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Sustainable Development Team of OTE Group

Sustainable Development Team of OTE Group
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OTE GROUP

OTE Group is the largest technology company in Greece. It is one of the top three listed companies with respect to capitalization, in the Athens Stock Exchange and is also listed in the London Stock Exchange. In 2021, OTE Group employed approximately 10,500 people in Greece.

Sustainable growth is an integral part of OTE Group's business strategy, as the sustainable growth principles are integrated into its operation. Key priorities include improvement of the Group’s environmental and social footprint, as well as equal access for all citizens to the digital opportunities of the future.

COSMOTE is the unified commercial brand for all the products and services of the Group and its key message is ‘a better world for all’. Its mission is to bring technological capabilities to all, so that everyone can make full use of all the opportunities of today, while also building a better tomorrow.

Read more: www.ote.grwww.cosmote.gr.


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Objective Action

The BA Group's main purpose is to integrate sustainable development and ESG criteria into the OTE Group's business strategy. Through cooperation, coordination and dialogue, we achieve the creation of a common corporate culture focused on sustainable development, listening to and responding to the needs and expectations of stakeholders.

 

Target Audience

Employees of OTE Group.

 

Duration

From 2012 until today.


Description

The cross-departmental Sustainable Development Team of the OTE Group is part of the governance structure of sustainable development issues, as reflected in the OTE Group Sustainable Development Policy. The team, headed by the Executive Director of Corporate Communication & Sustainable Development of the OTE Group, consists of more than 50 representatives from all the business units of the Group.


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Impact on Society

The sustainable development team contributes to strengthening the integration of sustainable development and ESG criteria into the Group's business strategy and operations, as well as to the dissemination of sustainable development principles in all OTE Group business units. At the same time, it contributes to the creation of added value for the stakeholders of the OTE Group and to the achievement of the Group's ESG goals.



Initiative Location

Greece 


Working with Organization


Workers Participation

The Sustainable Development Team consists of employees of OTE Group companies.


Benefits for Οrganization

Sustainable Development Team contributes significantly to the integration of sustainable development into the business strategy, through:

  • the harmonization of the Group's business units and companies with the sustainable development strategy
  • the further dissemination of the sustainable development strategy and actions in the various business units and companies of the Group
  • improving the Group's performance in terms of sustainable development and ESG
  • the awareness and mobilization of the Group's employees in matters of sustainable development
  •  contributing to the formation and achievement of the Group's ESG goals 
  • the collection of sustainable development and ESG information and data
  • the contribution to the dialogue with the interested parties, on issues concerning the business units and companies of the OTE Group



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