Databook VK 2023
Table of Contents
Social responsibility | 3 |
Personnel structure by gender, position | 4 |
Personnel structure by age, position | 4 |
Ratio of basic and average salaries | |
of women and men by position | 4 |
Total number of employees | |
by type of employment contract and gender | 5 |
Number of part-time employees by gender | 5 |
Length of service of current employees | 5 |
Employee turnover | 5 |
Total number of new hires by age and gender | 5 |
Benefits used by VK employees | 6 |
Requests for training from employees | 6 |
Statistics of parental leave
Total hours of training in 2023 by gender
In-class (online and offline) training by employee category Self-learning programmes by type of programme
Average hours of training per year per employee in 2023 with breakdown by gender
Funds allocated for charitable projects
VKontakte platform compliance report
Odnoklassniki platform compliance report
Number of funds in VK Dobro
Databook 2023
Environmental responsibility | 9 | |
6 | Energy consumption | 10 |
7 | Effect from energy saving programmes | 10 |
7 | Water consumption | 10 |
7 | Data centre waste | 10 |
Data centre waste management | 10 | |
7 | Office waste | 10 |
8 | Greenhouse gas emissions | 10 |
8 | ||
8 | Corporate governance | 11 |
8 | Gender composition of the Board of Directors | 12 |
Structure of the Board of Directors by age | 12 | |
Length of service of directors on the Board of Directors | 12 |
Social responsibility
4 | Social responsibility | Databook 2023 |
Personnel structure by gender, position
[2-7],[405-1],[TC-IM-330a.3],[TC-SI-330a.3], [ | ] | ||||
Indicator | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Managers1 | 963 | 1,330 | 1,772 | 1,927 | 2,6832 |
Men | 282 | 425 | 1,272 | 1,184 | 1,587 |
Women | 681 | 905 | 500 | 743 | 1,096 |
Employees | 5,371 | 7,512 | 8,620 | 9,319 | 12,169 |
Men | 2,001 | 2,952 | 5,291 | 5,060 | 6,527 |
Women | 3,370 | 4,560 | 3,329 | 4,259 | 5,642 |
Total men, % | 64 | 62 | 63 | 56 | 55 |
Total women, % | 36 | 38 | 37 | 44 | 45 |
Total | 6,334 | 8,842 | 10,392 | 11,2463 | 14,852 |
Ratio of basic and average salaries of women and men by position, % [405-2]
Indicator | 2021 | 2022 |
Managers1 | ||
Ratio of average salary of women to men | 75.8 | 71.7 |
Ratio of basic salary of women to men | 73.8 | 72.2 |
Employees | ||
Ratio of average salary of women to men | 55.9 | 55.4 |
Ratio of basic salary of women to men | 55.3 | 54.9 |
2023
68.6
69.2
57.7
57.0
Personnel structure by age, position
[405-1],[TC-IM-330a.3],[TC-SI-330a.3], [ ]
Indicator
Managers1
<30 years old
30-50 years old
>50 years old
Employees
<30 years old
30-50 years old
>50 years old
Total
2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||
Overall share, % | Number of persons | Overall share, % | Number of persons | Overall share, % | Number of persons |
17.1 | 1,772 | 17.1 | 1,927 | 18.0 | 2,6832 |
4.6 | 473 | 4.7 | 527 | 4.5 | 664 |
12.3 | 1,277 | 12.2 | 1,375 | 13.2 | 1,975 |
0.2 | 22 | 0.2 | 25 | 0.3 | 44 |
82.9 | 8,620 | 82.9 | 9,319 | 82.0 | 12,169 |
43.0 | 4,469 | 47.3 | 5,320 | 45.5 | 6,761 |
39.1 | 4,062 | 34.8 | 3,913 | 35.7 | 5,295 |
0.9 | 89 | 0.8 | 86 | 0.8 | 113 |
100 | 10,392 | 100 | 11,246 | 100 | 14,852 |
- Managers - employees who make corporate/strategic decisions (directors, vice-presidents and above) and employees in managerial positions responsible for financial responsibility centres, business units, functional area or group of employees, employees - line staff.
- The increase in the number of managers is due to new subsidiaries joining VK during 2023 that have an established management structure.
- Data for 2022 have been recalculated due to a change in the data consolidation contour.
5 | Social responsibility | Databook 2023 |
Total number of employees by type of employment contract and gender1
[2-7], [ ]
Employee category | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Employees with a permanent | 6,142 | 8,604 | 9,506 | 10,916 | 14,532 |
employment contract | |||||
Women | 2,210 | 3,257 | 3,478 | 4,228 | 6,506 |
Men | 3,932 | 5,283 | 6,028 | 6,688 | 8,026 |
Employees with a temporary | 36 | 64 | 118 | 377 | 320 |
employment contract | |||||
Women | 12 | 27 | 60 | 241 | 232 |
Men | 24 | 37 | 58 | 136 | 88 |
Number of part-time employees by gender, persons3
[2-7], [ ]
Employee category | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Women | 96 | 101 | 95 | 148 | 229 |
Men | 174 | 179 | 168 | 152 | 201 |
Total | 270 | 280 | 263 | 300 | 430 |
Employee turnover, % [401-1]
Indicator | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Involuntary staff turnover | 9.0 | 7.0 | 8.0 | 8.7 | 6.9 |
Total number of new hires by age and gender2
[401-1]
Indicator | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
<30 years old | 450 | 830 | 1,528 | 2,433 | 3,875 |
Women | 205 | 332 | 599 | 958 | 1,952 |
Men | 245 | 498 | 929 | 1,475 | 1,923 |
30-50 years old | 602 | 624 | 1,075 | 1,986 | 2,818 |
Women | 250 | 201 | 312 | 655 | 1,137 |
Men | 352 | 423 | 763 | 1,331 | 1,681 |
>50 years old | 9 | 5 | 12 | 33 | 53 |
Women | 4 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 34 |
Men | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 |
Total | 1,061 | 1,459 | 2,615 | 4,452 | 6,746 |
Length of service of current employees, years4,5
2021 | 2022 | 2023 | ||||
Number of years | ||||||
Share of total number | Number of employees, | Share of total number | Number of employees, | Share of total number | Number of employees, | |
of employees, % | persons | of employees, % | persons | of employees, % | persons | |
1-3 years | 63 | 6,548 | 73 | 8,266 | 61 | 4,220 |
3 to 5 years | 18 | 1,871 | 12 | 1,394 | 16 | 1,138 |
5-10 years | 13 | 1,350 | 10 | 1,091 | 16 | 1,073 |
More than 10 years | 6 | 623 | 5 | 542 | 7 | 477 |
- Data on the personnel structure by type of employment contract and gender is collected excluding assets acquired in the course of M&A.
- Data on new hires for 2019-2022 was collected excluding assets acquired through M&A.
- Data on the number of part-time employees is collected excluding assets merged in the course of M&A.
- As of 31 December 2023.
- Employee length of service data is collected excluding assets merged in the course of M&A.
6 | Social responsibility | Databook 2023 |
Benefits used by VK employees, persons1
Indicator | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
VHI3 (employees) | 10,392 | 11,300 | 12,800 |
VHI (children of employees) | 3,100 | 5,700 | 8,000 |
Pregnancy and childbirth under VHI | 44 | 100 | 180 |
Telemedicine under VHI | 3,020 | 1,050 | 1,900 |
Other benefits4 | 1,079 | 4,198 | 5,063 |
In-office physician services | 494 | 741 | |
Financial assistance programme | 559 | 526 | |
Compensation up to 100% for sick leave | 1,922 | 2,887 | |
Compensation for fitness and sports activities | 2,462 | 4,318 | |
Statistics of parental leave, persons2 [401-3]
Indicator | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 |
Employees on parental leave at | 217 | 220 | 228 | 206 |
the end of the year | ||||
Employees on parental leave | 105 | 117 | 78 | 127 |
during the year | ||||
Employees returning to work after | 61 | 76 | 46 | 89 |
parental leave | ||||
Employees who have continued | 43 | 59 | 21 | 37 |
to work5 |
2023
181
242
56
9
Requests for training from employees, units6
Indicator | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||
Applications of units | Share of the total number, % | Applications of units | Share of the total number, % | Applications of units | Share of the total number, % | |
Applications for participation | 4,085 | 65 | 4,614 | 79 | 1,744 | 51 |
in the conference | ||||||
Applications for training | 1,263 | 20 | 1,106 | 19 | 1,613 | 47 |
Book orders | 964 | 15 | 96 | 2 | 83 | 2 |
- Benefit data is collected excluding assets merged in the course of M&A.
- Data on parental leave statistics are collected excluding assets merged through M&A.
- VHI - voluntary health insurance.
