Svedbergs Group places great emphasis on conducting a responsible business, contributing to the UN Sustainable Development Goals number 3 – Good Health and Well-being, number 5 – Gender Equality, and number 8 – Decent Work and Economic Growth. The manufacture of Svedbergs Group products is partly outsourced to contract manufacturers. The company thus depends on external labour such as employees of partners and subcontractors.
Sustainability goals
The proportion of strategic suppliers at which a physical audit has been carried out should be 20 percent per annum. All critical suppliers must have undergone an audit by 2030.
Policies related to value chain workers
Human Rights Policy. The policy outlines Svedbergs Group’s commitments and responsibility to respect human rights by carrying out risk analysis, assessing and addressing negative impacts, setting out the grievance mechanisms, and providing access to effective remedy if violations have occurred.
Supplier Code of Conduct. The Supplier Code of Conduct is based on internationally recognised conventions on human rights, working conditions, the environment and anti-corruption. All partners are expected to comply with the principles set out in the Supplier Code of Conduct. The principles are based on the ETI Base Code and the ten principles of the UN Global Compact. It makes it clear that Svedbergs Group for example does not accept human trafficking, child labour or forced labour in any form. It also clarifies the right of all workers to form or join trade unions and to bargain collectively. No worker exercising this right should suffer discrimination and all workers should know the basic conditions of their employment and have written employment contracts. Suppliers must ensure that all workers receive decent pay that guarantee a decent standard of living for them and their families.
