This report constitutes a separate combined non-financial report in accordance with sections 289b to 289e and 315b, 315c in conjunction with 289c to 289e of the German Commercial Code (HGB). This consolidated combined non-financial report consists of the chapter "Sustainability", the section "Culture" in the chapter "Our People" as well as the Corporate Governance Statement in the chapter “Group Essential Information”.
The reporting period covered is January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. No restatements of information have been made in this report. We did recalculate the waste figures for PUMA in 2019 and 2020, which were corrected due to underreporting in those years. We have provided separate reports for PUMA SE and the PUMA Group within the “Our People” section only. Separate reporting of other sustainability data would not add any meaningful new information or value and would require significant additional resources, so we have omitted it here. Information about PUMA’s business model is set out in the Financial section of this Annual Report. We have not identified any most significant non-financial performance indicators according to §289c, section 3, number 5 of the German Commercial Code (HGB). This combined sustainability report has undergone a voluntary “limited assurance” with focus on accordance with the German CSR Implementation Act (CSR-RUG) by Deloitte.
Since 2003 PUMA’s sustainability reports are based on the guidelines of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), which developed detailed and widely recognized standards on sustainability reporting. This report has been prepared in accordance with the GRI Standards: Core option. This option enables us to report on the impacts related to our economic, environmental, social and governance performance. It includes topics that are material to PUMA’s business and our key stakeholders, and that constitute our sustainability targets. These targets have been systematically developed in accordance with the feedback from PUMA’s stakeholders.
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Name of the organization |
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Activities, brands, products and services |
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Location of headquarters |
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Location of operations |
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Ownership and legal form |
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Markets served |
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Scale of the organization |
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Information on employees and other workers |
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Supply chain |
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Significant changes to the organization and its supply chain |
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Precautionary principle or approach |
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External initiatives |
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Membership of associations |
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Values, principles, standards and norms of behavior |
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Governance structure |
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Consulting stakeholders on economic, environmental and social topics |
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List of stakeholder groups |
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Collective bargaining agreements |
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Identifying and selecting stakeholders |
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Approach to stakeholder engagement |
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Important topics and concerns |
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Entities included in the consolidated financial statements |
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List of material topics |
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Date of most recent report |
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Reporting cycle |
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Contact point for questions regarding the report |
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Claims of reporting in accordance with the GRI Standards |
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GRI content index |
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External assurance |
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Materials
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Materials used by weight or volume
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Energy
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Energy intensity |
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Emissions
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Direct (Scope 1) GHG emissions |
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Energy indirect (Scope 2) GHG emissions |
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Other indirect (Scope 3) GHG emissions |
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GHG emissions intensity |
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Reduction of GHG emissions |
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Supplier Social Assessment
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New suppliers that were screened using social criteria |
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Negative social impacts in the supply chain and actions taken |
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Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
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Operations and suppliers in which the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at risk |
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Forced or Compulsory Labor
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The management approach and its components |
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Evaluation of the management approach |
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Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor |
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Human Rights Assessment
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The management approach and its components |
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Evaluation of the management approach |
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Operations that have been subject to Human Rights reviews or impact assessments |
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Occupational Health and Safety
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The management approach and its components |
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Evaluation of the management approach |
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Types of injury and rates of injury, occupational diseases, lost days, and absenteeism, and number of work-related fatalities |
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Diversity and Equal Opportunity
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Diversity of governance bodies and employees |
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Anti-corruption
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The management approach and its components |
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Evaluation of the management approach |
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Communication and training about anti-corruption policies and procedures |
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Tax
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Approach to tax |
“WE PAY OUR FAIR SHARE“ is the core principle the PUMA Group is taking into consideration for its global tax strategy. In this regard, PUMA fully commits to act in accordance with all international tax regulations and to fulfill any tax obligations arising from its business activities.
PUMA is not following artificial structures solely to save taxes with these. Of course, taxes play a role in business decisions to know what these are and so to do the right thing, however, tax consequences are not the relevant drivers for failing a final sign off on business strategies in this regard.
It is key for PUMA to pay an appropriate portion of its pre-tax profit to tax administrations in the respective countries. Paying tax is accepted as a general business principle of PUMA. An effective tax rate of around 25% over recent years confirms this. As it is a general principle for PUMA to follow tax rules and to pay applicable taxes, taxes as such are not a material issue within the sustainability approach. Consequently, PUMA does not report in detail on the GRI Standard in this regard. |