Better Health for All
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SIXT's core car rental services are generally health-neutral. The company provides adaptive driving devices
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and allows surrogate drivers for customers with disabilities at no additional charge,
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ensuring affordability for these specific health-related accommodations. Accommodations for customers with disabilities also include ADA accessible shuttles at all airport locations with shuttle services
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and accepting relay calls for customers who are deaf or hard of hearing
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. The Regine Sixt Children’s Aid Foundation, supported by SIXT, supports over 440 projects
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in more than 70 countries,
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focusing on providing medical care for children
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and fighting poverty
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. SIXT identifies occupational health and safety and environmental pollution as human rights risks,
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and provides transparent information on these,
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but these fall outside the scope of 'Better Health for All'.
Fair Money & Economic Opportunity
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SIXT SE is primarily a car rental company, and its core business activities, as described in the provided articles, do not involve lending, insuring, moving, or storing money for consumers in a way that would generate data relevant to the 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' value. The articles focus on financial performance, company expansion, and a legal case related to car rental damage invoices, none of which provide specific, concrete data points for metrics such as underserved client share, pricing fairness, exploitative fee exposure, inclusion initiatives, data accessibility, fair lending compliance, wealth building outcomes, profit reinvestment in community finance, financial literacy initiatives, customer debt burden ratios, or geographic inclusion in financial services.
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Therefore, all KPIs are scored 0, indicating that they are not applicable to the company's reported operations.
Fair Pay & Worker Respect
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No specific, concrete data points were found in the provided articles for any of the KPIs related to Fair Pay & Worker Respect for SIXT's own operations. Information regarding living wage coverage, CEO median pay ratio, collective bargaining share, safety incident rate, pay equity ratio, worker engagement score, turnover rate, labor violation incidents, insecure contract share, or health insurance coverage for SIXT's direct workforce was not explicitly stated.
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Some articles mentioned commitments or requirements for suppliers, but these do not apply to SIXT's own employees for the purpose of this assessment.
Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing
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The provided articles outline SIXT's commitment to human rights and environmental standards, including in its supply chain, referencing international conventions like the UN Guiding Principles and ILO core labor standards.
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The company has a Code of Conduct for Suppliers and Service Providers, which prohibits forced and child labor, and expects suppliers to pass these obligations to their own suppliers.
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SIXT also states it performs risk-based checks of suppliers and reserves the right to conduct audits.
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Suppliers are expected to inform SIXT without delay of non-adherence to the Code, and SIXT commits to promptly taking remedial action for violations.
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The company identifies risks in vehicle purchasing related to regulations such as RoHS, REACH, and the EU Conflict Minerals Regulation, and suppliers are expected to prevent the use of raw materials from conflict-affected or high-risk areas.
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However, the articles do not provide specific quantitative data for any of the KPIs related to Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing, such as the percentage of fair-trade certified spend, audit frequency, number of substantiated labor incidents, traceability coverage, remediation speed, percentage of contracts with ethical clauses, share of high-risk materials, or supplier diversity spend.
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Honest & Fair Business
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SIXT operates a formal whistleblowing system, accessible via integrityline.com, for employees, suppliers, and other third parties, allowing anonymous reporting of misconduct, including human rights and environmental issues.
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The company's Code of Conduct outlines principles for anti-corruption, anti-bribery, and fair competition,
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applying worldwide to all employees and managers,
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and requiring suppliers to adhere to national and international anti-corruption laws.
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Deloitte audits the majority of companies within SIXT's consolidated financial statements that require audits, and has been their auditor since 2005.
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However, less than 10% of ethical claims are independently verified, with verification limited to select regions.
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Kind to Animals
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SIXT SE is a car rental company, a service-oriented business.
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The provided articles do not contain any evidence related to animal-derived products, animal testing, animal agriculture, or direct wildlife conservation initiatives. Therefore, all KPIs under the 'Kind to Animals' value are omitted as they are not applicable to the company's core business model or the information available in the provided evidence.
No War, No Weapons
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SIXT's Supplier Code of Conduct states that the company does not accept supplies from conflict-affected areas.
