensure that they are fit for purpose
|
Full
|
Set-up and agree on a process for how to identify and act in case of non-compliance with (Business Partner) Code of Conduct
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Full
|
Perform an internal audit to see if Tele2 meets the standards of its own Code of Conduct
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Partial
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Publish more relevant data for ESG investors (e.g. whistle blower data, legal intercept requests)
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Full
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Kazakhstan: finish anti-corruption trainings for all employees and have all the necessary BP Code of Conducts signed
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Full
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Child Protection
|
|
Run a pilot on parental control mechanism filtering adult content
|
No
|
Develop and publish tools for parents to prevent online sexual abuse of their children
|
Partial
|
Have one outreach activity per year by each local operation, addressing their most pressing issue
in the context of protecting children in a connected world |
Full
|
Privacy & Integrity
|
|
Finish the Group GDPR implementation project
|
Full
|
Online privacy training to all employees, ahead of the GDPR entering into force (May 2018)
|
Partial
|
Publish on Tele2.com how we deal with retaining and processing customer data
|
Full
|
Perform a stress test for cyber-attacks and undergo a third-party cyber security verification,
and report the outcomes on Tele2.com |
Full
|
Reduce the number of data leak incidents to less than 30 across all operations
|
Full
|
Environment
|
|
Make an analysis of what it would take for Tele2 to reach the goals of the Paris agreement
|
Full
|
Investigate the possibilities to become a CO
2
neutral operator by 2019
|
Full
|
Make our networks more energy efficient by actively participating in the SooGreen project
|
Full
|
Showcase at least two IoT solutions on Tele2.com that have a positive impact on the environment
|
Full
|
Diversity & Inclusion
|
|
Ensure new hiring process (from Q2) supports having a diverse and credible candidate on recruitment short lists
|
Partial
|
Develop training for managers on value of diversity, unconscious bias and how to build and encourage an inclusive culture
|
No
|
RemCo to review the introduction of CR component for Group Leadership Team short term incentive program
|
Full
|
Utilize new HR system to report diversity statistics to review progress on a quarterly basis
|
Full
|
Have at least one outreach activity per year by each local operation, in the context of diversity and inclusion
|
Partial
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● |
MSCI ESG Rating
|
● |
Sustainalytics ESG Ratings Report
|
● |
FTSE Russell ESG Rating
|
● |
ISS-oekom Corporate Rating
|
● |
Equileap Gender Equality Global Report & Ranking
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Category
|
Dimension
|
Category
|
Dimension
|
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Prevention
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Clarity
|
Detection
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Openness
|
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To Discuss
|
||||
Dilemmas
|
||||
Role Modelling
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Transparency
|
|||
Support of
|
Response
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Comfort
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||
Employees
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To Report
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Misconduct
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||||
Enabling
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Enforcement
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Environment
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Material topic
|
Disclosure
|
Why is this topic material to Tele2
|
Topic
material within Tele2 |
Topic
material outside Tele2 |
200 Series: Economic
|
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Economic Performance
|
201-1
|
Economic performance is identified as a material aspect because Tele2 is a profit driven corporation that needs to make a profit to remain viable. Tele2’s profits
in turn contribute to society through payment of wages, taxes and purchases of services and products. This in turn impacts economic activity, government and society and contributes to economic growth. In order to manage impacts related to
economic performance, Tele2’s internal audit regularly monitors its payroll and the payment of taxes in countries of operation.
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Anti-corruption and
Anti-competitive behavior |
205-3
206-1 |
Integrity and ethics are integral parts of Tele2’s values and code of conduct. Therefore efforts to promote fair and ethical business, such as
anti-corruption and preventing anti-competitive behavior, are part of its daily operations. Compliance to local laws and regulations ensures investors that Tele2 is a trustworthy business partner.
Tele2 has established a common perspective on group level of how to deal with anticompetitive behavior and anti-corruption. Responsibility
lies with the local heads of the legal departments to put it into practice. For example, anti-competitive behavior and anti-corruption are included in the education of new employees, existing managers and selected risk functions (for
example procurement). Employees also retake the education annually. Responsibility for conducting relevant training is the duty of each country organization. Tele2 Kazakhstan employees take a specifically developed anti-corruption
training.
In order to manage impacts, compliance with local laws and regulations is a responsibility of the local legal team in each country. The legal
teams make use of an open door policy for employees seeking advice on ethical and lawful behavior, and processes are in place to escalate incidents to the highest governance body when necessary.
