Magyar Telekom sustainability practice continues to impress responsible investors
The FTSE4Good indices established by FTSE Russel measure the performance of companies whose environmental, social and governance efforts are recognized to be outstanding. The indices play an important role, as a wide range of market players use them when establishing or assessing responsible investment funds and other products. Magyar Telekom has been a part of the FTSE4Good Emerging Index since its start in 2016, and is now confirmed to stay so by FTSE Russel’s year-2020 assessment.
It has also been at the beginning of the year that Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) informed Magyar Telekom about the results of its assessment, based on which the company had been ranked to be among the world’s top 7% based on its supplier program addressing climate change. CDP is an international non-profit group, which helps investors, companies, states and regions to manage their environmental footprints. According to the organization, in the next five years, the environmental risks associated with companies’ supplier chains expose them to a financial risk of USD 120 billion in potential costs, as the organization estimates that in general the emission of a supplier chain is 11.4 times as much as the emission of the specific company’s own operations. That is the very reason why the organization urges responsible companies to control the emissions of their suppliers, too, beyond their own climate protection efforts, as well as encourages suppliers to commit themselves to supporting environmental efforts. Theinternational list
