Back to content Sustainability strategy The Group Sustainability Strategy guides our efforts and our aspiration to further integrate sustainability considerations into everything that we do. As a hearing healthcare and technology group with a broad range of business activities, our Sustainability Strategy em- braces the similarities and differences between our business areas, company brands and geographical locations. Our Sus- tainability Framework, pictured left, provides a quick overview of the areas that are material to us as a group and which Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have the biggest and most direct impact. The Sustainability Framework also guides the structure of this report, which holds a chapter explaining how we deliver on the ambitions of each of the five pillars. Find an overview of how we contribute to each SDG on our website here. We continuously revisit our material topics in our work and our engagement with stakeholders, to whom sustainability considerations have become increasingly important. To receive input and make sure Demant lives up to stakeholder expecta- tions, we primarily engage with employees, customers, share- holders, investors, suppliers, regulators, local communities, academia and key opinion leaders to whom Demant has an impact or who has an impact on Demant. positive and negative impact on society, as well as the impacts and risks that the topics present to our business. In doing so, we understand that in the short term, risks and opportunities can be material from both a financial and non-financial per - spective. Our most material topics, listed in the model to the left, are of high importance to us – they are already a part of our daily work and processes to ensure our success and pos- itive impact as a Group. The main priorities - diversity, equity and inclusion and climate impact - which we have chosen to focus on from a sustainability perspective are topics where we have identified opportunities for significant improvement if we put in extra effort. Read more about our sustainability strategy and priorities on demant.com/about/sustainability. When selecting our most material topics, we apply the con- cept of double materiality, looking at our current and potential Demant ∙ Sustainability Report 2021 28
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