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
300 Series: Environmental
|
||||
Energy, Emissions and Environmental Compliance
|
302-1
305-1 305-2 307-1 |
Energy, emissions and environmental compliance are identified as material aspects in light of climate change being a global challenge which
the information and communication technology industry contributes to, but can also contribute to solving problems and promote mitigation. For Tele2, electricity consumption is key as this is the major source for Tele2’s emissions of
greenhouse gases.
To mitigate these impacts Tele2 is gradually transitioning to renewable energy when feasible. Tele2’s local teams follow up and ensure
compliance with relevant environmental laws and regulations in its countries of operation in order to perform in line with internal and external stakeholders’ expectations.
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
400 Series: Social
|
||||
Employment, Diversity
and Equal Opportunity, Non-Discrimination |
401-1
405-1 406-1 |
In order to deliver the best service in the industry, Tele2 invests in the well-being and development of its employees. Its ambition is for
all employees to have performance plans and annual performance dialogues, including senior executives.
In order to manage impacts, Tele2 has also introduced development plans for all employees. In addition, an employee survey is conducted yearly
to follow-up on employees’ satisfaction and well-being. Results are gauged against others to understand changes and trends. Critical points of improvement are communicated to local managers who turn them into local action plans.
It is crucial for Tele2 to attract and retain talented and diverse employees to be able to deliver on its strategy as well as maintaining its
culture. Diversity is an integral aspect of Tele2’s operations and is capture in a Diversity Policy. In order to manage impacts, a gender KPI is followed up on all functional levels to inform promotion and recruitment decisions.
|
Yes
|
No
|
Occupational Health
and Safety |
403-2
|
Tele2 strives to provide its employees with a safe and healthy work environment in which they can develop their long term ambitions. In order
to manage impacts Tele2 has policies and processes in place to ensure access to health care and for the prevention of accidents.
Furthermore, in Sweden, employees have an insurance program that covers rehabilitation and preventive care from specialists. There are also
policies in place to support employees in treating and preventing injuries. Tele2 applies self-assessment checklists for both managers and employees to ensure that employees are satisfied with their work environment as well as meeting
legal requirements. These checklists are updated on a regular basis.
Tele2 follows up on employee absence and offers rehabilitation plans for employees who have been ill long-term with support of external
experts. Tele2’s approach to health and safety is adapted to the local legislation in each of its countries of operation.
|
Yes
|
No
|
Material topic
|
Disclosure
|
Why is this topic material to Tele2
|
Topic
material within Tele2 |
Topic
material outside Tele2 |
Freedom of association and collective bargaining, Child labor, and Forced or compulsory labor
|
407-1
408-1 409-1 |
Tele2 aims to conduct its business with the highest degrees of ethics while also being compliant to local laws and regulations and respecting
human rights. Tele2’s different markets are all different in this aspect, with Kazakhstan being the most challenging.
To mitigate risks and manage impacts, Tele2 uses a Code of Conduct (CoC) and a Business Partner Code of Conduct (BPCoC) based on the United
Nations Global Compact. It encompasses labor rights, anti-corruption, environment, freedom of association and collective bargaining, child labor and forced labor and other basic human rights. Tele2 employees sign the CoC annually.
Tele2 requires its significant Business Partners, with contract values exceeding 1 MSEK per year, to sign the Tele2 BPCoC. By doing so Tele2
includes clauses about Human Rights, Labor Rights, Anti-corruption and Environment etc. into a vast majority of its agreements with its business partners. In addition, a share of the business partners which are managed within the sourcing
and procurement processes, described above, have also been screened and monitored with the EcoVadis E-TASC supply chain sustainability management system.
In case of breaches of the Business Partner Code of Conduct, Tele2 primarily conducts dialogues with Business Partners to establish
remediation plans. If this does not produce the desired changes, Tele2 can terminate the relationship with the specific business partner.
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Customer health and safety
|
416-2
|
Tele2 strives to provide its customers with safe services that do not have a negative impact on their health, and works proactively to
identify and monitor potential health and safety issues related to its products and services. Tele2’s networks emit electromagnetic fields. No adverse health risks have been identified in relation to the exposure to such field from base
stations for mobile telephony, wireless networking or similar transmitters.
In order to manage impacts, Tele2’s networks are designed to operate well within the applicable regulations and guidelines of the countries of
operation. Tele2 measures the radio wave signals emitted in the networks at the request of property owners.
|
No
|
Yes
|
Marketing and labelling
|
417-3
|
Marketing communications is a core aspect of Tele2’s interaction with its customer base and therefore identified as a material aspect.
Responsibility for marketing and sales lies with local teams as legislation differs between countries. In Sweden there is an education for new employees on guidelines for communication and marketing.
In order to manage impacts, the legal team reviews marketing material before it is published to assure compliance, and if incidents occur,
they are reported to the responsible management. Ethical communication is also included in the Code of Conduct, which all employees are trained in every year, and as such included in Tele2’s policies.
