2024 Sustainability report | 2023 performance

Community indicators

Community indicators

This section includes indicators and GRI Standard disclosures.

Supplier agreement to comply with ST business ethics and corporate responsibility standards(1) (%)

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023(2)

Supplier agreement

79

89

93

91

71

(1)

Percentage of total number of suppliers with business relationship during the year.

(2)

Calculation methodology changed starting 2023. Until 2022, signature was at supplier level, from 2023 onwards it is signed for each facility.

Number of suppliers and facilities at risk for sustainability(1,2) 308-2414-2

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Direct procurement

Material suppliers

Suppliers

87

89

103

84

92

Facilities

237

240

277

227

196

Back-end subcontractors

Suppliers

26

28

26

29

30

Facilities

39

40

54

55

59

Front-end subcontractors

Suppliers

7

6

11

12

11

Facilities

18

14

23

24

22

Indirect procurement

Equipment/spare-parts suppliers

Suppliers

80

58

59

38

43

Facilities

94

75

85

52

54

Service providers & labor agencies

Suppliers

252

154

177

177

197

Facilities

252

154

177

177

210(3)

Total suppliers

452

335

376

340

373

Total facilities

640

523

616

535

541

(1)

According to social, ethics and EHS criteria.

(2)

Supplier refers to a holding. A facility is the factory/location that produces the goods/services, or a supplier entity based on a ST site. Suppliers may have several facilities.

(3)

From 2023, service providers are counted for each site they serve.

NA = not applicable
Suppliers’ and subcontractors’ Environmental, Health & Safety certification(1) (%)

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

ISO 14001 certified/EMAS validated

Material suppliers

97

97

88

96

75

Equipment/spare-parts suppliers

44

50

52

50

41

Back-end subcontractors

96

96

96

97

75

Front-end subcontractors

100

100

100

91

100

Overall

76

82

79

85

71

ISO 45001 certified

Material suppliers

56

58

55

58

39

Equipment/spare-parts suppliers

14

10

14

11

9

Back-end subcontractors

75

61

66

78

61

Front-end subcontractors

78

80

80

73

100

Overall

43

45

46

53

42

(1)

For the number of facilities in the scope see the table ‘Number of suppliers and facilities at risk for sustainability’. It does not include service providers & labor agencies.
Step 1 – supplier contractual agreement to comply with RBA code of conduct(1,2) (%)

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Direct suppliers

Material suppliers

91

92

99

98

95

Back-end subcontractors

100

96

88

100

100

Front-end subcontractors

100

100

91

100

100

Indirect suppliers

Equipment/spare-parts suppliers

85

93

93

97

86

Service providers & labor agencies

95

98

84

99

100

Total

93

96

90

99

97

(1)

Contractual agreement is signed at supplier level. For the number of eligible suppliers see the table ‘Number of suppliers and facilities at risk for sustainability’.

(2)

Number of suppliers who have signed a commitment to the current version of the RBA code of conduct or equivalent, and accept to complete assessments and audits.
Step 2 – CSR self-assessment questionnaires of supplier facilities(1,2) (%) (SAQ) 308-2414-2

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Direct suppliers

Material suppliers

83

89

93

90

88

Back-end subcontractors

87

85

81

64

68

Front-end subcontractors

89

100

87

83

86

Indirect suppliers

Equipment/spare-parts suppliers

87

93

96

92

85

Service providers & labor agencies

33

64

18

49

79

Total

64

82

70

74

82

(1)

SAQ is completed at facility level. For the number of eligible facilities see the table ‘Number of suppliers and facilities at risk for sustainability’.
Step 3 – CSR audits of supplier facilities(1,2) (%) 308-2414-2

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Direct suppliers

Material suppliers

2

5

8

10

16

Back-end subcontractors

23

10

26

16

29

Front-end subcontractors

17

43

13

33

9

Indirect suppliers

Equipment/spare-parts suppliers

0

7

6

12

19

Service providers & labor agencies

13

43

20

40

43

Total facilities audited during the year

8

18

13

22

28

Total facilities with valid audits(3)

18

17

28

36

49

(1)

Audits are conducted at facility level. For the number of eligible facilities see the table ‘Number of suppliers and facilities at risk for sustainability’.

(2)

Either initial third-party RBA audit or ST verification based on RBA audit protocol. Closure audits are also conducted to verify the closure of findings but are not included here.

