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2022 ESG Report
Evolving now.
Focusing on the future.
“We remain committed to innovation and measurement integrity in ESG as we bring the industry forward to capture and reflect the changing face of the audience at large.”
David Kenny, CEO, Nielsen
At Nielsen, we want to power a better future for all people. That's why we champion transparency, integrity, counting every voice and making a positive impact where we live and work through our environmental, social and governance (ESG) commitments.
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Our progress in 2021
In a year of evolution and adaptation, our values powered our progress.
Started the Diverse-Owned Media Equity program, a first-of-its-kind offering to accelerate the growth and impact of diverse-owned media businesses.
Launched Gracenote Inclusion Analytics, a unique analytics tool that matches a cohesive view of on-screen diversity with viewership data.
Counting every voice
Inspiring our people
Rolled out a new Emotional Health Support program for all employees globally, and a new “Smart Work” framework to guide our approach to remote and virtual work.
Announced our company values of inclusion, courage and growth that guide everything we do and power our culture.
Achieved 50% female representation and 20% racial and ethnic diversity representation across our Board of Directors.
Initiated an update to Nielsen’s Code of Conduct, finalized and published in May 2022, with the latest foundational guidance to help everyone at Nielsen.
Committing to advancement
Protecting our world
Celebrated Earth Week across 17 countries, promoting education and awareness for environmental justice.
Continued our progress to identify emissions reductions goals through an evolution of our data collection process and a full supply chain assessment of our greenhouse gas emissions.
Safekeeping data
Updated our Global Cybersecurity Policy and Global Privacy Policy to guide our data collection and protection.
Offered training and education events throughout Privacy Awareness Month in January and Cybersecurity Awareness Month in October.
Investing in communities
Volunteered more than 14,500 hours across 43 countries, including 3,000 volunteers for Nielsen Global Impact Day in October 2021.
Donated an estimated $23.6 million of
pro bono and in-kind data, products and services through the Data for Good program, to help nonprofits and academic researchers address critical social and environmental challenges.
Key ESG areas and goals
We’re working tirelessly today to bring our 2024 ESG goals to life. Here are some examples of our goals. Download our report to learn more about these and other goals.
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Community engagement
Data privacy
and security
Environment
Governance
Diversity, equity and inclusion
Human capital
Track and increase our Employee Net Promoter Score (eNPS) to move from “good” to
Diversity, equity and inclusion
Increase female, Black and Hispanic representation in mid-level and leadership roles, including
Governance
Reduce the time to close Integrity Reports to
Environment
from pre-COVID baseline.
employees accountable to complete required privacy training.
Increase employee participation in community-oriented programs to
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This ESG Report provides a comprehensive overview of Nielsen’s environmental, social and governance (ESG) strategy, approach and performance, inclusive of 2021 data. In the past, we published this type of comprehensive report only on a biennial basis, in 2016, 2018 and 2020, with a shorter interim update published for the first time in 2021. Given the rising importance of providing frequent ESG updates on our progress and strategy for a range of stakeholders, we plan to produce an ESG report on an annual basis moving forward.
This report is organized around our six main ESG topic areas and includes a narrative overview of each, along with supplemental data and information. We also provide addenda on the reporting frameworks most relevant to Nielsen: the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB), the Task Force on Climate-related Financial Disclosures (TCFD) and the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
For questions, please reach out to Nielsen’s Corporate Citizenship team at nlsncorporatecitizenship@nielsen.com
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Key ESG issue area assessment
Hold
of eligible
Reduce our on-premises application server footprint to
Reduce our business travel spend by
of women represented in global leadership roles.
2021 Interim Responsibility Update
2021 Sustainability Accounting Standards Board Index
2020 Global Responsibility Report
2018 Global Responsibility Report
2016 Global Responsibility Report