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Customer privacy
|
418-1
|
Tele2 has customer and employee privacy and data protection as a high priority. Due to the nature of the services Tele2 provides, it processes
personal data. In order to manage impacts, Tele2 has organizational and technical measures, policies and guidelines, and a governance structure, which all serve to protect its customers’ data privacy. These have been updated to meet the
requirements of the GDPR in the EU.
Tele2 continuously monitors the development of laws and regulations and updates its processes and controls accordingly. Tele2 has a central
Privacy Officer, and in all of its markets Tele2 has a dedicated Data Privacy Officer who works on privacy and data protection. A privacy impact assessment has been integrated in its project model.
Data privacy processes are similar in all European operations. In Kazakhstan these processes have been adapted to local conditions and
regulations. A data privacy awareness training is required for all Tele2 employees to take.
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Socioeconomic compliance
|
419-1
|
Integrity and ethics are integral parts of Tele2’s values and code of conduct. Tele2 aims to deliver high quality in its products and services
and legal compliance is of course an important part of this. Therefore compliance is a key aspect of its operations on a daily basis. Following local laws and regulations ensures investors that Tele2 is a trustworthy business partner.
In order to manage impacts, Tele2 has established a common perspective on group level on how to deal with socioeconomic compliance.
Responsibility lies with the local heads of legal departments to ensure compliance in practice.
The legal teams make use of an open door policy for employees seeking advice on ethical and lawful behavior. Processes are in place to report
or escalate incidents to the relevant group functions. As an example, both anti-competitive behavior and anti-corruption are included in the education of new employees, existing managers and selected risk functions (e.g. procurement).
Incidents in this area are reported to Group Security and escalated to the highest governing bodies if warranted.
Employees also retake the education annually. Responsibility for conducting relevant training is the duty of each country organization.
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
GRI Standards Disclosure
|
Information or Reference
|
External
Assurance |
||
General Disclosures
(GRI Standard 102: General Disclosures 2016)
|
||||
102-1
Name of the organization |
See Tele2 Annual Report 2018, p. 11
|
Yes
|
||
102-2
Activities, brands, products, and services |
See Tele2 Annual Report 2018, p. 11
|
|||
102-3
Location of headquarters |
See Tele2 Annual Report 2018, p. 88
|
Yes
|
||
102-4
Location of operations |
See Tele2 Annual Report 2018, p. 82
|
Yes
|
||
102-5
Ownership and legal form |
See Tele2 Annual Report 2018, p. 10
|
Yes
|
||
102-6
Markets served |
See Tele2 Annual Report 2018, p. 13
|
Yes
|
||
102-7
Scale of the organization |
See Tele2 Annual Report 2018, p. 11–13
|
Yes
|
||
102-8
Information on employees and other workers |
See Tele2 Annual Report 2018, p. 24–25
|
Yes
|
||
102-9
Supply chain |
Most suppliers, considering spend, are producers of input material or products such as handsets, base stations, sim cards, construction
companies for telecom mast constructions, Network & IT system solutions platforms as well as service providers within areas such as customer operations and media. Additionally, suppliers or Business Partners (as Tele2 calls them) may
be consultants, financial auditors, M&A firms, legal advisors, etc. Other telecommunications providers are suppliers of wholesale interconnection and roaming services which are necessary to deliver our services on or to other
networks.
Suppliers are either contracted through Group Procurement, Country Procurement or directly by various business ownership parties at Group or
country level. The first tier supply lines are estimated to cover several thousands of contracts.
|
|||
102-10
Significant changes to the organization and its supply chain |
Following the transaction between Tele2 and Deutsche Telekom, Tele2 has become minority shareholder of the resulting joint-venture. In this
Sustainability Report, The Netherlands is included for 2018.
Reporting on Tele2 Netherlands will cease starting 2019. In the financial reporting, Tele2 Netherlands has been reported as discontinued
operations with comparative periods represented. This may affect disclosures in this report, in particular those that refer to (financial) information in the Annual Report.
Reporting for Com Hem is included from 5 November 2018 up to and including 31 December 2018 only. Where applicable, the results for Com Hem
are included in the figures for our Swedish operation, unless they are explicitly stated separately or excluded.
Tele2 giving notice to exercise its put option for Kazakhstan has not caused significant changes for 2018.
