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About this Report
VTech published its first Sustainability Report for the financial year
2013. The purpose of the report was not only to communicate our
sustainability strategies, management approaches and performances
with our stakeholders, but also comprehensively introduce our ongoing
activities for our sustainable development toward the societies and
environment in which we operate.
VTech considers sustainability as a direction for our long-term
development. In our Sustainability Report 2016, we not only continued
to follow the Core option of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI)
Sustainability Reporting G4 Guidelines (G4 Guidelines) and its principles
of balance, comparability, accuracy, timeliness, clarity and reliability, but
also made reference to the updated Stock Exchange of Hong Kong
Limited (the Stock Exchange) Environmental, Social and Governance
(ESG) Reporting Guide (ESG Guide)
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to define our report content. In
order to identify and assess the material concerns of our stakeholders,
we have also conducted materiality assessment surveys through a
number of stakeholder engagement activities to determine the factors
that have material impacts on our sustainable growth, and included
them in the summary of our sustainability strategies and targets.
Reporting Period and Scope
The scope of this report includes data and activities from our
headquarters in Hong Kong, our three manufacturing facilities in China
and overseas sales offices, unless specifically stated otherwise. During
the financial year 2016 (FY2016), there were no significant changes in
VTech’s operation locations, share capital structure, location of suppliers
or our supply chain structure.
Reporting period: FY2016 (1 April 2015 to 31 March 2016), as per the
financial period of our Annual Report 2016. The Sustainability Report is
issued on an annual basis.
Organisation covered: VTech Holdings Limited and its subsidiaries (the
Company).
Assurance
This report was subject to VTech’s internal audit process and reviewed
by the Company’s Audit Committee.
Reference Guidelines
GRI G4 Guidelines
Stock Exchange ESG Guide
Full details of the VTech Sustainability Report 2016 are available on
1 Environmental, Social and Governance Reporting Guide set out in Appendix 27 to the
Rules Governing the Listing of Securities on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited