MegaFon

MegaFon provides discounts to its elderly and student customers. The company also includes accessibility features in its services to accommodate users with disabilities.

The company partners on an initiative to improve digital literacy of visually impaired people living in small towns and villages. It also partners on an initiative to teach coding in artificial intelligence (AI) in 78 Russian regions.

No evidence was found of the company having leading practices in this area.

MegaFon supports open source standards and collaborates with universities on topics such as 5G technology. Moreover, the company’s platform MegaFon Sandbox supports start-ups with piloting and implementing new solutions.

No evidence was found that MegaFon undertakes initiatives that contribute to digital opportunities for women and girls. The company can disclose how many people with disabilities it employs and how it creates an inclusive workplace for them. The company should also disclose how the economic value it generates is distributed among its stakeholders.

There are opportunities for the company to contribute to increasing school connectivity.

The company should demonstrate how it assigns oversight and accountability for cybersecurity. It should also make clear how it monitors, rectifies and reports on security incidents, and how it mitigates digital risks for children.

MegaFon should demonstrate how it collaborates with other organisations on sustainable development research and how it supports inclusive and ethical research and development (R&D).

MegaFon states in its annual report that it is committed to respecting human rights. However, it does not include the same commitment in a publicly available policy statement. Furthermore, the company also has no publicly available policy statement on its commitment to respect the ILO core labour rights. Nor does it publish a requirement that its business relationships should commit to respecting the ILO core labour rights. MegaFon does not disclose a process to identify, assess and act on the salient human rights risks associated with its own operations and with its business relationships. However, it does have a grievance mechanism accessible to both workers and external stakeholders to raise human rights concerns and complaints.

MegaFon provides a breakdown of employees in different employee categories by age and gender. However, it does not disclose employee breakdowns for any other indicators of diversity. Beyond this, the company does not disclose any policies or commitments related to providing and promoting decent work.

MegaFon has a policy prohibiting bribery and corruption, and it includes anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its business relationship contracts. Furthermore, the company has a grievance mechanism for stakeholders to raise concerns and complaints on the topic. The company does not disclose any relevant information in relation to tax, such as a global tax strategy or its income tax payments in individual tax jurisdictions. MegaFon does not disclose its overarching approach to lobbying and political engagement in a publicly available policy statement. However, it does state that it does not make political contributions.