Sustainability at a glance

Significant opportunities (+) / risks (-)1), concepts, measures and SDGs

ECONOMY

Partnership with equity investors and outside creditors | Business models fit for the future – innovation

Concepts

  • Securing the company value by continuing a sound financial and investment policy
  • Implementing innovative business models to safeguard the Group's competitiveness
  • Partnerships and cooperation projects
  • Strengthening the Company's resilience against exceptional events (e.g. the COVID-19 pandemic)
  • Increasing the use of new technologies (digitalisation)

SDGs

  • SDG 8 Decent work and economic growth
  • SDG 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
  • SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production
ENVIRONMENT

Climate protection | Resource conservation

Concepts

  • Consistent QSE management system
  • Group’s strategic goals for climate protection and resource conservation
  • Certified management systems (EMAS, ISO)

Opportunities and risks

Opportunities

  • Efficient and environmentally friendly energy supply for society and the economy
  • Resource preservation empowered by modern and sustainable technologies
  • Contribution to achieving climate neutrality

Risks

  • Regional ecological impacts on habitats, hydromorphology and biodiversity from the construction and operation of facilities
  • Local and global environmental impacts from increased emissions (greenhouse gas emissions in particular)

Measures

  • “Quality, Safety and Environmental (QSE) Management” Group Policy
  • “Strategy Development Process” Group Policy
  • “Company Cars and Their Private Use” Group Policy
  • Steady expansion of renewable energies
  • Increasing energy efficiency on the part of customers and within the Group
  • Environmental impact assessments and analysis reports
  • Reviewed and approved environmental statements, certifications and audits
  • Use of modern and sustainable technologies
  • Rights management database
  • Management of official decisions
  • Ensuring that the legally required staff appointments are made
  • Ideas management

SDGs

  • SDG 3: Good health and well-being
  • SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation
  • SDG 7: Affordable and clean energy
  • SDG 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
  • SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities
  • SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production
  • SDG 13: Climate action
  • SDG 14: Life below water
  • SDG 15: Life on land
SOCIAL AFFAIRS

Security and quality of supply | Customer orientation and satisfaction | Regional responsibility | Social commitment

Concepts

  • Consistent QSE management system
  • Crisis management
  • Group’s principles on democratic politics
  • Group’s strategic goals for security and quality of supply, customer satisfaction and regional responsibility

Opportunities and risks

Opportunities

  • High reliability in supply and waste management services
  • Regional value-creation with infrastructure projects and capital investments in infrastructure
  • Support for social, cultural and sporting activities
  • New innovative products and sales channels for customers
  • Raising the awareness of children and adolescents for an environmentally conscious consumption of resources, electricity and water, as well as for the proper management and separate collection of waste

Risks

  • Potential negative effects on society, economy and environment caused by malfunctioning critical infrastructure (power plants, grid, telecommunication, waste and water/waste water management facilities)
  • Potential negative effects from outages of critical infrastructure on information security, cyber security and data protection
  • Regional consequences for the local population resulting from the construction and operation of facilities

Measures

  • “QSE Management” Group Policy
  • “Sponsoring and Giving” Group Policy
  • Investments into (grid) infrastructure
  • Overhaul and maintenance work to ensure security (of supply)
  • Crisis and emergency plans
  • Complaint management
  • Customer forum
  • Proactive inclusion of stakeholders
  • Project-related communication with stakeholders
  • Consideration of the interests of affected citizens beyond the scope prescribed by law
  • “Guidelines for planning processes for new high-voltage routes”
  • Support for social, cultural and sporting activities
  • Educational programme “Energie AG at School”
  • www.wir-denken-an-morgen.at
  • also see measures in Compliance

SDGs

  • SDG 1: No poverty
  • SDG 3: Good health and well-being
  • SDG 4: Quality education
  • SDG 6: Clean water and sanitation
  • SDG 7: Affordable and clean energy
  • SDG 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure
  • SDG 10: Reducing inequality
  • SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities
  • SDG 17: Partnerships for the goals
EMPLOYEES

Acting as a responsible employer | Workplace health and safety

Concepts

  • Comprehensive human resource management
  • Management systems for health and safety in the workplace
  • Group’s strategic goals for positioning itself as a responsible and attractive employer, as well as for health and safety at work

Opportunities and risks

Opportunities

  • Safeguard and creation of jobs for skilled professionals within the region
  • Economic contribution by providing education and training
  • Long-term employability and quality of life thanks to a focus on employee health
  • Family-friendly employer

Risks

  • Health and safety risks for company staff and temporary employees

Measures

  • “Human Resource Management” Group Policies
  • “Management by Objectives” Group Policy
  • “Management Academy” Group Policy
  • “berufundfamilie” audit for work-life balance
  • “Workplace Health Promotion until 2019” seal of approval
  • In-house health management project energy@work
  • Apprentice|trainee education
  • Safety training courses for internal and external employees
  • Work safety awareness campaign
  • Introduction of sabbaticals

SDGs

  • SDG 1: No poverty
  • SDG 3: Good health and well-being
  • SDG 4: Quality education
  • SDG 5: Gender equality
  • SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth
  • SDG 10: Reducing inequality
COMPLIANCE

Legal compliance and prevention of corruption

Concepts

  • Compliance management system and officer in place
  • Information management system
  • Data protection management system

Opportunities and risks

Opportunities

  • Fair and transparent contract award processes
  • Transparency and reliability for customers

Risks

  • Risks to fair competition caused by corruption and violations of antitrust law
  • Risks to claims by customers and employees under data protection law

Measures

  • “Compliance Management System” Group Policy
  • “Anti-corruption” Group Policy
  • “Capital Market Compliance” Group Policy
  • “ICT Information Security Management” Group Policy
  • “Data Protection Management System” Group Policy
  • “Data Protection Compliance Policy” Group Policy
  • “Internal Control System (ICS)” Group Policy
  • In-person training and e-learning courses

SDGs

  • SDG 5: Gender equality
  • SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth
  • SDG 10: Reducing inequality
  • SDG 16: Peace, justice, and strong institutions
RESPECT FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

Legal compliance and prevention of corruption | Security and quality of supply | Regional responsibility | Acting as a responsible employer | Climate protection & resource conservation

Concepts

  • Group’s strategic goals for climate protection and resource conservation, security and quality of supply, regional responsibility, and acting as a responsible employer
  • Compliance management system and officer in place

Opportunities and risks

Opportunities

  • Secure and reliable supply and waste management in the interest of a high quality of life
  • Positive effects on the region from regional procurement
  • Positive effects on business partners and employees

Risks

  • Risks in the earlier links of the supply chain cannot be entirely ruled out
  • Isolated cases of discrimination

Measures

  • “Compliance Management System” Group Policy
  • Works council
  • Code of Conduct – penalties for violations of the Code of Conduct
  • Defined minimum requirements for suppliers
  • Procurement sourcing is geared to sustainability criteria and principles
  • Training courses
  • www.wir-denken-an-morgen.at

SDGs

  • SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth

1) 1) Risks/opportunities are defined as events outside of the “ordinary” business activities that entail potential negative/positive consequences
With regard to Energie AG's risks/opportunities resulting from the NaDiVeG, please see “Significant Opportunities (+)/Risks (-) and Measures” in the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements,Management of risks and opportunities

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