Confirmation for the section “STATUS 2017” of the report “SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017” of TAKKT AG, Stuttgart, for the calendar year 2017
To the management board of TAKKT AG, Stuttgart
We have reviewed the section “STATUS 2017” of the report “SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017” of TAKKT AG, Stuttgart.
The report comprises the period from January 1st to December 31st, 2017. The report was prepared in accordance with the principles, stakeholder inclusiveness, sustainability context, materiality, completeness, accuracy, balance, clarity, comparability, reliability and timeliness specified in the GRI Standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI 101 pages 7 – 16). It is the responsibility of the management board of TAKKT AG to prepare the report. Our task is to provide a confirmation for the section “STATUS 2017” of the report “SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017” on the basis of our audit review.
We conducted the audit review on the section “STATUS 2017” of the report “SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017” in accordance with the German standards for the audit review of sustainability reports established by the Institute of German Auditors (IDW).
Accordingly, it is required that the audit review is to be planned and performed in such a manner that we can preclude with limited assurance, through critical appraisal, that the report section has not in all material aspects been prepared in accordance with the underlying principles specified in the GRI Standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI 101 pages 7 – 16). An audit review is limited primarily to interviews with personnel of the company and analytical assessments and thus do not provide the assurance that would be obtained on an audit.
Based on our audit review we did not become aware of any facts which lead us to assume that the section “STATUS 2017” of the report “SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2017” has not been prepared in all material aspects in accordance with the underlying principles specified in the GRI Standards of the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI 101 pages 7 – 16).
Stuttgart, 22 February 2018
Ebner Stolz GmbH & Co. KG
Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft Steuerberatungsgesellschaft
Dr. Christoph Eppinger
Auditor
Carsten Bender
Auditor