Demant
ESRS disclosure
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- Provide a detailed description of the processes employed to identify necessary and appropriate actions in response to actual or potential material negative impacts on value chain workers. Include approaches to managing material risks, pursuing material opportunities, and evaluating the effectiveness of these actions.
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Question Id: S2-4_05
We have many suppliers in our Hearing Aids and Diagnostics business areas. We therefore take a risk-based approach to identifying and managing the interests, views and rights of value chain workers. The large number of suppliers calls for prioritisation of resources to identify and mitigate the most significant negative impacts first. If a negative impact is reported to or identified by Demant, we engage directly with the supplier in question to urge them to prevent and mitigate the impact, while clearly communicating our expectation that the supplier provides remedies towards the affected value chain workers.
In 2024, we established an updated and more extensive sustainability supplier risk assessment process to identify and document the potential impacts that workers in our supply chain are exposed to, based on the countries and sectors in which the workers or our suppliers operate. The risk assessment process is based on a quantitative and qualitative analysis, using recognised databases, indices and reports. Continuous risk assessment of existing and new suppliers helps us gain an overview of how the interests, views and rights of value chain workers could be materially impacted by Demant, including respect for their human rights. These efforts are embedded in the supplier management process, and dedicated sustainability specialists lead this work in our procurement functions.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 85%
- Provide a detailed description of your approach to addressing specific material negative impacts on value chain workers. Include any actions related to your purchasing or internal practices, capacity-building initiatives, engagement with entities within the value chain, or collaborative efforts with industry peers or other relevant parties. Additionally, outline how these actions manage material risks and pursue material opportunities related to value chain workers, and assess the effectiveness of these measures.
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Question Id: S2-4_06
Demant engages with suppliers that operate in countries and industries where there is a risk of negatively impacting workers' rights. This is especially the case in the electronic components manufacturing sector where impacts can be severe, e.g. poor health and safety standards, suboptimal working conditions and unfair labour practices. These negative conditions impact the individual workers and their families and take place in the short term. These impacts may be linked to our operations, products or services through our business relationships.
Our Third Party Compliance Code outlines our expectations toward suppliers and business partners regarding working conditions for workers in the value chain. This includes the core International Labour Organization (ILO) standards on working conditions, workplace health and safety, freedom of association, forced/child labour and non-discrimination. We expect all our direct suppliers to comply with this Code, which is included as an appendix in all new contracts with suppliers.
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: 80%
- How does the undertaking ensure that processes to provide or enable remedy in the event of material negative impacts on value chain workers are available and effective in their implementation and outcomes?
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Question Id: S2-4_07
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: 65%
- Provide a detailed account of the actions currently planned or being implemented to mitigate material risks associated with impacts and dependencies on value chain workers. Additionally, explain the methods employed to monitor and assess the effectiveness of these actions in practice.
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Question Id: S2-4_08
In 2024, we established an updated and more extensive sustainability supplier risk assessment process to identify and document the potential impacts that workers in our supply chain are exposed to, based on the countries and sectors in which the workers or our suppliers operate. The risk assessment process is based on a quantitative and qualitative analysis, using recognised databases, indices and reports. Continuous risk assessment of existing and new suppliers helps us gain an overview of how the interests, views and rights of value chain workers could be materially impacted by Demant, including respect for their human rights. These efforts are embedded in the supplier management process, and dedicated sustainability specialists lead this work in our procurement functions.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 80%
- Provide a detailed description of the actions planned or currently underway to pursue material opportunities concerning value chain workers, as required by Disclosure Requirement S2-4. Include information on how these actions address material impacts, manage material risks, and assess the effectiveness of the undertaken measures.
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Question Id: S2-4_09
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: 60%
- Does the undertaking disclose the measures and strategies implemented to prevent or mitigate material negative impacts on value chain workers caused or contributed to by its own practices? This includes detailing the approaches taken in areas such as procurement, sales, and data use, and addressing any tensions between these preventative or mitigative actions and other business pressures.
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Question Id: S2-4_10
Demant engages with suppliers that operate in countries and industries where there is a risk of negatively impacting workers' rights. This is especially the case in the electronic components manufacturing sector where impacts can be severe, e.g. poor health and safety standards, suboptimal working conditions and unfair labour practices. These negative conditions impact the individual workers and their families and take place in the short term. These impacts may be linked to our operations, products or services through our business relationships.
Our Third Party Compliance Code outlines our expectations toward suppliers and business partners regarding working conditions for workers in the value chain. This includes the core International Labour Organization (ILO) standards on working conditions, workplace health and safety, freedom of association, forced/child labour and non-discrimination. We expect all our direct suppliers to comply with this Code, which is included as an appendix in all new contracts with suppliers.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 80%
- Has the undertaking reported any severe human rights issues and incidents connected to its upstream and downstream value chain? If applicable, disclose the details of these incidents.
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Question Id: S2-4_11
No severe human rights impacts or incidents connected to our upstream or downstream value chain were reported to Demant in 2024.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 75%
- What resources has your undertaking allocated to manage its material impacts on value chain workers, and how do these allocations enable users to understand the management of these impacts?
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Question Id: S2-4_12
These efforts are embedded in the supplier management process, and dedicated sustainability specialists lead this work in our procurement functions.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 65%
- Does the undertaking disclose the process for setting targets related to managing material negative impacts, advancing positive impacts, and managing material risks and opportunities, specifically in relation to value chain workers? Furthermore, does the undertaking provide information on whether and how it engages directly with workers in the value chain, their legitimate representatives, or credible proxies with insight into their situation? Additionally, considering material negative impacts affecting value chain workers that may be linked to entities or operations outside the undertaking's direct control, does the undertaking disclose whether and how it seeks to use leverage in its business relationships to manage these impacts? This may involve the use of commercial leverage, such as enforcing contractual requirements or implementing incentives, other forms of leverage within the relationship, such as providing training or capacity-building on workers’ rights, or collaborative leverage with peers or other actors, such as initiatives aimed at responsible recruitment or ensuring workers receive an adequate wage.
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Question Id: S2-4_13
In Demant, we continuously evaluate our actions through our current practices, including our risk management, which is a part of the routine responsibilities of the procurement functions in Demant. We are currently implementing updated supplier risk assessment and due diligence processes. Therefore, we have not yet set targets to manage impact on workers in the value chain. In 2025, we will explore options to do so.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 50%
- Provide a detailed account of the process your organization employs for setting targets related to managing material negative impacts, advancing positive impacts, and managing material risks and opportunities. Specify whether and how your organization has engaged directly with workers in the value chain, their legitimate representatives, or credible proxies with insight into their situation. Additionally, when disclosing participation in an industry or multi-stakeholder initiative as part of actions to address material negative impacts, elucidate how the initiative and your organization's involvement aim to address the material impact concerned. Include any relevant targets set by the initiative and the progress made towards achieving them, as per Disclosure Requirements S2-4 and S2-5.
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Question Id: S2-4_14
In Demant, we continuously evaluate our actions through our current practices, including our risk management, which is a part of the routine responsibilities of the procurement functions in Demant. We are currently implementing updated supplier risk assessment and due diligence processes. Therefore, we have not yet set targets to manage impact on workers in the value chain. In 2025, we will explore options to do so.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 50%