Sustainability

Purpose

A company’s Purpose shows why a company exists and explains what it stands for. It defines its corporate culture, implies long-term commitment, and serves as a framework for developing the business strategy.

This is our Purpose:

We help to build a more non-conformist society by innovating in the world of communications”

Values

Independence

Commitment

Protection of freedom of expression and plurality

Excellence en management

Codes

Code of Ethics

En noviembre de 2014, aprobamos nuestro Código Ético. Describe nuestros principios y normas necesarias para seguir comprometidos con la transparencia, el buen gobierno, la responsabilidad, la independencia y la reputación respecto de los estándares éticos socialmente aceptados.

Suppliers’ Code of Conduct

With this Code of Conduct for our suppliers, Vocento is meeting its responsibility for influencing its supply chain, so that the principles of sustainability and responsibility are shared by our suppliers of goods and services.

Policies

Sustainability Policy 

At Vocento we are committed to sustainable value creation and to respecting the legitimate interests of our shareholders and investors, our audiences, advertisers, employees and suppliers.

Equality and Non-Discrimination Policy

This policy contains Vocento’s management focus on equality and non-discrimination, as well as our principles, concerns and objectives in this area, beyond mere compliance with the legislation and regulations which are in force.

Environmental Policy

 The creation of sustainable value depends on full respect for the environment in all Vocento’s operations and activities. This document includes our management focus on the environment and our principles, concerns and objectives in the environmental area.

Purchasing Policy

This Policy aims to establish an identifiable and effective management model for the acquisition of goods and services in accordance with the ethical, social, quality and environmental requirements that have been established by Vocento.

Ethics Channel Policy and Procedure

Contain the general principles applicable to the implementation of Vocento’s internal system for sharing information, as well as the procedure of the Ethics Channel and the guarantees in place for whistleblowers who use the channel in the conditions established in this document.

Commitments

Editorial and Journalistic Commitments

Vocento’s commitment to its audiences and to society in general, in terms of how it handles content, its editorial lines and its journalistic principles are all included in Vocento’s style guide, which is mandatory within the group.

Commitments to the Responsible Management of Advertising

At Vocento we are committed to responsible advertising, recognising our commitment to the society that we have served for more than a hundred years, in accordance with our values, our Code of Ethics and our Corporate and Sustainability Policy.

Commitments to the Prevention of Risks in the Workplace

At Vocento we believe that the health and safety of our workers is vital and we have assumed the commitment to maintain and improve an integrated health system covering all our activities and all people who work at Vocento, regardless of their positions and responsibilities.

Ethics Channel

Ethics Channel

The Ethics Channel forms part of the Policy for Legislative Compliance and the Policy for Crime Prevention. It is a specific procedure which has been placed at the service of all Group employees as well as third parties who have a relationship with Vocento, enabling them to report in a simple and confidential way any behaviour which in their understanding constitutes conduct or actions which are inappropriate or which breach the terms of Vocento’s Code of Ethics or any other internal and external norm that is applicable.

Any reports are received by an outsourced third-party service provider, in order to guarantee privacy and independence, in accordance with the best practices of corporate governance.

Complaints will be examined by members of Vocento’s Ethics Committee, consisting of people in management positions in the legal department, financial department, human resources and organisation department, internal audit, and the secretary of the Board of Directors of Vocento.

Any reports received must contain the data needed to complete an analysis of the facts.

Sustainability

reports

At Vocento we understand that best way of making our plan work is to be transparent. That is why every year we publish a sustainability report which includes relevant information about our activities, including our main numbers, organisation and governance, our management of corporate responsibility and sustainability, and our relations with stakeholders.

Resumen

Ejecutivo

Este documento resume los principales contenidos recogidos en el Estado de Información no Financiera 2023 de Vocento, elaborada a partir de la normativa vigente de reporting no financiero y debidamente verificada por una entidad independiente.