deSter Sustainability Report 2022

PLANET ESG REPORT DESTER 2022
RISK
ASSESSMENT AND
TRAINING
GENERAL RISK
ASSESSMENT
An environmental risk assessment was
conducted to identify issues that could
pose a potential risk on the environment,
define the risk themselves, and outline
additional actions needed. Handled by
deSter’s management team, the list of
additional actions is reviewed quarterly in
the leadership meeting. Furthermore, this
assessment served as an additional materiality
study to identify and prioitize the
goals in our global environmental policy
for the coming years.
The top risks outlined in the assessment
include:
1. deSter contributes to global
warming via GHG emissions
2. No clear waste management of
products by customers
3. Energy availability
4. Material shortages
5. Lagging behind with environmental
legislation
For most risks in the assessment, additional
actions are necessary and need
further investigation. Thirteen potential
risks do not need additional action, such
as water crises and climate migration,
because they are out of our control or
we already had suitable actions and policies
in place. In the upcoming years we
will update the assessment and further
implement mitigation actions.
EMPLOYEE TRAINING
All colleagues must understand the
environmental issues, potential consequences,
and importance of acting. To
embed this in our organizational values,
we conducted several training courses
and provided additional information.
During ESG community quarterly workshops
with our ESG ambassadors (see
section “Leadership and Governance -
integrated ESG team”), the status and
results of all environmental topics are
shared and discussed in detail. The information
and learnings are then further
communicated by the ESG ambassadors
within their teams.
Next, we provided training on our new
global environmental policy (the image
on the left displays the list of topics) for
all indirect labor employees via an online
meeting. In total, 543 employees were
invited, and 200 (37%) joined the online
sessions. We also made the recordings
available for all employees. In 2023, we
will organize training sessions and share
information with blue-collar workers.
Lastly, the ESG team themselves took
several training courses to gain further
knowledge on planet-related topics.
Here are a few examples of the
training topics and events in 2022:
• EcoVadis Academy Trainings:
- Environmental policy
- Greenhouse gas emission
tracking and reporting
- Water management
- Waste management
• Sustainable Supply Chain School
Trainings:
- Action Sustainability Net Gain
Webinar
- Biodiversity Offsets in Theory
and Practice
- Science Based Targets –
Sustainability Short
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