Our approach to environmental, social and governance (ESG) disclosures

Sustainability reporting combines economic performance, social responsibility and environmental care. Telkom subscribes to several frameworks and the Group's ESG Strategy is well aligned with our obligations. The Group acknowledges that it creates, protects and enables socio-economic value throughout the business. Refer to the ESG Strategy for more information.

Our ESG-related policies show our commitment to management of the environment, employees, social matters, human rights and anti-corruption, and are available online.

The Group adopted the various sustainability frameworks and participated in the indices as set out here.

The United Nations SDGs

Telkom supports four primary SDGs with selected targets. We demonstrate our contribution throughout this report, with a detailed summary on Telkom's contribution to the United Nations SDGs

S&P Global – Corporate Sustainability Assessment

Telkom took part for the first time this year and scored 34/100. We aim to improve this score going forward.

FTSE4Good ESG Index Series

Telkom was rated 3.9 for overall ESG score for 2022. Telkom was deleted from the FTSE All-World Index in September 2022 due to changes in market capitalisation.

The dti

We are a Level 1 broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) contributor for BCX and the rest of the Telkom Group.

EY Excellence in Integrated Reporting Awards

In 2022, Telkom's FY2021 integrated report ranked "Excellent" in the annual awards for the sixth consecutive year. The 2023 rankings will be released after July 2023.

Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures

We formally support the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD). Refer to the summary on Natural capital.

Global Reporting Initiative Standard

Telkom aligned its definitions of sustainable key performance indicators (KPIs) to the Global Reporting Initiative Standards' relevant definitions, which facilitates comparability.¹

CDP

Telkom continues to participate in the CDP. We achieved a B score in 2022. The 2023 score will be concluded after December 2023. Refer online for the CDP Report.

MSCI

At the date of approval of this report, we were rated BBB in the MSCI ESG Index.

¹	In alignment with the revised GRI Universal Standards effective 01 January 2023.