GRI 102-44 Response to and dealing with key topics and concerns of stakeholders
The topics introduced by the external Stakeholder Panel have been integrated into the updated sustainability strategy and reporting by Geberit.
Some examples of important current topics that were introduced by stakeholders and have been implemented by Geberit include:
- Education and further training of employees as an important success factor, see Business Report > Business and financial review > Financial Year 2021 > Employees.
- Best-in-class approach to occupational health and safety, including protective measures to protect against the COVID‑19 pandemic, see GRI 403.
- Transparency in the remuneration system, see Business Report > Remuneration Report.
- Customer training, see Business Report > Business and financial review > Financial Year 2021 > Customers.
- Holistic solutions for products and systems in front of and behind the wall, see Business Report > Business and financial review > Financial Year 2021 > Innovation.
- Expansion of the portfolio of water-saving products, see Business Report > Business and financial review > Financial Year 2021 > Innovation.
- Eco-design approach for decoupling resource consumption and economic growth, as well as implementing circular economy approaches in production and product development, see GRI 301, Chapter 10.1 Products and innovation.
- Reduction of the amount of packaging while taking the optimum protection of the products into account, see GRI 306.
- Further development of the CO2 strategy, see Management approach CO2 and other emissions as well as Business and financial review > Financial Year 2021 > New CO2 Strategy.
- Reporting on the opportunities and risks associated with climate change, see GRI 201-2.
- Further development of long-term relationships with suppliers to reduce the risks and use opportunities (among others in climate change mitigation) in the supply chain, see Procurement.
- Increased dialogue with wholesalers and other customers on sustainability and climate change mitigation.
- Implementation of social projects, see Business Report > Business and financial review > Financial Year 2021 > Social Responsibility.