About dormakaba

To become the industry leader and strengthen trust in our business activities, we offer innovative and sustainable products, solutions and services.

dormakaba Group (“dormakaba”) is one of the top three companies in the global market for access and security solutions. With strong brands in our portfolio, dormakaba is a single source for products, solutions, and services for smart and secure access to buildings and rooms. dormakaba is present globally in over 130 countries by own activities and numerous partners.

About this report

dormakaba's Sustainability Report 2017/18 highlights our sustainability commitment, strategic approach and progress and is geared to all our stakeholders, i.e. our employees, investors, customers, suppliers and municipalities where we do business (Disclosure 102-40). This sustainability report is the first to be published in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative Standards (core option).

This is the third sustainability report for dormakaba. Previous reports were published according to GRI G4 Guidelines (core option). The first report for dormakaba was published after the merger of Dorma and Kaba for the 2015/16 financial year. 

In the transition to the GRI Standards, dormakaba has invested resources in a new materiality assessment, which will be valid until 2021. The report outlines detailed Management Approaches in line with GRI 103. In coming financial years, this comprehensive and detailed reporting will serve as a reference, with updates only as necessary.

Unless indicated otherwise, the reporting boundary comprises the entire dormakaba Group as stated in the scope of consolidation for all indicators and is based on the 2017/18 financial year from 1 July 2017 to 30 June 2018. For further information, refer to our Annual Report 2017/18. The underlying data, in particular for the key figures relating to employees and the environment, do not reflect all locations. Data stems from 48 sites and covers around 70% of our employees.

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