Hexagon Annual Report 2019

55 2019 AT A GLANCE FROM THE BOARD ROOM FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Sustainability Report MATERIALITY APPROACH HEXAGON’S STAKEHOLDERS INCLUDE: • Employees • Investors and lenders • Customers • Local communities • Suppliers • Authorities • Partners • Media The topics identified, and their relative importance, can be viewed in the materiality matrix below. The most important strategic themes can be found in the top right corner of the matrix, with less material topics towards the bottom left. In 2019 Hexagon conducted a materiality analysis to identify and prioritize the most important and relevant sustainability risks and opportunities throughout its value chain. The process represents the foundation for this year’s Sustainability Report. The material sustainability topics for Hexagon were identified based on an assessment of key stakeholder expectations, the significance of social, economic and environmental impacts and relevance to our strategy. Stakeholders that were defined are groups that either are impacted by Hexagon, impact Hexagon and/or are invested in Hexagon’s future development. MATERIALITY MATRIX • Climate & environmental effects of Hexagon's portfolio offering • Product safety HIGHER LOWER IMPORTANT VERY IMPORTANT • Supply chain environmental impacts • Local environment & own GHG emissions • Product lifetime & end of life • Anti-corruption & integrity Hexagon's relative impact on society and the environment Importance for stakeholders • Making Hexagon a great place to work • Gender equality • Governance & human rights in our supply chain • Water consumption • Local community relations ABOUT THE REPORT During 2019 Hexagon has worked on creating a holis- tic reporting format for its sustainability disclosures. Therefore, this report addresses Hexagon, including all its business areas unless otherwise specified. Due to recent acquisitions of Agility Fuel Solutions and Digital Wave, there are some limitations to comparability between 2018 and 2019 figures. Going forward Hexagon will report comparable annual figures. Hexagon’s overall target for 2020 is to further improve its reporting and transparency across operations and value streams, by harmonizing its KPI reporting and monitoring.