Swisscom’s contribution to the SDGs

In addition to the ex­pec­ta­tions of stake­hold­ers and Swiss legislation, the United Nations Agenda 2030 with its 17 Sus­tain­able De­vel­op­ment Goals is an essential framework for our Sus­tain­abil­ity Strategy. With our commitment, we as a company support many of these SDGs.

We are committed to:

• the health of our employees, with numerous mea­sures from our Oc­cu­pa­tional Health Man­age­ment;
• people’s health, with our e-health solutions for healthcare facilities.

We are committed to:

• strengthening media skills and digital inclusion among the population, with courses on screen time and cyber security, etc.;
• boosting the employability of our employees by investing in training and de­vel­op­ment;
• sup­port­ing Switzer­land’s educational landscape, e.g. in the form of free Internet access for schools (‘Schools on the Net project’);
• encouraging young women to go into ICT professions.

We are committed to:

• helping women to get into management, on the Board of Directors and into ICT professions;
• offering flexible working models for our employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

We are committed to:

• energy efficiency and climate protection, e.g. with innovative data centres and in-house products and climate-neutral sub­scrip­tions, devices, and network;
• promoting renewable energy by sourcing 100% of our electricity from renewable sources and generating our own solar power, for example.

We are committed to:

• attractive jobs and working conditions;
• promoting sustainable business models with in­trapreneurship and the Swisscom Start-up Challenge;
• the Swiss business location. We make a significant direct and indirect contribution with in­vest­ments in the network and in­fra­struc­ture;
• fair and safe working conditions in our supply chains.

We are committed to:

• a reliable and efficient ICT in­fra­struc­ture;
• expanding broad­band and mobile networks and investing heavily every year;
• promoting sustainable business models with intrapreneurship and the Swisscom Start-up. Challenge

We are committed to:

• helping women to get into management, on the Board of Directors and into ICT professions;
• offering flexible working models for our employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

We are committed to:

• energy efficiency and climate protection, e.g. with innovative data centres and in-house products and climate-neutral sub­scrip­tions, devices, and network;
• promoting renewable energy by sourcing 100% of our electricity from renewable sources and generating our own solar power, for example;
• promoting smart IoT solutions (IoT Award).

We are committed to:

• promoting the circular economy and making a significant contribution to this with our second life programmes;
• preventing waste and recycling valuable raw materials. In doing so, we are working to reduce the amount of waste generated both by us and by our cus­tomers;
• reducing our cus­tomers’ emissions: they have been surfing, streaming, and making phone calls on a climate-neutral basis with our sub­scrip­tions and products since 2022.

We are committed to:

• climate protection and contributing to this with our sustainability and climate strategy, e.g. with sustainable products for our cus­tomers;
• our cus­tomers and sup­port­ing them in reducing their own CO₂ footprint.

We are committed to:

• various projects to preserve biodiversity, e.g. through the care of bee colonies by Swisscom employees;
• fair and en­vi­ron­mentally compatible supply chains and holding our suppliers accountable for protecting the en­vi­ron­ment and using resources responsibly;
• innovative ICT solutions in agriculture (smart agriculture) that use fewer resources e.g. seed, fertiliser and energy.

We are committed to:

• acting in accordance with ethical principles;
• clear standards, guidelines and training for our employees, especially in the area of data ethics.

We are committed to:

• the UN De­vel­op­ment Goals, with con­tri­bu­tions to more than 13 SDGs, as well as the principles of the UN Global Compact, and emphasising their im­por­tance;
• the SOS Children’s Village (since 2012) with our Swisscom Mobile Aid programme;
• sustainability in the supply chain with the Joint Alliance for CSR (JAC) and Global e Sus­tain­abil­ity Initiative (GeSI).