- Other benefits include counselling from a psychologist, massage therapists and a realtor.
- Within 12 months of returning from parental leave.
- Areas of VK [404-2] employee training: mandatory training; training and development programmes for managers; IT and product skills development; Developing professional and 'agile' skills; external training; providing access to platforms, materials and subscriptions; attending conferences.
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Total hours of training in 2023 by gender, hours [ ] |
Average hours of training per year per employee in 2023 with breakdown by gender, hours/person2
Indicator | Synchronous | Asynchronous | Total number |
learning | learning1 | of training hours | |
Women | 11,570.0 | n/a | 11,570.0 |
Men | 15,981.0 | n/a | 15,981.0 |
Total | 27,551.0 | 42,178.5 | 69,729.5 |
Indicator
Management
Men
Women
Employees
Men
Women
2021 | 2022 |
0.7 | 5.2 |
1.1 | 7.3 |
0.4 | 1.3 |
1.3 | 1.2 |
2023
5.0
4.7
5.2
4.0
In-class (online and offline) training by employee category
2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||
Employee category | Number of events, | Number of | Total hours of training, | Number of events, | Number of | Total hours of training, | Number of events, | Number of | Total hours of training, |
pcs | participants, persons | hours | pcs | participants, persons | hours | pcs | participants, persons | hours | |
Management | 132 | 838 | 1,303 | 138 | 2,284 | 14,949 | 104 | 1,851 | 7,472 |
Employees | 157 | 3,183 | 1,311 | 122 | 5,750 | 15,111 | 130 | 7,230 | 20,080 |
Self-learning programmes by type of programme
2021 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||
Programme type | Average duration, | Completed courses, | Hours of training | Average duration, | Completed courses, | Hours of training | Average duration, | Completed courses, | Hours of training |
hours | pcs | hours | pcs | hours | pcs | ||||
Videos | 2 | 1,050 | 2,100 | 2 | 1,237 | 2,474 | 2 | 1,303 | 2,606 |
Articles | 0.5 | 2,725 | 1,362 | 0.5 | 1,623 | 812 | 0.5 | 1,529 | 765 |
Online courses | 1 | 1,489 | 1,489 | 1 | 19,387 | 19,387 | 1 | 38,808 | 38,808 |
- At thе moment, no records of asynchronous training completion are kept by gender.
- Average hours of training per employee = Total hours of training provided to employees / Total number of employees.
8 | Social responsibility | Databook 2023 |
Funds allocated for charitable projects, RUB mn | Number of funds in VK Dobro, pcs |
[203-1], [ ]
Charitable collections
Charity1
Funds raised through VK Dobro
2023 | 276 | ||||
2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 253 | ||
2022 | |||||
55.8 | 157.2 | 466.1 | 2021 | 220 | |
96.3 | 106.1 | 114.42 | 2020 | 197 | |
2019 | 182 | ||||
VKontakte platform compliance report [TC-IM-220a.4],[TC-SI-220a.4]
Blocked on the subject of child | Blocked on the topic of drug | Blocked on the subject of | Blocked on the topic of school | Blocked on the topic of violence | Blocked on the topic of threats, | |
Indicator | abusive language, bullying and | |||||
pornography exploitation | promotion and distribution | suicide | violence | against animals and humans | ||
hate speech | ||||||
Content units, pcs. | 1,991,765 | 26,329,503 | 800,760 | 142,605 | 1,688,221 | 171,908 |
Odnoklassniki platform compliance report [TC-IM-220a.4],[TC-SI-220a.4]
Indicator | Blocked on the subject of child | Blocked on the topic of drug | Blocked on the subject of | Blocked due to insults |
pornography exploitation | promotion and distribution | suicide | ||
Content units, pcs. | 56,816 | 1,720 | 3,682 | 5,498,134 |
- Data for 2021-2022 have been recalculated due to a change in the data consolidation contour.
- Until 2023, funds of VK Dobro users were shown in this line. In 2023, these tables were updated to reflect new counting patterns that cover private donations of VK Dobro and those received through VK's corporate Code of Good fund.
