VERBUND AG.
OEWA.XETRA | Electric power generation, transmission and distribution
VERBUND AG is Austria's leading electricity company and one of the largest hydropower producers in Europe. The company generates, trades, and sells electricity. Its primary activities include the operation of hydropower plants, electricity generation from renewable sources (including wind and solar)...Show More
Better Health for All
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No evidence available to assess VERBUND AG on Better Health for All.
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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VERBUND AG operates in the energy sector, focusing on electricity generation, trading, and gas supply. The provided articles confirm that the company's core business does not involve lending, insuring, moving, or storing money for consumers, nor does it offer financial products or services.
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Therefore, all KPIs related to Fair Money & Economic Opportunity, which assesses financial institutions, are not applicable to VERBUND AG, as no relevant data is present in the evidence.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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VERBUND AG reported a collective bargaining share of nearly 99% in 2024.
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The company also achieved a high level of overall employee satisfaction at 89% in 2024
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and was certified as a Great Place to Work® with a 76% Trust Index© rating.
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A gender pay gap analysis published in 2024 attributed differences to factors such as overtime, on-call pay, and organizational levels.
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The company states that temporary contracts are used only for objective reasons, such as parental leave.
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Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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No specific quantitative data was found in the provided articles to assess VERBUND AG against the Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing KPIs. While the company's Code of Conduct for Sustainable Business
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and Supplier Code of Conduct
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outline commitments to ethical and sustainable practices, including human rights and conflict minerals, no measurable data points such as percentages of certified spend, audit frequencies, incident numbers, traceability coverage, remediation times, ethical clause coverage, high-risk material spend, or supplier diversity spend were provided.
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Honest & Fair Business
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VERBUND AG operates an electronic whistleblower platform for anonymous reporting, which is based on the EU Whistleblowing Directive.
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However, the provided evidence does not detail independent investigation processes for these reports. The company also maintains a policy for fair business practices, addressing corruption, fraud, gifts, donations, sponsorships, and conflicts of interest, supported by a compliance management system.
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Nevertheless, the available information does not specify clear guidance on facilitation payments or gift thresholds within this policy.
Kind to Animals
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VERBUND AG is an electricity company, and its core business model does not involve activities such as product manufacturing requiring cruelty-free certification, animal testing, animal-derived ingredients, animal agriculture, or related supply chain audits. Therefore, for most KPIs, the 'N/A' tier (score 0) is applicable. While the company undertakes significant habitat restoration projects, including constructing a 5.8 km bypass river
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and a 4.4 km fish passage,
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and removing obstacles along 40 km of rivers to improve fish migration and ecological development,
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the provided articles do not contain the specific quantitative data required by the 'wildlife_conservation_impact' rubric, such as a percentage of revenue invested in conservation or documented increases in biodiversity metrics or species populations. Consequently, this KPI is omitted due to lack of measurable impact evidence.
No War, No Weapons
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No evidence available to assess VERBUND AG on No War, No Weapons.
Planet-Friendly Business
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VERBUND AG has a climate neutrality target for 2040.
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This target is supported by an interim goal to reduce absolute Scope 1, 2, and 3 greenhouse gas emissions (excluding Category 2) by 74% from 2020 levels by 2030.
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Respect for Cultures & Communities
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The provided articles, including a Green Bond Impact Report, an Annual Report, a Social Responsibility article, and a Compliance article, explicitly state that they do not contain specific data relevant to the 'Respect for Cultures & Communities' ethical value
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. Consequently, no evidence was found for any of the KPIs, such as formal partnerships with indigenous or local community groups, cultural appropriation incidents, cultural impact assessment protocols, local employment ratios, grievance mechanisms, FPIC processes, community governance inclusion, cultural preservation investments, local procurement, indigenous suppliers, cultural site protection, social license to operate, charitable giving for cultural heritage, community fund allocation, language inclusivity, cultural incident response, or cultural sensitivity training completion
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Safe & Smart Tech
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No evidence available to assess VERBUND AG on Safe & Smart Tech.
Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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VERBUND AG has no reported waste disposal violations, as indicated by multiple recent company reports, including the 2024 Green Financing Framework, a 2025 report summary, and the Supplier Code of Conduct.
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The company also maintains ISO 14001 environmental management system certifications, demonstrating a proactive approach to environmental compliance.
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