Demant
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- Provide detailed information regarding the processes your organization employs to engage with value chain workers concerning impacts. Specify whether and how the perspectives of these workers influence your decision-making or activities related to managing actual and potential impacts on them. Include an explanation of the stage(s) at which engagement occurs, the type of engagement, and the frequency of such engagements.
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Question Id: S2-2_03
Our strong collaboration with suppliers enables us to consistently deliver quality products in scale and thus ensure timely delivery throughout our value chain. In our Hearing Aids business area, we have deepened this collaboration by integrating sustainability into our partnerships through our supplier engagement programme. The programme’s objective is to collaborate more closely with suppliers on decarbonisation and address human rights impacts in our supply chain. We continuously take steps to gain insight into the perspectives of the impacts of our operations on workers in our value chain. Currently, supplier engagement does not involve direct engagement with workers in the value chain.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 50%
- Provide a detailed account of whether and how the perspectives of value chain workers are integrated into your decision-making processes or activities concerning the management of actual and potential impacts on these workers. Include, where applicable, a description of any Global Framework Agreements or other agreements with global union federations that pertain to the respect of human rights of workers within the value chain. Additionally, explain how such agreements facilitate the undertaking's understanding of the workers' perspectives, particularly in relation to their right to bargain collectively.
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Question Id: S2-2_05
Our strong collaboration with suppliers enables us to consistently deliver quality products in scale and thus ensure timely delivery throughout our value chain. In our Hearing Aids business area, we have deepened this collaboration by integrating sustainability into our partnerships through our supplier engagement programme. The programme’s objective is to collaborate more closely with suppliers on decarbonisation and address human rights impacts in our supply chain. We continuously take steps to gain insight into the perspectives of the impacts of our operations on workers in our value chain. Currently, supplier engagement does not involve direct engagement with workers in the value chain.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 50%
- Has the undertaking failed to adopt a general process for engaging with value chain workers regarding impacts? If so, disclose this fact and provide a timeframe for when such a process will be implemented.
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Question Id: S2-2_08
Currently, supplier engagement does not involve direct engagement with workers in the value chain.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 50%
- Has the undertaking adopted a general process to engage with workers in the value chain regarding impacts? If not, disclose the absence of such a process and provide a timeframe within which the undertaking intends to implement this process.
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Question Id: S2-2_09
Currently, supplier engagement does not involve direct engagement with workers in the value chain.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 50%
- Describe the undertaking's general approach and processes for providing or contributing to a remedy when it has caused or contributed to a material negative impact on value chain workers. Include details on whether and how the undertaking assesses the effectiveness of the remedy provided.
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Question Id: S2-3_01
Our whistleblower hotline is available to all external stakeholders, including value chain workers. Where Demant may contribute to negatively impacting value chain workers, we are committed to contributing to remediate such impacts. We expect suppliers to ensure they have effective remedies in place, as they are responsible for any adverse impacts on their own workers.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 60%
- Provide a detailed description of the specific channels established for value chain workers to directly communicate their concerns or needs to the undertaking, and outline the processes in place to address these issues. Indicate whether these channels are internally developed by the undertaking or facilitated through third-party mechanisms.
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Question Id: S2-3_02
Our whistleblower hotline is available to all external stakeholders, including value chain workers. Currently, Demant does not require its suppliers to establish reporting channels for their own employees to raise concerns.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 60%
- Provide a detailed account of the processes your organization employs to support or mandate the availability of channels for value chain workers to raise concerns within their workplace.
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Question Id: S2-3_03
Currently, Demant does not require its suppliers to establish reporting channels for their own employees to raise concerns. This will be considered the next time we update our Third Party Compliance Code.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 50%
- Provide a detailed explanation of the processes implemented to track and monitor issues raised and addressed within your organization. Additionally, describe the measures taken to ensure the effectiveness of the channels available for value chain workers to raise concerns, including the involvement of stakeholders who are the intended users.
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Question Id: S2-3_04
Our whistleblower hotline is available to all external stakeholders, including value chain workers. We expect suppliers to ensure they have effective remedies in place, as they are responsible for any adverse impacts on their own workers.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 60%
- Does the undertaking assess whether value chain workers are aware of and trust the structures or processes available for raising their concerns or needs, and how is this assessment conducted? Additionally, disclose whether there are policies in place to protect individuals who utilize these channels from retaliation. If this information has already been provided in accordance with ESRS G1-1, please reference that disclosure.
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Question Id: S2-3_05
Our whistleblower hotline is available to all external stakeholders, including value chain workers. We expect suppliers to ensure they have effective remedies in place.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 60%
- Does the undertaking have policies in place to protect individuals from retaliation when they use channels to raise concerns or needs, and how does it ensure that value chain workers are aware of and trust these structures or processes? If this information has already been disclosed in accordance with ESRS G1-1, please refer to that disclosure.
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Question Id: S2-3_06
Our whistleblower hotline is available to all external stakeholders, including value chain workers. We expect suppliers to ensure they have effective remedies in place.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 60%