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CHAPTER ONE

Highlights 2019

New Wave Group was one of eight companies that got full marks when Dagens Industri , the largest business newspaper in the Nordic countries , ranked how over 170 listed companies relate to Agenda 2030 and the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development .
Significant increase in the share of factories in risk countries that have been audited by third party .
The trend is a continued decrease of emissions from transport .
New Wave Switzerland , one of our largest offices and warehouses , invested in solar panels .
Increased amount of products with sustainability attributes .
“ New Wave Group was one of eight companies that got full marks when Dagens Industri , the largest business newspaper in the Nordic countries , ranked how over 170 listed companies relate to Agenda 2030 and the UN Global Goals for Sustainable Development .”
Many of the subsidiaries worked actively to develop new collections of products with sustainability attributes ( several will be launched in 2020 ).
Continued good development for the eco-labeled brand Cottover .
Updated Restricted Substance List for chemicals in products and production ( April 2019 ).