Published 06-05-18
Issued by Vodafone
Its strategy is founded on the organisation’s purpose - to connect everybody to live a better today and build a better tomorrow - and on its commitment to responsible behaviour in everything it does.
Vodafone Group Plc has just published its Sustainable Business Report 2018.
Its strategy is founded on the organisation’s purpose - to connect everybody to live a better today and build a better tomorrow - and on its commitment to responsible behaviour in everything it does.
The Report, for the financial year ended 31 March 2018, contains an overview of Vodafone’s ambitions and what it aims to achieve, together its progress to date. Also published are Vodafone’s Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement 2017-18, which sets out how it addresses the risk of slavery across its businesses and supply chain, and its latest Conflict Minerals Report 2017.
At the heart of Vodafone’s strategy is its intention to deliver significant transformation in three distinct areas, each of which has the potential to deliver meaningful socio-economic benefits for its customers and for wider society:
Women’s empowerment highlights:
Energy innovation highlights:
Youth skills and jobs highlights:
Operating responsibly
Vodafone’s strategy is built on an unwavering commitment to operating responsibly in everything it does. The Report sets out Vodafone’s determination to act lawfully, responsibly and with integrity, and outlines its corporate transparency programme which addresses four specific areas that are often the focus of intense public debate:
The Sustainable Business Report 2018 is available at
Vodafone.com/sbreport2018
About Vodafone Group
Vodafone Group is one of the world’s largest telecommunications companies and provides a range of services including voice, messaging, data and fixed communications. Vodafone Group has mobile operations in 25 countries, partners with mobile networks in 46 more, and fixed broadband operations in 18 markets. As of 31 March 2018, Vodafone Group had 535.8 million mobile customers and 19.7 million fixed broadband customers (including India and all of the customers in Vodafone’s joint ventures and associates). For more information, please visit: www.vodafone.com.
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Vodafone is the world's leading international mobile telecommunications company, with equity interests in 27 countries and Partner Markets in more than 40 countries. As of 31 December 2008, Vodafone had approximately 289 million proportionate customers worldwide. The Company's ordinary shares are listed on the London Stock Exchange and the Company's American Depositary Shares ('ADSs') are listed on the New York Stock Exchange. For further information, please visit www.vodafone.com.