To be successful, we have set ourselves ambitious targets in three strategic areas of action. We want to promote the digital skills of people in Switzerland and support fair supply chains, protect the climate, and build and maintain a reliable, high-performance ICT infrastructure. Our sustainability targets are an integral part of our corporate strategy and contribute towards the 17 Sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations.
“Swisscom sets global standards in the area of sustainability.”
Urs Schaeppi, CEO Swisscom
By 2025 at the latest, we will be helping two million people per year to use digital media and have improved working conditions for employees in our supply chains. The following measures will help us achieve these targets.
Our goal is for everyone in Switzerland to be able at all times to communicate in both the public and private spheres and to exploit the opportunities provided by digitisation. We see it as our duty to train users in the competent and safe use of digital media. We want to promote digitisation in Switzerland and thus enable the digital penetration of everyday life. In particular, we support children and young people in dealing competently with new opportunities. But we are also keen for the working population and senior citizens to recognise the opportunities that the information society holds for them.
| KPI | Score in 2018 | Score in 2019 | Score in 2020 | Guideline value for 2021 |
| Promotion of media competency | 324,405 | 482,204 | 226,996 | 247,425 |
| Media usage training | 578,305 | 608,369 | 822,990 | 897,727 |
| Technical measures | 54,504 | 95,965 | 102,444 | 158,000 |
| Digital shift | n/a | 121,712 | 153,693 | 230,000 |
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We are a member of the Joint Audit Cooperation (JAC). JAC is a consortium of 15 telecoms enterprises which checks the safeguarding of social responsibility in the production centres of the major multinational ICT suppliers. Most of these are located in China, Taiwan, India, Japan, South Korea and South America. We use audits to identify socially or environmentally unsatisfactory practices and take appropriate measures to address them.
| KPI | Score in 2019 | Score in 2020 | Guideline value for 2021 |
| Number of employees at suppliers in the audited factories. | 300,000 | 128,590 | 150,000 |
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We benefit from a diverse workforce, which creates an enormous competitive advantage for us: with their different views and approaches, experiences, ideas and skills, employees inspire and learn from each other. As a result, Swisscom gains greater creativity, innovation and success. We pay attention to the fair treatment of employees regardless of their gender, age, background, language or sexual orientation. We also ensure the inclusion of employees with physical and psychological impairments. In doing so, we design relevant processes in recruitment, appointment, development, talent management and leadership culture in such a way that they counteract even unconscious stereotyping and enable true equal opportunities.
| KPI | Score in 2018 | Score in 2019 | Score in 2020 | Guideline value for 2021 |
| Proportion of women in management and in the top CEA levels. | 11.7% | 15.50% | 15.8% | 16.8% |
| Employees with health impairments in per cent (inclusion). | 0.93% | 0.97% | 1.06% | 1.0% |
Achievement of inclusion target
Swisscom has set itself the target of reserving at least 1% of all jobs for employees with physical or mental impairments. In 2019, this figure was 0.97%. In 2020, we exceeded the target with a value of 1.06%. More about inclusion
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“Swisscom has been a climate-neutral company since summer 2020.”
Saskia Günther, Head of Corporate Responsibility
Swisscom has been committed to the environment for decades and is now the world's most sustainable telecommunications company. With its new net-zero climate target, Swisscom aims to be climate-neutral across the entire value chain by 2025 and also make a positive CO2 contribution of one million tonnes per year.
In our Swiss business, we will be completely climate-neutral across the entire value chain by 2025. Operational CO2 emissions will be reduced by over 90% compared to 1990. To achieve this, we are relying on 100% renewable energies, an emission-free vehicle fleet, heat pumps and, thanks to digitalisation, a climate-friendly way of working. We are systematically maximizing energy efficiency in our operations and supply chains by reducing CO2 emissions from our operations and supply chains to a total of 236,000 tonnes, which corresponds to a reduction path to well below 1.5° degrees. The remaining, unavoidable emissions from our value chain are offset. In this way, we will achieve the net zero target by 2025.
| KPI | Score in 2018 | Score in 2019 | Score in 2020 | Guideline value for 2021 |
| Scope 1 CO2 emissions (buildings and vehicles, excluding refrigerants). | 16,289 | 16,448 | 14,420 | 14,000 |
| Scope 2 CO2 emissions (electricity, district heating, offset). | 1,052 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scope 3 CO2 emissions (supply chain, employee mobility, etc.). | 425,093 | 344,524 | 300,779 | 333,000 |
Achievement of energy efficiency target
Swisscom originally set itself the target of increasing energy efficiency by 35% between 1.1.2016 and the end of 2020. This target has been achieved. Swisscom has set itself a new target of increasing energy efficiency by a further 25% by the end of 2025, starting from 1.1.2020. To the climate report
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We will enable a positive CO2 contribution of 1 million tonnes per year by 2025. This corresponds to around two percent of all greenhouse gas emissions in Switzerland. We will achieve this by empowering our customers to reduce their own carbon footprint through our products and services. These include, for example, digital solutions for location-independent working and IoT (Internet of Things)-supported services for the optimization and remote monitoring of traffic, building technology and devices.
| KPI | Score in 2018 | Score in 2019 | Score in 2020 | Guideline value for 2021 |
| CO2 savings in tonnes. | 569,003 | 529,665 | 895,092 | 640,000 |
Achievement of CO2 savings target
Swisscom originally set itself the target of achieving a 2:1 ratio of savings among customers and within its own company by the end of 2020: in other words, to achieve twice as many savings among customers in Switzerland as the company generates in emissions itself, including in its supply chain. This target has been achieved. Swisscom has set itself a new target of, by the end of 2025, making emissions savings among its customers in Switzerland that are significantly higher than the emissions generated by the company, including its supply chain – until a difference of 500,000 tonnes of CO2 is achieved, which is equivalent to more than 1% of Switzerland's emissions. To the climate report
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“We feel closely connected to Switzerland and play an active role in shaping the future.”
Stefan Nünlist, Head of Group Communications & Responsibility
We want to boost Switzerland’s competitiveness by increasing our networks’ bandwidths. We will achieve this by upgrading our existing network and by expanding fibre-optic coverage to homes and offices (FTTH). The following measures will help us achieve these targets.
In order to keep up with the rapidly increasing data traffic, further expansion of the network is essential. Our goal is to be the first telecommunications provider in Switzerland to make innovations available to our customers. By the end of 2021, for example, we are aiming to supply 90% of Swiss homes and offices in building zones with speeds of at least 80 Mbps via the fixed network, and by the end of 2025 we want to double the coverage of the fibre-optic network (FTTH) compared with the start of 2020.
| KPI | Score in 2019 | Score in 2020 | Guideline value for 2021 |
| 30–40% fixed-network coverage of homes and offices by ultra-fast broadband with speeds of 300–500 Mbps by upgrading the existing network. | 21.9% | 42.6% | 30–40% |
| 50–60% coverage of homes and offices with ultra-fast broadband of ≤ 10 Gbps through expansion of the fibre-optic network (FTTH). | 29.4% | 32.1% | 50–60% |
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