Tele2’s supply chain consists of several thousands of suppliers. Naturally there may be changes from year to year as contracts expire, and new
potential suppliers are signed on. However, these changes have not been significant during the year.
|
|||
102-11
Precautionary Principle or approach |
Tele2 works proactively to identify and monitor its most significant risks through an enterprise risk management process. The purpose of this process is to
minimize surprises and improve the decision making in order for Tele2 to achieve its strategic, financial, compliance and operational objectives. Among other topics, Tele2 continuously follows research developments on electro-magnet
fields caused by telecommunication networks.
|
|||
102-12
External initiatives |
Tele2 adheres to applicable parts of the following: the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Labor Organization’s core
conventions, the OECD Guideline for multinational enterprises, the United Nations Global Compact, the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Children’s Rights Business Principles.
|
|||
102-13
Membership of associations |
Tele2 is currently actively engaged in the GSM Association, European Competitive Telecommunications Association, as a regular member in the Global
e-Sustainability Initiative (GeSI), and the Sida Swedish Leadership for Sustainable Development (SLSD) initiative.
|
|||
102-14
Statement from senior decision-maker |
See Tele2 Annual Report 2018, p. 2–3
|
|||
102-16
Values, principles, standards, and norms of behavior |
See the Tele2 Code of Conduct and the Tele2 Business Partner Code of Conduct on the Tele2.com website under the ‘Our Responsibility’ section.
|
GRI Standards Disclosure
|
Information or Reference
|
External
Assurance |
||
102-17
Mechanisms for advice and concerns about ethics |
For internal stakeholders Tele2’s Legal Department has an open door policy which is being used actively by employees seeking advice on ethical
and lawful behavior.
Tele2 has a whistleblowing process in place. It is also available to its Business Partners that have signed the Business Partner Code of
Conduct. Even external parties could use it as the instructions are publicly available on www.tele2.com.
|
|||
102-18
Governance structure |
Information on the governance structure of the organization, including committees of the highest governance body can be found in the Tele2
Corporate Governance Report 2018, p. 5–7
Information on the committees responsible for decision-making on economic, environmental, and social topics can be found on the Tele2.com
website, under the relevant subsections of the ‘Our Responsibility’ section.
|
|||
102-19
Delegating authority |
Information on the process for delegating authority from the highest governance body can be found in the Tele2 Corporate Governance Report
2018, p 8
Further information on delegation for economic, environmental, and social topics can be found on the Tele2.com website, under the relevant
subsections of the ‘Our Responsibility’ section.
|
|||
102-20
Executive-level responsibility for economic, environmental, and social topics |
Information on the executive-level responsibility for economic, environmental, and social topics can be found in the Tele2 Corporate
Governance Report 2018, p. 9
Further information on executive-level responsibility for economic, environmental, and social topics can be found on the Tele2.com website,
under the relevant subsections of the ‘Our Responsibility’ section.
|
|||
102-22
Composition of the highest governance body and its committee |
Information about the composition of the highest governance body and its committees can be found in the Tele2 Corporate Governance Report 2018, p. 5–10
|
|||
102-23
Chair of the highest governance body |
Information about the chair of the highest governance body can be found in the Tele2 Corporate Governance Report 2018, p. 5
|
|||
102-24
Nominating and selecting the highest governance body |
Information about nominating and selecting the highest governance body can be found in the Tele2 Corporate Governance Report 2018, p. 3
Further information on nominating and selecting the highest governance body can be found in the Tele2.com website, under the relevant
subsection regarding the Nomination Committee.
In the ‘Documents to the 2018 AGM’, the following was stated:
“In its work, the Nomination Committee applies rule 4.1 of the Swedish Corporate Governance Code as its diversity policy. Accordingly, the
Committee gives particular consideration to the importance of a diverse set of Board members, including their gender, age and nationality, as well as their experiences, professional backgrounds and business disciplines. The Committee
believes the composition of the proposed Board is fit-for-purpose in respect of the various dimensions of diversity, and will continue to pursue a high degree of diversity and gender balance in its efforts to compose the most capable
Board.”
|
|||
102-25
Conflicts of interest |
Information on conflict of interest of the highest governing body can be found in the Tele2 Corporate
Governance Report 2018, p. 3, and in the Tele2 Code of Conduct.
|
|||
102-26
Role of highest governance body in setting purpose, values, and strategy |
Information on the role of the highest governance body in setting purpose, values, and strategy can be found in the Tele2 Corporate Governance Report 2018, p. 8
|
|||
102-27
Collective knowledge of highest governance body |
The Board of Directors is the highest governing body responsible for Tele2’s Sustainability performance.
