Scope and limitations of the report
The sustainability report pertains to the 2013/2014 financial
year, with comparative data from the 2012/2013 financial year.
Unless otherwise indicated, the report encompasses the operations
of the Group as a whole.
The following sections provide an account of Addtech's CSR work
from different stakeholder perspectives, with results for the Group
being presented in the form of relevant indicators and key ratios.
Unless otherwise indicated, the figures are aggregated values for
2013/2014 from the Group's companies, which number around 130. Five
acquisitions were carried out during the year, affecting the
outcome for the environmental and occupational environment
indicators reported, compared to the preceding year. Acquisitions
are a key part of Addtech's growth strategy and are therefore
expected to continue to have an impact on several areas of the
sustainability report in the years ahead. The measured values
presented have not been adjusted to compensate for the increased
number of companies; they report the actual figures for the
Group.
Addtech's corporate structure and operations, with around 130
companies, constitute in themselves a challenge in work on CSR
because each company is responsible for collecting and reporting
its own measurement data. The measurement data presented in this
sustainability report is based as far as possible on actual
measured values from the Group's companies, or from the Group's
suppliers. In cases where the Group's companies or suppliers have
been unable to obtain actual figures, reasonable estimates based on
available calculation tools and models were used.
One of Addtech's goals for its CSR work is to continually improve
the accuracy of the measurement data obtained from Group companies
and suppliers.