Result of the Materiality Assessment 2024

The materiality analysis is used to determine those topics that are primarily included in sustainability management and that will be mapped in the upcoming BOKU sustainability report:

• Material topics
  These topics were rated particularly highly in both the stakeholder survey and in the workshop, which is why the BOKU will make every effort to advance these topics in the coming years. In order to ensure progress and to be able to measure it, a management approach is developed for each essential topic. The main topics are also shown in the sustainability report.
• Other reporting topics
  These topics were rated highly and are therefore also included in the sustainability report, but without an extra management approach.

Starting point
31 sustainability topics derived from the sustainability strategy process served as the basis.

Method
Specifically, the materiality analysis consisted of three elements:

1. Online stakeholder survey in which all BOKU members and external stakeholders from the fields of politics, business and research took part
2. Materiality workshop that was held online due to the corona. BOKU internal experts and department managers took part in the workshop.
3. Meeting of the Group Sustainability, that discussed and finalized the topics of the materiality assessment. Attention was paid to the balance between the areas of teaching, research, exchange with society, operations and organizational culture.