Sustainability matters are put on the agenda of every Audit Committee meeting and will also be reviewed at Board meetings. |
|||
102-29
Identifying and managing economic, environmental, and social impacts |
Sustainability risk management is part of the sustainability requirements of our largest shareholder Kinnevik. Therefore we discuss and review key aspects
annually with them. Risks and opportunities are regularly discussed at Board meetings. In addition, a full Sustainability strategy discussion is scheduled for the Annual Board Strategy session.
|
|||
102-30
Effectiveness of risk management processes |
Information about the effectiveness of risk management processes can be found in the Tele2 Corporate Governance Report 2018, p. 12–14
|
|||
102-31
Review of economic, environmental, and social topics |
The board reviews economic, environmental, and social topics during the Annual Board Strategy session.
Furthermore, these topics are put on the agenda of every Audit Committee meeting. More information on the frequency of Audit Committee meetings in 2017 can be found in the Tele2 Corporate Governance Report 2018, p. 9 |
|||
102-32
Highest governance body’s role in sustainability reporting |
Tele2’s material aspects regarding sustainability are reported in this Sustainability Report, which is externally examined, and approved by the Board.
|
|||
102-33
Communicating critical concerns |
Critical concerns can be communicated through the Audit Committee meetings. Reporting to the executive leadership team can occur throughout the year, either ad
hoc if necessary, or through scheduled leadership team meetings.
|
GRI Standards Disclosure
|
Information or Reference
|
External
Assurance |
||
102-36
Process for determining remuneration |
Information about the process for determining remuneration can be found in the Tele2 Corporate Governance Report 2018, p. 9–10
|
|||
102-37
Stakeholders’ involvement in remuneration |
Shareholders approve the remuneration guidelines for senior executives through the AGM.
|
|||
102-40
List of stakeholder groups |
Tele2 is open to engage with all relevant stakeholders. Stakeholder dialogues are conducted regularly in various formats during the year, ranging from one-to-ones
to larger gatherings.
|
102-41
Collective bargaining agreements |
Employees in Sweden and the Netherlands are covered by collective bargaining agreements. For other countries this may vary, though Tele2 has a
positive view on collective bargaining agreements. This is reflected in the Code of Conduct and the Business Partner Code of Conduct, which states: “The rights of employees to freely associate and to bargain collectively, in accordance
with the laws of the countries in which they are employed, shall be recognized and respected.”
In total 40% of all FTEs are covered by collective bargaining agreements.
|
|||
102-42
Identifying and selecting stakeholders |
Tele2 is open to any constructive dialogue, i.e. Tele2 does not exclude anyone from having a discussion on relevant topics. Tele2’s stakeholders can generally be
described as parties and people affecting its business, as well as parties and people being affected by it.
|
|||
102-43
Approach to stakeholder engagement |
Tele2 has ongoing dialogues with many of its different stakeholder groups. Among others, this can take place in the form of dialogues with
investors, roadshows, interactions with customers and civil society and dialogues with industry organizations. The Annual General Meeting is a key point of contact for Tele2 with its stakeholders. During the Annual General Meeting Tele2
presents and discusses both financial and sustainability related results.
Stakeholder engagements are built into business processes. This includes having Sustainability questions in the employee survey “My Voice”, a
survey on the Code of Conduct amongst all employees, customer surveys, dialogues with the largest shareholders on Sustainability, being active with Government Relations and the EU, answering questionnaires from NGOs, meeting analysts,
analyzing media reports, etc. Occasionally or when deemed necessary, Tele2 conducts specific tailored engagements, for example as it did when developing the previous Sustainability Strategy and the materiality analysis.
The frequency of engagements varies from once a year (e.g. My Voice) to several times a year (e.g. investors). Tele2 has not had any
particular separate engagement for the preparation of the report.
A total of 85% of Tele2 employees participated in the 2018 MyVoice survey. A total of 47% of Tele2 employees responded to a survey specifically on the Code of Conduct.
The average customer satisfaction during 2018 has been 85%, which Tele2 is pleased with.
The results of the customer service survey are based on global standards and cover customers in all of Tele2’s countries of operation. The
surveying of customer satisfaction is done continuously throughout the year. Tele2 strives for continuous improvement of the underlying evaluation process to provide the best service to its customers.
|
|||
102-44
Key topics and concerns raised |
Tele2 uses the input received from stakeholders to co-determine its focus areas for Sustainability. Tele2 develops strategies and policies to
ensure that the company performs well within those areas.
Tele2 reports on its focus areas in the Sustainability report.
Shareholders emphasize the importance of the Ethics and Compliance and Environment focus areas. Engagement by Tele2 on Child Protection is
encouraged by the largest shareholder Kinnevik. Customers are the major stakeholder for Privacy and Integrity and Tele2 employees are the primary beneficiary of Diversity.
In the MyVoice survey, Tele2 employees on average agree with the statements: “I am treated with respect and dignity” (89%), “Tele2 does a good
job supporting the communities in which it does business” (73%) and “I have good opportunities to learn and grow at Tele2” (73%).
