Sustainability reporting of Vodafone

Evaluate the sustainability reporting practice of a specific company (Vodafone), based on the GRI (Global Reporting Initiative) indicators (CONSOLIDATED SET OF GRI SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING STANDARDS 2020)
Questions for the analysis are the following:
1. Compliance with the GRI system: yes or no, if yes, to what extent, how detailed. How does the company communicate and justify the issues where compliance with GRI is not 100%. Are you satisfied with the explanation? Why?
2. Which are the most important strengths and weaknesses of the reporting practice of the company? To analyse strengths and weaknesses you should use the principles of report content (stakeholder inclusiveness, sustainability context, materiality, and completeness), as well as the principles of report
quality (accuracy, balance, clarity , comparability, reliability and timeliness (description of principles can be looked up in the CONSOLIDATED SET OF GRI SUSTAINABILITY REPORTING STANDARDS 2020).
Provide a detailed evaluation and a summary table (see below). Support your argumentation with examples from the report. For analysing the principle of comparability, please also check previous reports of the same company and some other reports from the same industrial sector.
Principle Strengths Weaknesses
1. Report content
Stakeholder inclusiveness
Sustainability context
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2. Report quality
Accuracy
Balance
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3. As a stakeholder, are you satisfied with the disseminated sustainability performance of the company and the report itself? Provide a critical argumentation.
Always support your argumentation profoundly and quote the data, facts and figures accurately.
Use the global homepage of the company where relevant.
Reports have different titles, company by company. If you do not find the report immediately, search for keywords. Examples: Sustainability report, CSR report, Corporate Responsibility report, Global Responsibility Report, Corporate Citizenship report, Global Citizenship report, Environmental report,
Supplier responsibility report, etc. In the case of specific reports like “Environmental Report”, please also search for further information on the social and economic performance of the company. Do not worry if the
company does not use the GRI, it is still possible. In some cases there is no single report but several sublinks,
related to specific issues. It is no problem as their function is the same: providing information for the public, on responsibility/sustainability of the company.
Beyond the sustainability report, further related documents may also be available at the website of the company. Please use more information sources for your assessment. External articles/opinions about the sustainability performance and responsible (or irresponsible) operation of the company can be also useful to get a more balanced (less biased) view.
Active participation in the related discussion is part of the evaluation of this assignment.
My Company is Vodafone: here is the link for the sustainability report:
https://www.vodafone.com/about‑vodafone/reporting‑centre/sustainability‑reports#annual‑report