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CARE AND COOPERATE
WE CARE
What we do today affects our tomorrow and our whole future. Therefore, we make sure to always take responsibility for everything we do. Be it in terms of environmental thinking or in working conditions. This way, we hope to make our customers even more satisfied with us and our products.
CODE OF CONDUCT
Our membership in the Fair Labor Association involves a code of conduct which covers a series of obligations in a wide variety of areas: Prohibition of child labor • Prohibition of forced labor • Prohibition of discrimination • Reasonable salaries and working hours
• Good working environment and safety • Organization Law and the right to labor union membership • Laws and regulations, such as certificates that bribery does not occur • Environmental issues
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Environmental care is always on our mind and we aim to take responsibility from beginning to end. This means that we make demands when it comes to: Chemical Restrictions • Reduced emissions of virgin raw materials, non-natural waste and air emissions
• Reduced energy consumption and consumption of fresh water
• Reduced water, electricity and paper consumption • Collection of hazardous waste.
CLEAN SHIPPING – CLEANER AND HEALTHIER TRANSPORT
Intensive efforts have been made in the industrial world to reduce emissions in air and water. Unfortunately, in the maritime transport development has rather gone in the opposite direction with large, environmentally harmful emissions. To counter this, Clean Shipping Project was initiated – a cooperation between local municipalities, counties and Business Region Sweden. The project aims at exerting pressure on shipping companies for cleaner ships. Shipping companies are required to provide detailed environmental information which is assembled in a Clean Shipping Index. The Index further plays a vital role in assessing and negotiating transport contracts. Since we already are actively reducing aviation transportation and coordinating our maritime transports, it was a natural choice for us to become a member of the Clean Shipping Project.
SAFE TEXTILE
Oeko-Tex Standard 100 was developed in the early 1990s when most textiles still contained negative and hazardous chemicals. Today it is the world’ s leading human ecological label for textiles tested for harmful substances. Goods certified with this label have been produced considering human ecology and have also been tested and certified by internationally recognized textile institutes. Already today, several of our products are labeled as Oeko-Tex and our goal is that all our textile eventually will have this symbol.
FOLLOW-UP AND CONTROL
Our goal is to inspect all our suppliers four times a year. Most often inspections occur non-scheduled to easier detect possible violations.
RESPONSIBLITY IN PRODUCTION
We cooperate with several suppliers and employ a very large number of people. Work is fundamental to combat poverty, but at the same time, laws and regulations in production countries may not be as developed as in the Western world. Therefore, we seek our own ways to ensure this by requiring our suppliers to sign a contract that mandates humane working conditions for their employees.
BSCI( BUSINESS SOCIAL COMPLIANCE INITIATIVE)
BSCI is an initiative for businesses that strive actively to improve working conditions in the global supply chain. The code of conduct sets specific requirements for member suppliers, regarding for example wages, banning child labor, forced labor and discrimination.
THE GREEN DOT
We are proud that all our products are trademarked by The Green Dot. This international symbol is proof that the packaging of a product is part of an approved recycling system. We report continuously our consumption to Naturvårdsverket- The Swedish Environmental Protection Agency.
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