See disclosure 102-43 for the results of Tele2’s customer satisfaction survey.
|
GRI Standards Disclosure
|
Information or Reference
|
External
Assurance |
||
102-45
Entities included in the consolidated financial statements |
This report covers the Tele2 Group.
Legal entities are listed in the parent company’s financial statements in Note 23 in the Tele2 Annual Report 2018, p. 82
|
|||
102-46
Defining report content and topic Boundaries |
The telecommunication’s industry has continued to focus on ethics, risks for corruption and human rights such as privacy & freedom of
expression (including the UNGP) and Tele2’s focus areas align with the industry.
Tele2 has a Sustainability Report available as a PDF file, in which it reports information relevant to Sustainability, including the legally
mandated disclosure of sustainability information.
Tele2’s reporting boundaries have been defined through interactions with stakeholders, and during in-house discussions with for example the
Legal department, where the degree of ownership and areas of work for each entity were reviewed. The content of reported information mirrors the material Sustainability areas as defined in the corporate strategy.
Tele2 has continued its journey to integrate Sustainability into core business processes, such as the corporate strategy. Sustainability
reporting is integrated in the corporate strategy.
Our focus areas are Privacy & Integrity, Ethics & Compliance, Environment, Child Protection, and Diversity & Inclusion.
|
|||
102-47
List of material topics |
For Tele2’s material topics, see the DMA-table provided above.
|
|||
102-48
Restatements of information |
No significant restatements within the scope of Sustainability.
|
|||
102-49
Changes in reporting |
There are no significant changes in material topics and topic boundaries made by Tele2.
|
|||
102-50
Reporting period |
1 January 2018 up to and including 31 December 2018.
|
|||
102-51
Date of most recent report |
28 March 2018
|
|||
102-52
Reporting cycle |
Annual
|
|||
102-53
Contact point for questions regarding the report |
Viktor Wallström, Executive Vice President, Communications & Sustainability, email: viktor.wallstrom@tele2.com, phone: +46703635327
|
|||
102-54
Claims of reporting in accordance with the GRI Standards |
This report has been prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards: Core option
|
|||
102-55
GRI content index |
This table is the GRI Context Index and contains all the information disclosed by Tele2 for each disclosure, or refers to the relevant
information if published elsewhere.
GRI Standard used are:
GRI 102: General Disclosures 2016
GRI 103: Management Approach 2016
GRI 201: Economic Performance 2016
GRI 205: Anti-Corruption 2016
GRI 206: Anti-Competitive Behavior 2016
GRI 302: Energy 2016
GRI 305: Emissions 2016
GRI 307: Environmental Compliance 2016
GRI 401: Employment 2016
GRI 403: Occupational Health and Safety 2016
GRI 405: Diversity and Equal Opportunity 2016
GRI 406: Non-discrimination 2016
GRI 407: Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining 2016
GRI 408: Child Labor 2016
GRI 409: Forced and Compulsory Labor 2016
GRI 416: Customer Health and Safety 2016
GRI 417: Marketing and Labeling 2016
GRI 418: Customer Privacy 2016
GRI 419: Socioeconomic Compliance 2016
|
GRI Standards Disclosure
|
Information or Reference
|
External
Assurance |
||||||
Energy
(GRI Standard 302: Energy 2016)
|
||||||||
302-1
Energy consumption within the organization |
Fuel Consumption (GJ)
|
2018
|
2018 share of consumption
|
2017
|
2017 share of consumption
|
|||
Natural Gas
|
2,086
|
0,1%
|
3,620
|
0,2%
|
||||
Gas mix
|
0,0%
|
93
|
0,0%
|
|||||
Petrol
|
20,229
|
1,3%
|
15,417
|
1,0%
|
||||
Diesel
|
61,842
|
3,9%
|
58,507
|
3,8%
|
||||
Ethanol
|
10
|
0,0%
|
35
|
0,0%
|
||||
Biogas
|
104
|
0,0%
|
98
|
0,0%
|
||||
Share of renewables in total fuel consumption
|
0.1%
|
0.2%
|
||||||
Electricity, heating, cooling, and steam purchased for consumption (GJ)
|
||||||||
Electricity
|
1,464,235
|
92.7%
|
1,436,505
|
92.2%
|
||||
District heating
|
24,773
|
1.6%
|
29,821
|
1.9%
|
||||
District cooling
|
5,510
|
0.3%
|
14,513
|
0.9%
|
||||
Total energy consumption
|
1,578,789
|
1,558,609
|
||||||
Energy consumption
|
Electricity consumption is the primary source of Tele2’s emissions of greenhouse gases. In the Greenhouse Gas Protocol there are two
alternative methods for calculating the emissions in scope 2: the location-based method and the market-based method. The location-based method considers the average emission intensity for the whole grid, while the market-based method
considers the market for Guarantees of Origin. Using the market-based method allows you to choose low emitting production, but if you do not make an active choice the emission intensity for the so called “residual mix” will be higher than
the average for the whole grid. As the choice of method has such an impact on the calculations of Tele2’s greenhouse gas emissions the result is disclosed with both methods where the market-based method always shows the highest value.