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The Code of Conduct is based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and suppliers are required to adhere to these principles, meaning UNGP is referenced in the company's policy.
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The company's core business is car rental, and there is no evidence of involvement in weapons or defense, thus no specific ethical red lines related to weapons are needed.
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The policy of not accepting supplies from conflict-affected areas also implies zero procurement from such zones.
Planet-Friendly Business
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SIXT SE committed to net-zero emissions across all scopes by 2050 as part of its Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) commitments in 2023.
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However, it has removed previous near-term targets, and validation of these targets is pending.
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The company aims to make the operation of its branches and sites climate-neutral by the end of 2023, and remaining emissions from these operations have been fully offset since 2023.
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No information is provided on the quality or certification of these carbon offsets.
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SIXT examines possible environmental risks in its own business area and at its direct suppliers annually, including violations related to soil, water, air pollution, noise, or excessive water consumption.
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A Code of Conduct for Suppliers and Service Providers is used, with an expectation that obligations are passed on to sub-suppliers, and SIXT reserves the right to review and audit.
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However, there is no formal deforestation policy mentioned, nor any specific data on its implementation or traceability systems.
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Respect for Cultures & Communities
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The provided articles, which include financial reports and a human rights policy statement, do not contain specific quantitative data for any of the KPIs related to 'Respect for Cultures & Communities'.
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The articles explicitly state that data on cultural partnerships, revenue reinvested in local communities, cultural appropriation incidents, cultural impact assessments, local employment ratios, grievance mechanisms coverage, complaint resolution times, FPIC participation, community governance inclusion, cultural preservation investment, local procurement, indigenous supplier counts, cultural site protection, social license to operate, charitable giving, community fund allocation, language inclusivity, cultural incident response, or cultural training completion is either missing or not specified.
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Safe & Smart Tech
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A cyberattack was detected on April 29, 2022, affecting over 2,000 locations across 110 countries.
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Sensitive consumer data, including names, Social Security numbers, driver’s license numbers, passport numbers, financial account numbers, health insurance numbers, health information, and dates of birth, was compromised.
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Sixt filed official notice of the breach on July 6, 2022.
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The company has implemented technical and organizational measures to protect personal data, which are continually adapted.
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Data transfer between the user's computer and SIXT's server uses an encrypted SSL connection.
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SIXT RIDE uses a PCI-DSS certified payment service provider and does not store credit card information.
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SIXT works with Kount Inc. to prevent fraud risks.
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Users have rights to access, rectify, erase, restrict processing, and data portability, and can object to direct marketing or withdraw consent.
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Access to IT systems was immediately restricted following the cyberattack.
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The company has significantly improved its vulnerability management, reducing critical issues by 85% and high-risk issues by 75% in a few months, with remediation times reduced from days to hours or minutes.
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SIXT aims for a secure-by-design approach.
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GPS tracking data is erased after 3 months, but commercial documents, including invoices, are stored for 10 years.
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The company states its data processing is based on GDPR and transfers data to third countries based on adequacy decisions or appropriate safeguards.
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Zero Waste & Sustainable Products
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The company reported a total non-recycled waste of 93.1% at Group level in 2024, indicating a waste diversion rate of 6.9%.
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For its vehicles, the recycling rate is 95%, though this varies by brand and model.
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The company has implemented several waste reduction initiatives, including switching to electronic document storage, discontinuing the use of plastic/paper cups in offices, providing water bottles to employees, stopping the purchase of 1.5-liter bottled mineral water at two sites (avoiding 16,000 bottles annually), and a Circular Procurement Policy aimed at reducing waste.
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Hazardous and non-hazardous waste is sorted on-site and transported by licensed partners, with regular records kept of hazardous waste type and quantity.
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Internal environmental audits are conducted annually to review waste management practices at vehicle dealerships and workshops, and a full waste management audit of Hungarian sites was carried out by a third party in 2022.
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There were no waste disposal violations in the past three years.
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However, the company has no separate strategic goal regarding the amount of waste generated by the Group.
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A Supplier Code of Conduct, published in 2023, sets minimum sustainability standards for business relationships with suppliers.
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