For us business success, the development of profit potential, and sustainability initiatives to go hand in hand. This is why our responsibility for people and the environment is integreated into our core business.
Performance
In order to put our sustainability focus topics into practice and anchor our sustainability goals in the company, we have implemented a strong, forward-looking and sustainable corporate governance.
Our actions are based on responsibility: We adhere to the corporate governance rules and integrate sustainability into our corporate goals and management compensation. In addition, we encourage open dialog with our stakeholders and support environmental and social initiatives.
We aspire to be a responsible part of society and give back to the communities around us. We want to be a company that business partners want to work with in the long term and where employees like to work – in brief: A company to trust.
Responsible Governance
Our aim is to be a responsible part of society. A company that business partners want to work with in the long term and where employees like to work – in brief: A company to trust. Our actions are based on responsibility: We adhere to the corporate governance rules and integrate sustainability into our short and long-term decisions. In addition, we encourage open dialog with our stakeholders and support environmental and social initiatives. We manage compliance and ESG risks with proven systems – backed up by our internal audits.
Three fields of action are particularly important to us: responsible governance, compliance and ESG risk management, and transparent and reliable reporting.
Our ambition
In the pillar governance, we pursue the following ambitions:
- We follow corporate governance rules and integrate sustainability into our business targets and our management compensation scheme.
- We prevent and manage compliance and ESG risks with standardized systems.
- We deliver a transparent and reliable sustainability reporting and steer sustainability targets comprehensively.
Our progress so far
- Implementation of a strong and forward-looking corporate & sustainability governance structure to operationalize our ESG focus topics and to anchor our sustainability goals within the company.
- Integrated Annual Report since the reporting year 2022, merging both financial and sustainability reporting.
- Publication of the revised Daimler Truck Code of Conduct, our guideline to act in an ethically and legally responsible manner. This policy, which applies to all employees globally, outlines the things that drive us, our principles for working together, and how we make responsible decisions. The implementation was supported by a Groupwide communication campaign and training measures.
- Participation in various corporate citizenship activities worldwide. As one example, we have contributed to the support of the Ukrainian population and provided monetary donations, donations in kind as well as vehicles for aid convoys.
- Official participant of the UN Global Compact.
- Joining the Responsible Trucking initiative of CSR Europe as a member company, to make a contribution to improving the working conditions for truck drivers.
Our next steps
To support the achievement of the Company’s goals in a sustainable manner and further increase awareness among our employees, we focus on the following topics:
- In order to adapt our corporate goals to the needs and expectations of society, we encourage regular exchange with relevant stakeholders.
- We are continuously raising awareness of our Daimler Truck Code of Conduct and its content with the help of numerous communication measures that reach all colleagues worldwide.
