Climate Change Data

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Media Content
• Processes
• Audience Relations
• Advertising
• Environmental Performance
• Social and Cultural Initiatives

Environmental Achievements

• Environmental audit conducted to identify management indicators, targets, and areas for action.
• Energy efficiency plan aiming for a 25% reduction in energy consumption.
• Reduction in paper consumption due to reduced pagination and changes in printing techniques.
• Reduction of hazardous waste at Las Provincias and Federico Domenech, resulting in removal from the register of major waste producers.
• 15% reduction in ink consumption through implementation of GCR techniques.

Social Achievements

• Implementation of "Operación Cantera" project to identify and develop top journalistic professionals.
• Held Vocento Communication Awards for the third consecutive year, recognizing excellence in journalism.
• Collaboration with over 190 local/regional and 33 national/international non-profit organizations.
• Creation of a charity channel on the digital edition of HOY newspaper.
• Support for the Alma Solidaria campaign (4th edition).

Governance Achievements

• First assessment of corporate social responsibility performance, including a study of international best practices and materiality analysis.
• Review of stakeholder map and communication channels.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Adapting to a changing environment for media companies.
• Balancing financial, social, and environmental sustainability.
• Assessing the wide range of social and cultural initiatives undertaken by the group.

Mitigation Strategies

• Development of an integrated corporate responsibility policy.
• Internal consultations and stakeholder engagement to identify relevant topics.
• Planning for a comprehensive inventory of social commitments in 2012 to better assess and strategize social actions.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Reporting Standards

Frameworks Used: Global Compact

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Equality
• Environment
• Corporate Governance

Environmental Achievements

• ISO 14001 certification obtained at Rotomadrid (70% of print plants comply)

Social Achievements

• Creation of Equality Committee
• 48% of permanent hires are women
• Of the 1,297 employees who received training, 51.7% were women

Governance Achievements

• Increasing the number of women on the Board to 27.3% in 2020 (+7.3% vs. 2019)
• Process for finding independent directors: 75% of independents are women

Climate Goals & Targets

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

ESG Focus Areas

• Environment
• Social
• Governance

Environmental Achievements

• Project for photovoltaic cells in 1Q22E (own renewables/total consumption 2023E c.10%)
• Targets for environmental efficiency

Social Achievements

• Implementation of Equality Policy in all companies with more than 100 employees
• More than double the training hours in 2021 than in 2020
• Internal programmes for professional development (Impulsa, Marco Polo, Scrum Master)

Governance Achievements

• Vocento has 3 women on the Board
• The proportion of independent directors has increased during the last years to 36%

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Supply chain crisis: temporary shortage of new and used vehicles (impacting Auto Classifieds)

Mitigation Strategies

• Focused on new services for C2B and renting (Auto Classifieds)
• Support for development of Sumauto (Auto Classifieds)
• Creation of Marketplace businesses (Auto Classifieds)

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities

Environmental Metrics

Social Achievements

• Increased the percentage of women in the Board of Directors to 36.36% in 2023.

Governance Achievements

• Implemented a Diversity Policy in 2021 to promote diversity in the Board of Directors.

Climate Goals & Targets

Environmental Challenges

• Decline in advertising revenue from national clients, especially in the digital sector.
• Reduced profitability in the printing business due to fewer third-party jobs in France and loss of a contract with a publisher.

Mitigation Strategies

• Maintained a balance between local and national advertising, with growth in local advertising mitigating the decline in national advertising.
• Diversified printing jobs and increased work for magazines, along with cost control, to mitigate the impact of reduced profitability.

Supply Chain Management

Climate-Related Risks & Opportunities