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.
![Below we explain how we are committed to these SDGs in detail. SDG 3: Good health and well-being.](/graphics/2022/en/WSGE_06_0029.png)
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.
![SDG 4: Quality education.](/graphics/2022/en/WSGE_06_0028.png)
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.
![SDG 5: Gender equality.](/graphics/2022/en/WSGE_06_0027.png)
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.
![SDG 7: Affordable and clean energy.](/graphics/2022/en/WSGE_06_0026.png)
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.
![SDG 8: Decent work and economic growth.](/graphics/2022/en/WSGE_06_0035.png)
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.
![SDG 9: Industry, innovation and infrastructure.](/graphics/2022/en/WSGE_06_0034.png)
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
![SDG 10: Reduced inequalities.](/graphics/2022/en/WSGE_06_0033.png)
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.
![SDG 11: Sustainable cities and communities.](/graphics/2022/en/WSGE_06_0032.png)
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).
![SDG 12: Responsible consumption and production.](/graphics/2022/en/WSGE_06_0031.png)
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.
![SDG 13: Climate action.](/graphics/2022/en/WSGE_06_0030.png)
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.
![SDG 15: Life on land.](/graphics/2022/en/WSGE_06_0038.png)
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.
![SDG 16:Peace, justice and strong institutions.](/graphics/2022/en/WSGE_06_0037.png)
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.
![SDG 17: Partnership for the goals.](/graphics/2022/en/WSGE_06_0036.png)
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).