Tele2’s electricity consumption increased with 2 percent compared to 2017, partly as a result of the larger business in Sweden in 2018 due to Tele2s acquisition of ComHem and previously TDC. Electricity consumed in base stations, which
accounts for approximately 89 percent of total emissions, is by far the largest source of indirect emissions.
Based on the result in 2018, Tele2 could be said to have a potential environmental liability related to climate change of 151 003 (Market
based) / 119 200 (Location based) tons of CO
2
-eq, approximately –17% (Market based) / –7% (Location based) compared to total emissions in 2017. Should these emissions be regulated, for instance as a result of an international
agreement, it could mean an estimated cost of 2,3 MEUR (Market based) / 1,8 MEUR (Location based) for buying allowances, calculated by using the 2018 average allowance price in the EU Emission Trading System (EU-ETS) of 15,5 EUR/ton (5,8
EUR in 2017, sharp increase). Since it could not be considered likely that ICTs would be included in the EU ETS, calculations on the open carbon market could result in a different price. According to the second Stern report, which was
published in June 2014, the price on carbon dioxide that is needed to avoid more than 2 degree above pre-industrial levels, would be 32-103$ per ton. If Tele2’s emissions for 2018 were put in monetary terms in that respect, with the price
of 103$ per ton, the total cost would be 13,2 (Marked based) / 10,4 (Location based) MEUR.
Tele2 has offset all its 2018 emissions in Sweden, including energy, cars and air travel, a total of 4,751 tons CO
2
-eq, in the
projects Karnataka Wind, and Godawari Solar Rays, both in India. These projects are certified by Gold Standard and by UNFCCC CDM.
Notes on changes and altered calculation methods:
●
Tele 2 SE’s purchase of green electricity covered all electricity consumption for the
year, which decreased the indirect energy emissions (Scope 2) drastically.
●
ComHem was added to the group, which has
significantly added to the total electricity consumption.
●
Divested operations in Austria are no longer part
of the reporting.
Tele2 has discovered minor reporting errors in the data presented for 2017 in the previous annual report. The energy usage for 2017 was 1%
above what was reported. The correct figures for 2017 are stated above.
|
|||||||
GRI Standards Disclosure | Information or Reference |
External
Assurance |
||||||||||
Emissions (GRI Standard 305: Emissions 2016) | ||||||||||||
305-1
Direct (Scope 1)
GHG emissions
305-2
Energy indirect (Scope 2)
GHG emissions
|
2018
|
2017
|
||||||||||
Country
|
Direct
|
Energy indirect
|
Total
|
Share
|
Direct
|
Energy indirect
|
Total
|
Share
|
||||
Austria
|
638
|
9,386
|
10,025
|
5%
|
||||||||
Croatia
|
464
|
10,221
|
10,685
|
7%
|
259
|
10,798
|
11,057
|
6%
|
||||
Estonia
|
273
|
20,234
|
20,507
|
14%
|
221
|
19,612
|
19,833
|
11%
|
||||
Germany
|
27
|
28
|
55
|
0%
|
48
|
37
|
85
|
0%
|
||||
Kazakhstan
|
715
|
50,225
|
50,940
|
34%
|
464
|
47,105
|
47,569
|
26%
|
||||
Latvia
|
473
|
6,160
|
6,633
|
4%
|
376
|
4,416
|
4,792
|
3%
|
||||
Lithuania
|
206
|
23,582
|
23,787
|
16%
|
214
|
10,853
|
11,067
|
6%
|
||||
Netherlands
|
1,608
|
33,803
|
35,411
|
23%
|
1,323
|
34,741
|
36,064
|
20%
|
||||
Sweden
|
2,448
|
335
|
2,783
|
2%
|
2,371
|
40,350
|
42,722
|
23%
|
||||
Com hem
|
0
|
203
|
203
|
0%
|
||||||||
Total
|
6,213
|
144,790
|
151,003
|
5,915
|
177,300
|
183,215
|
|
|
|||
Tele2 has discovered minor reporting errors in the data presented for 2017 in the previous annual report.
