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General Standard Disclosures
General Standard Disclosures
Location and Notes
G4-6
Number of countries where the organisation operates
Page 3
G4-7
Nature of ownership and legal form
Page 3
G4-8
Markets served
Page 3
G4-9
Scale of the organisation
Page 3
G4-10
Number of employees
Page 3
G4-11
Percentage of employees covered by collective bargaining agreements
Employees covered by collective
bargaining agreement is managed
and monitored at local level. VTech
considers this percentage on
consolidated level is not relevant
G4-12
Organisation’s supply chain
Page 35
G4-13
Significant changes during the reporting period regarding size, structure, ownership or organisation’s
supply chain
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G4-14
Explanation of whether and how the precautionary approach or principle is addressed by the
organisation
Page 34
G4-15
Externally developed economic, environmental, and social charters, principles, or other initiatives to
which the organisation subscribes or endorses
Page 3
G4-16
Memberships in associations and/ or national/ international advocacy organisations
Company Performance and Data
Identified Material Aspects and Boundary
G4-17
Entities included in the organisation’s consolidated financial statements or equivalent documents
VTech Major Subsidiaries
G4-18
Process for defining report content and the aspect boundaries
Page 15
G4-19
Material aspects identified in the process for defining report content
Page 15
G4-20
Aspect boundary within the organisation for each material aspect
Page 16
G4-21
Aspect boundary outside the organisation for each material aspect
Page 16
G4-22
Explanation of the effect of any re-statements of information provided in earlier reports, and the
reasons for such re-statement
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G4-23
Significant changes from previous reporting periods in the scope and boundary
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Stakeholder Engagement
G4-24
List of stakeholder groups engaged by the organisation
Page 13
G4-25
Basis for identification and selection of stakeholders with whom to engage
Page 13
G4-26
Approaches to stakeholder engagement, including frequency of engagement by type and by
stakeholder group
Page 14
G4-27
Key topics and concerns that have been raised through stakeholder engagement, and how the
organisation has responded to those key topics and concerns, including through its reporting
Page 14
Report Profile
G4-28
Reporting period
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G4-29
Date of most recent previous report
About this report
G4-30
Reporting cycle
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G4-31
Contact point for questions regarding the report or its contents
Back Cover
G4-32
GRI Content Index , the ‘in accordance’ option the organisation has chosen and the reference to the
External Assurance Report if any
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G4-33
Policy and current practice with regard to seeking external assurance for the report
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Governance
G4-34
Governance structure of the organisation
Page 4
Ethics and Integrity
G4-56
Organisation’s values, principles, standards and norms of behaviour
Page 5