Isavia’s materiality topics
Isavia’s CSR Report is drafted in accordance with GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) Standards (Core). Those aspects which it is important for the company to cover in its CSR Report are expected to be highlighted there. Consideration is given to the company’s operations and to their impact on the economy, the environment and the community. It was decided to obtain the views of company stakeholders when making this assessment. The company hired a Swedish consultancy company to interview a sample of stakeholders from the five stakeholder groups identified by Isavia, i.e. customers, staff, authorities, suppliers and communities surrounding the company’s airports. Ten interviews with sample stakeholders were conducted in autumn 2018, dealing with topics which stakeholders deemed to be of particular importance for their co-operation with the company, their expectations of the company and their assessment of co-operation with Isavia.
The findings were presented to the company’s Executive Management and discussed with a view to selecting objectives in this field for 2019. A team of staff representatives from all parts of the company submitted proposals for marketing initiatives based on the operation of their divisions. Isavia experts analysed the findings in accordance with the company’s policy-making priorities and identified the most important aspects from that perspective. The focus was on aspects deemed important as regards the content of the report and as regards selecting objectives and improvement projects for 2019. Proposed objectives were submitted to the Managing Director and Executive Management for their approval and presented to the Board of Directors.
Isavia set itself the objectives of equal pay for equal work and of increasing the number of women in third-level management positions, i.e. middle management. This action related to Global Goal 5.1, which aims to ‘end all forms of discrimination against all women and girls everywhere’, and Global Goal 5.5, which aims to ‘ensure women’s full and effecti
A new objective was added under this Global Goal to train staff who are in direct contact with passengers to recognise human trafficking.
The company also set itself the objective of making its purchasing more transparent, more traceable and more accessible and, in this connection, adopting the Code of Ethics for suppliers which was approved by the Managing Director last year. The Code of Ethics is established in accordance with the ten main aspects of the UN Global Compact and covers labour issues, human rights, environmental issues and actions against corruption. This links up to Target 12.6, which aims to ‘encourage companies [...] to adopt sustainable practices’, and Target 12.7, which aims to ‘promote public procurement practices that are sustainable, in accordance with national policies and priorities’. These objectives were achieved, and a new objective in this field has been set for 2019, i.e. to promote effective monitoring of Isavia’s purchasing activities.
