Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

AudioCodes Ltd. is a technology company specializing in voice networking and media processing solutions for enterprises and service providers.

Its core business does not involve offering lending, deposit, or other financial services to consumers. Consequently, all KPIs related to fair money and economic opportunity, which are designed to assess financial institutions and their consumer-facing financial products, are not applicable to AudioCodes' operations.

Fair Pay & Worker Respect

The provided articles do not contain specific, quantitative data points for any of the KPIs related to Fair Pay & Worker Respect. While the company has a Whistleblower Policy

and a Code of Ethics (last revised February 2020) that prohibit discrimination, harassment, and retaliation, and outline procedures for addressing potential violations, there is no evidence of the actual count of substantiated labor law violations. Employee reviews mention qualitative feedback regarding the absence or small size of bonuses, low salaries, and a 'very high turnover in Field Application Engineering,' but these are not company-wide quantitative metrics for turnover or specific data for living wage coverage, CEO to median pay ratio, collective bargaining share, safety incident rates, pay equity ratios, worker engagement scores, insecure contract share, or health insurance coverage.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

No quantitative data was provided in the articles for any of the Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing KPIs.

The conflict minerals reports detail due diligence efforts, such as 100% supplier survey response rate and 59% of analyzed smelters being certified, but these metrics do not directly correspond to the quantitative thresholds for fair trade certification share, audit frequency, forced/child labour incidents, traceability coverage, remediation speed, ethical clause coverage, materials risk index (specifically, share of spend on high-risk materials), or supplier diversity spend. The reports explicitly state a lack of sufficient information to determine the country of origin for all conflict minerals, but do not provide a percentage of what is traceable.

Kind to Animals

AudioCodes Ltd. is a provider of voice networking and media processing solutions, including VoIP gateways, session border controllers, and IP phones.

The company's business model, as described in the provided articles, does not involve animal-derived products, animal testing, animal husbandry, or operations that directly impact wildlife habitats. Therefore, all KPIs related to animal welfare, testing, sourcing, and conservation are not applicable to its core business operations.

No War, No Weapons

AudioCodes states it has no significant involvement in military contracting, indicating no defense or arms-related activities in its core business.

The company's products are subject to export control laws, and it requires buyers to comply with all applicable export and re-export control laws, prohibiting export to sanctioned destinations. AudioCodes states it has no involvement in controversial weapons or small arms, which is confirmed by a third-party ESG data provider. The company's conflict minerals policy aligns with OECD due diligence guidance and the Dodd-Frank Act, and it reports the project's status annually to the SEC. AudioCodes objects to human rights abuses associated with conflict minerals and to direct or indirect support to non-state armed groups. In 2024, 59% of smelters in its supply chain were certified, while 41% were non-certified. The company does not have sufficient information from suppliers to determine the country of origin for all conflict minerals, meaning some may originate from the DRC or adjoining countries. AudioCodes conducts human rights due diligence every 2-3 years in high-risk zones, as its company-level Conflict Minerals Reporting Templates (CMRT) are amended monthly based on subcontractor collection of supplier reports. Suppliers are requested to supply conflict minerals compliance declarations using the CMRT template, which are reviewed for completeness and inconsistencies. The company's defined red flags for suspicious behavior include data completion, locations of mineral origin, and existence of company policy. AudioCodes reports the project's status annually to the SEC, but no results of annual reviews of war-linked partners are published.

Planet-Friendly Business

No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles to score any of the quantitative or qualitative KPIs for Planet-Friendly Business. The articles discuss general environmental commitments, compliance with regulations like WEEE, RoHS, REACH, and the Conflict Minerals Act, and the implementation of an ISO 14001 certified Environmental Management System.

They also detail conflict minerals due diligence processes, including a 100% supplier response rate to surveys and 59% of identified smelters being certified, but these facts do not map to the defined KPIs for this value.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

AudioCodes' Anti-Corruption Compliance Policy allows charitable contributions in reasonable amounts, but there is no specific focus on cultural heritage organizations.

The policy also states that a Compliance Officer will establish and conduct a suitable training program, and all Covered Persons are required to sign certifications of compliance, which is a standard approach to training without specific cultural sensitivity components being detailed.

Safe & Smart Tech

AudioCodes' One Voice Operations Center (OVOC) has a hard-coded cryptographic key vulnerability (CVE-2024-52881) that allows attackers to decrypt sensitive data, including passwords.

This represents a critical weakness in encryption implementation and inadequate key management. Additionally, a path traversal vulnerability (CVE-2024-52883) in OVOC allows unauthorized access to sensitive data and bypasses authentication. Both vulnerabilities have a CVSS 3.1 Base Score of 7.5 and were published in February 2025, indicating weak authentication for sensitive data.