The energy usage for 2017 was 1% above what was reported. The correct figures for 2017 are stated above.
|
||||
Environmental Compliance
(GRI Standard 307: Environmental Compliance 2016)
|
||||
307-1
Non-compliance with environmental laws and regulations |
See Tele2 Annual Report 2018, p. 26
|
Yes
|
Environmental Compliance
(GRI Standard 401: Employment 2016)
|
|||||||
401-1
New employee hires and
employee turnover |
|||||||
Women
|
Men
|
||||||
New hires
|
766
|
903
|
|||||
|
Employees leaving
|
715
|
919
|
||||
Total increase/decrease
|
51
|
-16
|
|||||
GRI Standards Disclosure
|
Information or Reference
|
External
Assurance |
||||||||||
Occupational Health and Safety (GRI Standard 403: Occupational Health and Safety 2016) | ||||||||||||
403-2
Types of injury and rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities |
Tele2 omits occupational disease rates, injuries, injury rate and lost day rates, because its operations are not naturally prone to these issues and data is therefore not available.
|
|||||||||||
Absentee rate
|
SE
|
EE
|
LV
|
LT
|
NL
|
HR
|
DE
|
KZ
|
||||
Women
|
||||||||||||
Total # of absentee days over the period
|
8,058
|
4,368
|
6,445
|
2,829
|
5,679
|
372
|
179
|
6,076
|
||||
Total # of workforce days worked for the same period
|
191,742
|
49,856
|
62,812
|
80,308
|
75,635
|
24,054
|
3,493
|
157,809
|
||||
Total absentee rate
|
4%
|
9%
|
10%
|
4%
|
8%
|
2%
|
5%
|
4%
|
||||
Men
|
||||||||||||
Total # of absentee days over the period
|
8,915
|
512
|
3,710
|
879
|
9,122
|
237
|
193
|
4,640
|
||||
Total # of workforce days worked for the same period
|
425,584
|
25,703
|
100,251
|
36,421
|
251,010
|
27,476
|
6,917
|
161,868
|
||||
Total absentee rate
|
2%
|
2%
|
4%
|
2%
|
4%
|
1%
|
3%
|
3%
|
||||
No fatalities were reported during the year. Figures for ComHem are excluded for this disclosure.
|
GRI Standards Disclosure
|
Information or Reference
|
External
Assurance |
||
Child Labor
(GRI Standard 408: Child Labor 2016)
|
||||
408-1
Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of child labor |
See disclosure 407-1.
Furthermore, in order to protect the rights of children, the CoC and the BPCoC explicitly state:
“
Children under the minimum working age established by local law or fifteen (15) years,
whichever is greater, shall not be used as labour force. Employees under eighteen (18) years shall not be engaged in hazardous or heavy work, or on nights shifts.
”
|
|||
Forced and Compulsory Labor
(GRI Standard 409: Forced and Compulsory Labor
2016)
|
||||
409-1
Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor |
See disclosure 407-1.
Furthermore, in order to contribute to the elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labor, the CoC and the BPCoC explicitly state:
“Forced labour, exploited or bonded labour is strictly forbidden. Employees shall not be required to lodge deposits or original identity
papers as a condition for employment.”
|
|
||
Customer Health and Safety
(GRI Standard 416: Customer Health and Safety 2016)
|
||||
416-2
Incidents of non-compliance concerning the health and safety impacts of products and services |
See Tele2 Annual Report 2018, p. 26
|
Yes
|
||
Marketing and Labeling
(GRI Standard 417: Marketing and Labeling 2016)
|
||||
417-3
Incidents of non-compliance concerning marketing communications |
See Tele2 Annual Report 2018, p. 26
|
Yes
|
||
Customer Privacy
(GRI Standard 418: Customer Privacy 2016)
|
||||
418-1
Substantiated complaints concerning breaches of customer privacy and losses of customer data |
See Tele2 Annual Report 2018, p. 26
|
Yes
|
||
Socioeconomic Compliance
(GRI Standard 419: Socioeconomic Compliance 2016)
|
||||
419-1
Non-compliance with laws and regulations in the social and economic area |
See Tele2 Annual Report 2018, p. 26
|
Andrew Barron
|
Sofia Arhall Bergendorff
|
Anders Björkman
|
Cynthia Gordon
|
Eva Lindqvist
|
Lars-Åke Norling
|
Eamonn O’Hare
|
Carla Smits-Nusteling
|
Anders Nilsson
President and CEO |
|
Date: April 2, 2019
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Tele2 AB (publ)
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By:
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/s/ Stefan Backman
|
|
|
|
Name:
|
Stefan Backman
|
|
|
Title:
|
General Counsel
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