Financial Statements and Combined Management Report

The report describes stable 2023 Group revenues of €20.2 billion amid portfolio and currency effects, with growth in publishing, music and education. It reports 80,418 staff at year-end and a 99 percent green-electricity share among reported sites using more than 100 megawatt hours of electricity. Combined Scope 1 and 2 emissions were 165,900 tons of CO2e, and the Group's 50 percent emissions-reduction target from 2018 had been validated by SBTi. The report also discloses EU Taxonomy eligibility and alignment indicators.