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Vodafone Group Plc Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures Report 2023
Overview
Risk Management
Metrics and Targets
Governance
Strategy
TCFD recommendations
exposure and management based on the number of infrastructure assets that are at high or very high risk of climate impacts such as extreme weather events. Whilst these are important steps forward on our climate-related risk disclosure journey, we recognise that we have not yet set targets in place to measure our full suite of climate risks. Our disclosure this year improves upon our position in 2022, when we were consistent with eight out of 11 recommendations. In this year's report, we are pleased to include further detail on the impact of climate-related risks and opportunities on our business strategy and financial planning, and a quantitative measure of the number of assets at high or very high risk of physical climate change. As industry practices evolve and our internal programme matures, we aim to address the remaining gaps in our climate-related risk management and reporting approach over the next three years.
We have continued to enhance our policies, processes and reporting with respect to the TCFD recommendations. We have considered our ‘comply or explain’ obligation under the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority Listing Rules and have detailed in the table below the 11 TCFD recommendations and our progress. We are consistent with disclosing 10 out of 11 TCFD recommendations for the year ended 31 March 2023. There is one TCFD recommendation where we are currently partially consistent with: Metrics and targets (physical risks): We measure and have set ambitious targets for reducing our carbon emissions. We also have metrics in place to measure our energy use, which is one underlying factor in our exposure to transition risk. As a measure of the climate opportunity associated with developing and deploying products to help society decarbonise, we also report annually on the carbon emissions avoided through the use of green digital solutions. This year, we also began measuring our physical risk
TCFD recommendations
Governance a. Describe the Board’s oversight of climate-related risks and opportunities
Progress
Page number
Consistent Consistent
6 6
b. Describe management’s role in assessing and managing climate-related risks and opportunities
Strategy a. Describe the climate-related risks and opportunities the organisation has identified over the short, medium and long term b. Describe the impact of climate-related risks and opportunities on the organisation’s businesses, strategy and financial planning c. Describe the resilience of the organisation’s strategy, taking into consideration different climate-related scenarios, including a 2°C or lower scenario
Progress
Page number
Consistent Consistent Consistent
9
7, 13-14
13-14
Risk Management a. Describe the organisation’s processes for identifying and assessing climate-related risks b. Describe the organisation’s processes for managing climate-related risks
Progress
Page number
Consistent Consistent Consistent
15 16
c. Describe how processes for identifying, assessing and managing climate-related risks are integrated into the organisation’s overall risk management
15-16
Metrics and Targets a. Disclose the metrics used by the organisation to assess climate-related risks and opportunities in line with its strategy and risk management process b. Disclose Scope 1, Scope 2, and, if appropriate, Scope 3 greenhouse gas (‘GHG’) emissions, and the related risks c. Describe the targets used by the organisation to manage climate-related risks and opportunities and performance against targets
Progress
Page number
Consistent Consistent
8, 17-18
17
Partially consistent 17-18
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