Management & facts

In 2019, the Arizona-based Ethisphere Institute ranked Deutsche Telekom as one of the world’s most ethical companies for the second time. We are the only company in Germany to have been presented with the Ethisphere Award multiple times in succession. Ethisphere commends the excellent performance of companies with the highest ethical competence worldwide.

Working on behalf of investors, the non-governmental organization CDP  regularly assesses the climate protection activities of listed companies worldwide and compiles an index of leading companies, referred to as the A List. In 2019, Deutsche Telekom featured in this list for the fourth time in a row.

The CDP Supply Chain Coverage ESG KPI  was reported externally for the first time in 2017. It indicates the degree to which our procurement volume from carbon-intensive suppliers is covered by the CDP Supply Chain Program.

As part of the CDP’s supplier program, companies ask their key suppliers about their emissions and their climate strategy. We use this program in order to survey our suppliers. In 2019, we invited 379 suppliers to participate in the CDP Supply Chain Program. These suppliers cover 80 percent of our procurement volume. A total of 204 suppliers took part in the program. They cover 63 percent of the procurement volume (2018: 71.35 percent). Our goal is to cover 70 percent of our carbon-intensive suppliers by 2020. At the same time, we have disclosed our own commitment to climate protection to eight suppliers through this program.

Through our commitment to climate transparency in supply chains, we were once again awarded a place in the Supplier Engagement Leader Board in 2019.

We intend to continue helping our suppliers to reduce their emissions. The first workshops for this purpose were held in 2019 with selected suppliers. Throughout 2020, we aim to further intensify our dialog with suppliers about reducing emissions in our shared value chain.

Comenius EduMedia Seal for Teachtoday
In 2019, Teachtoday was awarded two “Comenius EduMedia Seals” by Gesellschaft für Pädagogik und Informationt e.V. (Association for Teaching and Information). The initiative impressed an international panel of judges with its Teachtoday online portal and the SCROLLER magazine. The quality of the educational media earned both elements of the initiative a seal each in the category of “Communication, media, and adult education.”

FOX AWARDS for Scroller
dapamedien Verlags KG has been presenting the FOX AWARD to trend setters in marketing and communications since 2011. In 2019, the SCROLLER magazine for children won a silver FOX Award in the category “Industry, technology, production – internal communication” for its communication concept. It also won silver in the FOX Visual category for its design.

German Design Award for Scroller information movie
In 2019, the SCROLLER animation series “Did you know?” won the German Design Award in the “Excellent Communications Design / Audiovisual” category. The prize, which is presented by the German Design Council, is awarded each year to innovative products and projects that are leading the way in design.

German Reading Foundation quality seal for Scroller
In 2019, Stiftung Lesen, the German Reading Foundation conferred its quality seal on the children’s magazine SCROLLER, part of the Teachtoday initiative. Their reasoning was: “Engaging, clear layout. Good overall concept. This publication was sorely needed!”