About This Report

This report covers the operations of the OMV Group, headquartered in Vienna, Austria, for the 2019 business year.

Report Scope, Material Topics, and Boundaries

OMV’s 2019 Sustainability Report, a document published annually (most recent Sustainability Report published on April 18, 2019), was prepared in accordance with the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) Standards Core option. This Report is the combined, consolidated, non-financial report of the OMV Group in line with the Austrian Nachhaltigkeits- und Diversitätsverbesserungsgesetz (Sustainability and Diversity Improvement Act; NaDiVeG), namely in accordance with Section 267a of the Austrian Commercial Code, and guided by Oil and Gas Sector Disclosures presented following the launch of the GRI G4 Guidelines. The 2019 Report describes our management and performance of the material Environmental, Social, and Governance issues for our Company.

This Sustainability Report has been externally assured. The independent assurance (limited assurance) has been performed in accordance with the requirements of the ISAE 3000 (Revised) standard. Our disclosures focus on the topics that have been deemed most material to our business and stakeholders during the materiality analysis performed in 2017 and reviewed in 2019 (see Reporting on materiality).

The data presented in the Report is consolidated at Group level. This boundary applies to all material topics, unless clearly indicated otherwise for a particular material topic in the text of this Sustainability Report.

All of the Health, Safety, Security, and Environment (HSSE) data, including greenhouse gas data for Scope 1 and Scope 2, is collected for activities where OMV is the operator, or where OMV has a stake of more than 50% and exerts a controlling influence. This approach follows industry best practice and is aligned with IPIECA oil and gas industry guidance on voluntary sustainability reporting.

The document also serves as our Communication on Progress for the UN Global Compact.