Our suppliers are our partners. They help us achieve our set sustainability targets. A sustainable supply chain is essential for creating long-term profitability, reducing our risks and boosting our brand. The aim is to conduct sustainability audits on all our contracted partners.

GRI Standards

• GRI 414: Supplier social assessment
• GRI 308: Supplier environmental assessment

Impact in the value chain

• Sets requirements for suppliers and subcontractors in relation to the environment, health and safety and human rights.

What we want to achieve

• 100% of our suppliers with framework agreements will be audited on the basis of our Supplier Code of Conduct, policies and international conventions.

What we do

Introduced a new system to screen framework agreement suppliers from a sustainability perspective in order to:

• ensure labour law is complied with in areas such as salaries, overtime and working conditions,
• combat inadequate business ethics and corruption,
• prevent child labour and forced labour,
• guarantee fire safety and work environment,
• combat negative impact on environment in local community resulting from emissions of hazardous substances to water, air and/or soil,
• ensure impeccable business ethics and compliance with Code of Conduct,
• achieve energy efficiency, resource management and good material choices in terms of chemical content, environmental impact and carbon footprint,
• adhere to health and environmental certification systems and
• report on greenhouse gas emissions.

Policies

• Sustainability and environmental policy
• Procurement and purchasing policy
• Code of Conduct for suppliers
• Other procedures

Evaluation

• Ongoing quality measurement and framework agreement suppliers audited for sustainability.
• Policies are evaluated annually and set by the Group Management Team.