(3)

Audits are valid for 2 years.
Supplier facilities average RBA SAQ score(1) (%)

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Health and safety section

90.3

89.6

89.4

90.1

91.3

Environment section

88.6

85.8

84.4

87.2

88.8

Labor section

91.7

91.7

90.9

91.3

92.3

Ethics section

94.0

93.4

91.3

93.1

94.5

Overall average

91.0

90.1

89.1

89.7

90.8

(1)

At-risk suppliers’ facilities (material, equipment/spare-parts suppliers, subcontractors).
Average number of findings per supplier audit

2020

2021

2022

2023

Priority non-conformances

0.06

0.22

0.17

0.21

Major non-conformances

1.56

3.54

1.89

3.83

Minor non-conformances

-

-

-

1.59
Closure rate(1) for suppliers’ facilities audit (%)

2023

Priority non-conformances

42

Major non-conformances

52

Minor non-conformances

63

(1)

Percentage of findings closed within 12 months after discovery.
Recruitment fees(1) reimbursed to workers 409-1 SDG icon SDG 8.7

2020

2021

2022

2023

Total amount of fees paid back (US$)

29,852

137,651

248,153

6,302

Number of impacted workers

22

42

220

84

Number of suppliers involved

3

4

2

7

(1)

Fees may be reimbursed by ST or by suppliers.
Supplier RBA training and awareness

2021

2022

2023

Number of supplier companies

201

222

175(1)

Number of supplier employees

452

1,733

1,692

(1)

Methodology changed in 2023. Up until 2022, suppliers companies were counted for each training they attended. From 2023 onwards, suppliers companies are counted only once, regardless of the number of trainings completed.
Suppliers terminated as a result of a negative social or environmental impact 308-2414-2 SDG icon SDG 8.7

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Number of suppliers

1(1)

1(2)

1(3)

2(4)

0

(1)

Legal requirement concerning social contributions not respected by a cleaning services company in Tunis site (Tunisia).

(2)

Contract not renewed with a security service supplier in Bouskoura (Morocco) due to excessive working hours.

(3)

Non-payment of social security contributions for its employees in Marcianise site (Italy).

(4)

Material supplier with risk of forced labor in subtiers (Japan); canteen service provider failing to comply with laws and regulation in Muar site (Malaysia).
Conflict minerals inquiry results in 2023 SDG icon SDG 8.7

Gold

Tantalum

Tin

Tungsten

Number of smelters

86

32

60

32

Smelters which are RMAP(1) validated (%)

100%

100%

100%

100%

Smelters which are active in the RMAP(1) but were not RMAP validated as of December 31, 2023
(active smelters) (%)

0%

0%

0%

0%

Active smelters which have declared sourcing from L1/L2(2) countries or recycled or scrap sources(3) (%)

0%

0%

0%

0%

Active smelters which have not provided a declaration regarding country or origin of recycled or scrap sources (%)

0%

0%

0%

0%

(1)

Responsible Minerals Assurance Process.

(2)

Level 1 countries are not identified as conflict regions or plausible areas of smuggling or export from the Democratic Republic of the Congo and its nine adjoining countries.
Level 2 countries are known or plausible countries for smuggling, export out of region or transit of materials containing tantalum, tin, tungsten or gold.

(3)

Based on information presented by suppliers and subcontractors.
Community involvement – inputs 201-1

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Number of community involvement initiatives(1)

389

340

520

661

814

Total contribution (evaluated in US$m)

7.9

10.4

8.9

11.1

13.4

(1)

Multiple activities linked to the same program count as one initiative.
Geographical spread of community contributions(1) (%)

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Africa

2

1

2

2

2

Americas

0

0

3

3

4

Asia

11

11

11

7

7

Europe

73

76

69

69

72

Worldwide

14

12

16

19

16

(1)

The sums may not add up to 100% due to rounding of the figures.
Community contribution

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Cash donations (%)

23

21

15

20

26

Staff time volunteering (%)

66

43

68

55

50

In-kind (%)

9

34

15

20

20

Management costs (%)

2

2

2

5

4

Number of employees engaged in volunteering(1)

6,065

4,231

4,620

6,648

7,221

Number of hours contributed inside Company time

145,498

114,324

138,305

148,300

156,083

(1)

Employees are counted for each initiative, so the same employee may be counted several times.
Reason for community contribution(1) (%)

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Community investment

97

64

96

96

87

Charitable donation (gift)

3

36

4

4

13

Commercial initiative

1

0

0

1

0

(1)

The sums may not add up to 100% due to rounding of the figures.
Community involvement – outcomes

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Number of beneficiary organizations

1,856

2,938

3,111

3,849

3,349

Number of direct beneficiaries

117,136

163,497

132,004

228,563

255,299
Direct beneficiary groups(1) (%)

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Children/Teenagers

9

3

6

7

8

Students/Scientific communities

77

53

82

75

66

Affected by natural/man-made disaster(2)

–

32

3

0

9

Local population

8

7

7

16

14

Senior/Elderly people

1

4

0

0

0

Others(3)

3

2

2

2

2

(1)

The sums may not add up to 100% due to rounding of the figures.

(2)

Mainly linked to COVID-19 pandemic for 2020. Linked to donation following floodings in Emilia-Romagna region (Italy) in 2023.

(3)

Includes people on low incomes/unemployed, people with poor health, migrants and disabled people.