At Deutsche Telekom, the protection of human rights is firmly and formally established. In 2017, we revised our Social Charter , and developed it into the Code of Human Rights & Social Principles policy statement. The policy statement was adopted by our Board of Management in the same year. This update underscores our commitment to the aims set forth in the Federal Government’s 2016 National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights.

With the policy statement, we also underscore our commitment to

• The International Labour Organization’s (ILO ’s) Tripartite declaration of principles concerning multinational enterprises and social policy (MNE Declaration)
• The Convention on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD )
• The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the United Nations Global Compact, and
• The UN Standards of Conduct for Business Tackling Discrimination against LGBTQI* people

Our Business Principles, Supplier Code of Conduct, guidelines on using artificial intelligence, our definition of digital responsibility formulated in 2022, our new Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Group Policy, and our New Work manifesto all pay heed to the respect of human rights in line with our policy statement. We also advocate for a pan-European supply chain act.