ESG

We, Deutsche Telekom, are more than just another company, which provides society with infrastructure. Whatever the circumstances, we are a trusted companion. Whenever. Wherever. We take our responsibility to society and the environment very seriously. We live Corporate Responsibility. Day in, day out. We want to be leading in terms of climate protection and in the field of sustainable supplier management, while also ensuring equality of participation in the information and knowledge society. Forever making life easier for people and enriching it is our mission.
Timotheus Höttges, CEO

ESG is on top of our agenda: Our ESG commitments

  • Climate
    • 100% renewable electricity for DT Group (in 2021 achieved) ✅
    • Net-zero for direct and indirect CO2 emissions (Scope 1 & 2) (until 2025)
    • 50% Electricity from green PPAs & own production (group ex US in 2025)
    • Keep energy consumption stable (group ex US) (2027 vs. 2024)
    • Reduce Scope 1-3 CO2 emissions by 55% (2030 vs 2020)
    • Net-zero CO2e emissions (Scope 1-3) with at least 90% reduction (Latest 2040)
  • Circularity
    • Zero ICT waste to landfill in Europe (in 2022)
    • Sustainable packaging in DE & EU:
      • 100% for all new T-branded devices (in 2022)
      • ~100% for all devices (in 2025)
    • 100% ready for circularity around technology&devices (in 2030)
  • 30% female share in Leadership team (until 2027)*
  • 80% diverse age distribution*
  • Refresh and more global leadership team (until 2027) *
  • Increase share of digital experts to 25-30% (until 2027)*
  • Cumulative >80 beneficiaries digital society (2027 vs 2024)

*group ex US 

  • Further integrate ESG into financial steering systems and company decisions (ongoing)

We are working on the implementation: excerpt from the 2024 full-year presentation (February 2025)

  • Climate targets are well on track
  • Launch of Green AI Principles
  • New Circularity blueprint  
  • For 9th time in a row A ranked in CDP

Listen to Tim Höttges speaking about ESG in the FY-2024 results presentation (YouTube, February 26, 2025)

  • Community contribution digital society: EUR1.1 bn
  • Beneficiaries digital society: 34 mn
  • >6.3 mn students connected as part of TMUS’ education initiatives
  • Share of Digital Experts now increased to 22.7% 

Listen to Tim Höttges speaking about ESG in the FY-2024 results presentation (YouTube, February 26, 2025)


  • Share of PPAs at 32.5% on track for 50% target
  • German Sustainability Award – Most sustainable German telco 
  • S&P Global ESG – Best European telco 

Listen to Tim Höttges speaking about ESG in the FY-2023 results presentation (YouTube, February 23, 2024)

Living responsibility, enabling sustainability

Deutsche Telekom has been committed to sustainability and social responsibility for nearly three decades. To improve transparency for our stakeholders, we assign our CR activities to the ESG perspectives. E for Environment - S for Social - and G for Governance.

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Our ESG strategy

We take responsibility for the environment and society.

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Environment

Deutsche Telekom has made a clear commitment to climate-neutral business practices and the pursuit of a circular economy.

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Social

Deutsche Telekom considers itself an active member of society and takes responsibility when it comes to social issues.

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Governance

Corporate governance lays the strategic foundation for sustainable behaviour.

CR Report 2024

Corporate Responsibility Report

On our way to the leading sustainable telco. Facts, figures and progress on ESG topics.

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Sustainability for the curious

Sustainability at Deutsche Telekom explained simply and clearly.

CR Report 2024

Corporate Responsibility Report

For an extensive overview on DT’s activities in the fields of environment and social take a look at our annual Corporate Responsibility Report.

The most relevant topics are also summarized in the sustainability statement in DT’s annual report 2024.

Nachhaltigkeitstag

Sustainability Day 2022

We revised and sharpened our sustainability strategy in all areas.

Sustainable Finance

For more than two decades, we have been participating in various ESG ratings with our shares (T-shares). How we select them depends on their financial market relevance, independence, quality of analysis and the strategic relevance of the results. If the T-share receives a good ESG rating from the rating agencies, it will be listed in corresponding sustainability indices on the financial market.

In 2024, the T-share was again listed in major sustainability indices, including the “Best European Telecommunications Company” category in S&P’s Dow Jones World. It was also again listed in CDP’s Climate A-List.

Here is a selection of the listings of the T-share:

Rating-Agentur

Indizes/ Prädikate/ Ranking

2024

2023

2022

20212020

S&P CSA

Dow Jones Best-in-Class World Index

Dow Jones Best-in-Class Europe Index

S&P ESG Index Series

CDP

STOXX Global Climate Change Leaders

Supplier Engagement A-List

MSCI

ESG Universal Indexes

ISS-ESG

Prime Status (Sector Leader)

Bloomberg

Gender Equality Indexa

Sustainalytics

STOXX Global ESG Leaders!b

FTSE Financial Times Stock Exchange

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✓ Listed ✕ Not listed
a Classification for the reporting year is based on the evaluation from 2023.
b Listed in other indexes in the relevant universe.

Investment products in the area of SRI (Socially Responsible Investments) consist of securities of companies that are successfully assessed according to ESG criteria. The development of demand for the T-share in this investment category serves as an indicator for us to assess our sustainability performance.

The ESG KPI “Sustainable Investment” indicates the proportion of Deutsche Telekom shares held by investors with SRI investment intentions. As of December 31, 2024, it was around 30.4% of the T-shares. (Source: Nasdaq)

Socially Responsible Investment

in %

The Sustainable Finance Disclosure Regulation (SFDR) is intended to make the extent to which financial products are sustainable more transparent. Therefore, we want to illustrate our investors and financial service providers with a table of the most important indicators according to the SFDR (so called “Principal Adverse Impacts”, PAIs). This includes environmental, social and employee concerns as well as respect for human rights and the fight against corruption and bribery. For the reporting year, we focused on the indicators that are mandatory for financial institutions in the disclosure of PAIs.

The English name of the indicators is decisive. Since no official German translation has been published, our German translation is only for the sake of comprehensibility.

Find the Principal Adverse Impacts in the CR report here.

Detailed information on the EU taxonomy and the taxonomy-eligible and taxonomy-aligned economic activities in 2024 can be found in our Sustainability Statement 2024.

The Group Tax department is responsible for ensuring that the Deutsche Telekom Group pays taxes at the national and international level in accordance with the applicable laws. This includes the Group’s income taxes, which must also be regularly reported in our IFRS financial statements, as well as VAT and income tax on salaries payable within the context of customer transactions and for Group employees and other taxes that are triggered for the Group.

Please find more details in the following documents:

Tax strategy

Country-by-country reporting

Cash Tax Rate Reconciliation

Total Tax Contribution

ESG Data and Background Information

Contact Corporate ResponsibilityYou are not an investor and have questions about our ESG activities or ambitions? Please contact us via this contact form.

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