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Information on reporting according to GRI guidelines
In this report Swisscom discloses its commitments and provides information on the activities carried
out in 2010.
Guidelines and application level
The applicable guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI 3) determine the scope and content
of the sustainability report. GRI is the world’s leading standard for corporate sustainability
reporting. Swisscom is of the opinion that the 2010 annual report complies with application level
A+ of GRI guideline 3. SGS AG has examined and confirmed this view.
Index
The GRI Index provides a standardised overview of reporting which is broken down by subject.
Each subject in the index contains a reference to the relevant pages of the Annual Report or other
sources of information.
Reporting boundary
Sustainability reporting according to GRI is limited to the following: All Group companies domiciled
in Switzerland which are fully consolidated in accordance with International Financial Reporting
Standards (IFRS). Acquisitions are included from the date of acquisition, and disposals up to
the date of disposal.
Group companies domiciled abroad and investments in associates and joint ventures are not
included in the reporting boundary. The main foreign shareholdings are Fastweb and the Swisscom
Hospitality Group. The closely related foundations comPlan (pension fund) as well as sovis are also
not included. The section on the corporate structure and organisations illustrates the scope of the
GRI including the legal structure.
Environmental indicators: The data compilation system covers all buildings in Switzerland managed
by Swisscom Real Estate Management. In terms of the workforce in Switzerland, the report
covers 94% of FTEs.
Employee indicators (in particular the personnel structure, fluctuation and absences due to accident
and illness) cover more than 95% of FTEs.
Group directives governing the various GRI sustainability topics are issued to Swisscom’s subsidiaries.
Various Group targets do not apply to all subsidiaries within the defined reporting boundary
and are accordingly not introduced. The subsidiaries not covered by the scope of the Group targets
are of minimal relevance for the respective sustainability topic. The scope will be reviewed in
2011 and adjusted if necessary.
A list of Group companies, comprising subsidiaries, associates and joint ventures, is provided in
the Notes to the Consolidated Financial Statements.
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