Environmental responsibility
10 | Environmental responsibility | Databook 2023 |
Energy consumption
[302-1],[TC-IM-130a.1],[TC-SI-130a.1], [ | ] | |||
Indicator | Unit of measurement | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Energy consumption by data centres | ||||
Electric power | million kWh | 53.01 | 53.7 | 59.72 |
Heat3 | Gcal | 128 | 94 | 116 |
Diesel fuel | litres | 7,9791 | 12,954 | 22,0014 |
Energy consumption by offices | ||||
Electric power | million kWh | 6.2 | 7.5 | 8.9 |
Heat3 | Gcal | 11,546 | 11,503 | 12,876 |
Diesel fuel | litres | 14,926 | 14,044 | 25,5945 |
Total | ||||
Electric power | million kWh | 59.2 | 61.2 | 68.66 |
Heat energy | Gcal | 11,674 | 11,597 | 12,992 |
Effect from energy saving programmes7 [302-4]
Types of energy resources saved | Unit of measurement | 2023 |
Electric power | kWh | 15,615.7 |
Heat | Gcal | 1,180.3 |
Water consumption, m3 8
[303-1],[TC-IM-130a.2],[TC-SI-130a.2]
Indicator | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Water consumption by data | 1,878 | 1,489 | 5,3911 | 5,5069 | 3,268 |
centres | |||||
Water consumption by offices | 9,323 | 19,381 | 24,383 | 38,62510 | 42,874 |
Total | 11,201 | 20,870 | 29,774 | 44,131 | 46,142 |
Diesel fuel | litres | 22,905 | 26,998 | 47,5954,5 |
- The data is adjusted for data centre consumption in the Leningrad region.
- Data centre energy consumption figures for 2021-2023 increased due to data centre upgrades as well as system changes calculations. The growth of the indicator is also influenced by the increased load of data centres due to the increase in the audience of VK services and the growth of content consumption by users on VK platforms.
- Figures for 2021-2022 have been changed due to recalculation.
- The growth of the diesel fuel consumption indicator is related to the change in the approach to test launches of diesel generator sets. Also, the growth
of the indicator The increased load on data centres due to the increase in the audience of VK services and the growth of content consumption by users on VK platforms. - The increase in the diesel fuel consumption indicator is due to the increase in the corporate vehicle fleet to meet business needs and the inclusion of the data perimeter on to an automotive warehouse in Domodedovo.
- The sum of electricity consumption is calculated with rounding of data centre and office electricity consumption figures.
- From 2023, VK started to calculate energy consumption savings at its head office in Moscow (Skylight BC, Tower A). The measurement was made by comparing consumption in the base period (2021) with consumption in the reporting period (2023).
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For 2023, the following data are presented: three offices in Moscow, three offices in Sochi, and three offices in other regions.
Data for 2022: six offices in Moscow, three offices in Sochi, and two offices in other regions.
For 2021, the following data are presented: five offices in Moscow, three offices in St. Petersburg and four offices in other regions.
For 2020, the following data are presented: three offices in Moscow, three offices in St. Petersburg and six offices in other regions.
For 2019, the following data are presented: four offices in Moscow, two offices in St. Petersburg and four offices in other regions.. - The increase in water consumption is due to the hot long summer, which caused constant operation of the outdoor unit irrigation system air conditioning. The VK does not use natural gas, but the conversion results in 1 cubic metre = 9.45 kWh = 0.028 kJ, which means that the VK has received a would have so much energy in gigajoules if it consumed the described substance (gas, water, electricity, diesel fuel).
- The increase in water consumption in VK's offices in 2022 is due to the increase in staff, the opening of new offices and the partial transition from the remote mode to hybrid and office mode due to the cancellation of COVID-19 restrictions.
- Scope 1 emissions are direct emissions from sources owned or controlled by a company.
- Scope 2 emissions are indirect emissions associated with the purchase of electricity, steam, or heat.
- Greenhouse gas emissions for 2021-2022 were recalculated using updated ratios and adjusted source data.
Data centre waste, tonnes [306-1]
Indicator | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Hazardous | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Non-hazardous | 27.9 | 12.2 | 11.2 |
Data centre waste management, tonnes
[306-1]
Indicator | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Reuse | 2.2 | 3.8 | 1.8 |
Recycling | 25.7 | 8.4 | 9.4 |
Office waste, m3 [306-1]
Indicator | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Hazardous | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Non-hazardous | 2,047 | 2,631 | 3,126 |
Greenhouse gas emissions, tonnes CO2-equivalent
[305-1],[305-2], [ ]
Indicator | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 |
Direct emissions, | 479 | 471 | 529 |
scope 111 | |||
Indirect emissions, | 22,24813 | 22,84813 | 25,621 |
scope 212 | |||
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