Socially Responsible Investment (SRI)

Our commitment

Connecting people is not just our job, it's our responsibility. And beyond that, we are committed to more sustainability, more responsibility and more digital participation.

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

Focus topics

Corporate Responsibility Report

Electricity from renewable energies, digital participation and responsibility: We provide the CR overview for 2021.

Non-financial statement

Non-financial statement in our Management Report.

Climate and Environment

All-in for climate protection: We are dedicated to reducing our impact on the environment as well as that of our customers.

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Data protection and Data security

Find security tips and current information on data protection and data security here.

Supply chain management

We are partners to our suppliers when it comes to a more sustainable approach to doing business.

Social Commitment

Deutsche Telekom works to be a good citizen and a responsible employer.

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Assume responsibility

We take on responsibility for society and the environment.

Sustainable Lifestyle

Everyone can make a contribution: Our products and services support sustainable lifestyles.

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Media skills for everyone

We work to teach people how to use new technologies competently and safely.

Sustainable Finance

As part of our CR strategy, we have taken part successfully for many years in ESG ratings, which we select based on reputation, relevance, and independence. When rating agencies give high marks to our social and ecological commitment, the T-Share is included in the financial market's sustainability indexes.

In 2021, the T-Share was again listed on leading sustainability indexes, including S&P Global’s prominent, and CSA-based, DJSI World and DJSI Europe. Our shares were also listed yet again on the FTSE4Good Index (for the tenth year running) and the UN Global Compact 100 Index. We are also listed on the Euronext Indices.

The table below presents a selection of other T-Share listings.

Rating-Agentur	Indizes/ Prädikate/ Ranking	2021*	2020	2019	2018	2017
S&P SAM	DJSI World	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	DJSI Europe	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	S&P ESG Index Series	✓	✓	✓	–	–
CDP	STOXX Global Climate Change Leaders	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	Supplier Engagement A-List	✓	✓	✓	✓	x
MSCI	ESG Universal Indexes	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
ISS-oekom	"Prime" (Sector leader)	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
Bloomberg	Gender Equality Index	✓	✓	✓	✓	x
Sustainalytics	STOXX Global ESG Leaders	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
	UN Global Compact 100	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
FTSE Financial Times Stock Exchange	FTSE4Good	✓	✓	✓	✓	✓
V.E.	Euronext Vigeo World 120	✓	✓	✓	x	x

✓ Listed successfully
✕ Not listed
– Index did not exist in the relevant year

The Socially Responsible Investment (SRI) ESG KPI indicates the proportion of shares in Deutsche Telekom AG held by investors who take, among other criteria, environmental, social, and governance criteria into account for their investment strategy.

And our commitment for more sustainability pays off: As of September 30, 2021, 12 percent of all T-Shares were held by investors who partially take environmental, social, and governance criteria into account for their investment strategy; 10 percent were held by investors who manage their funds primarily in accordance with SRI aspects.

Our ambition: increase KPI

We have been using Group-wide KPIs since 2009 to monitor our performance: ESG (environmental, social, governance) KPIs (key performance indicators). They help us continue to systematically improve our performance. For example, we use specific KPIs to measure energy consumption and emissions, our sustainability efforts in the supply chain and our social activities.

Our national companies assist in the collection of Group-wide ESG KPIs by recording CR data themselves. These national companies represent 99 percent of the Group’s net revenue.

For the purpose of integrated financial and sustainability reporting, the KPIs map all six types of capital.

There are various standards for CR reporting for companies. Our CR report has been based for many years in particular on reporting in accordance with GRI. Since 2017, we have also been using the SDGs (Sustainability Development Goals) to make our performance transparen. In addition, Deutsche Telekom addresses the sustainability standards of the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) in the reporting year, and the industry-specific analysis for the information and communications technology sector.

GRI Index
UN Global Compact – Communication on Progress
German Sustainability Code
Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB)
Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD)

We have received numerous prizes and awards for our performance in the following fields:

News on latest awards can be found here.

ESG Interactive benchmarking tool

Current development of our measures & key figures.

Benchmarking tool

CR Worldwide

With companies in about 50 countries, Deutsche Telekom is one of the world's leading telecommunications providers.

CR Worldwide

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