Bezeq

Bezeq partners with the Prime Minister’s Office on ‘A Computer for Every Child’ project, donating computers to children from families who cannot afford them. The company also offers products adapted to people with different types of disabilities.

The company’s A Computer for Every Child initiative includes a digital skills training component.

Bezeq considers data privacy a key topic in its materiality analysis and commits to child online safety.

Bezeq uses the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) framework as a basis for measuring progress and goals.

Bezeq can contribute to providing digital opportunities for women and girls.

Bezeq can consider initiating programmes for intermediate and technical skills training.

Bezeq could disclose how it handles senior-level oversight of cybersecurity and how it monitors, remedies and reports on information security.

Bezeq can enhance support for open-source initiatives and standards as well as start-ups. The company could disclose the percentage of its women employees in tech roles and how ethics are considered in its research and development (R&D) activities.

Bezeq has a publicly available policy statement committing to respect human rights. However, it has no publicly available policy statement for itself or expecting its business relationships to commit to respecting the ILO core labour rights. The company discloses the lists of stakeholders it engages with in general, which includes customers, employees, suppliers and other stakeholders. However, it is unclear whether these stakeholders are those affected by its activities and whether it engages with them in the identification and assessment of its human rights risks. Furthermore, the company does not disclose how it identifies, assesses and takes action on the salient human rights risks associated with its own operations and with its business relationships.

Bezeq publicly commits to and expects its business relationships to respect workers’ health and safety. However, the company does not disclose quantitative health and safety information. The company also does not disclose a policy commitment stating that it does not require workers to work more than the regular and overtime hours. Bezeq discloses the percentage of its workforce covered by collective bargaining agreements. However, it does not disclose if it has achieved paying all its workers a living wage or mention a time-bound target for this. The company discloses the gender distribution of its overall workforce and leadership positions. However, it can improve its reporting on other indicators of diversity, such as employees in different age groups per employee category.

Bezeq has a policy prohibiting bribery and corruption, and it includes anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in contracts with its business relationships. However, the company does not disclose the steps it takes to identify and address bribery and corruption. The company discloses that it does not make political contributions. However, it does not disclose its expenditures on lobbying activities.