Communication on Progress April 2013-March 2014

Participant
Published
  • 26-Mar-2014
Time period
  • April 2013  –  March 2014
Format
  • Stand alone document – Basic COP Template
Differentiation Level
  • This COP qualifies for the Global Compact Active level
Self-assessment
  • Includes a CEO statement of continued support for the UN Global Compact and its ten principles
  • Description of actions or relevant policies related to Human Rights
  • Description of actions or relevant policies related to Labour
  • Description of actions or relevant policies related to Environment
  • Description of actions or relevant policies related to Anti-Corruption
  • Includes a measurement of outcomes
 
  • Statement of continued support by the Chief Executive Officer
  • Statement of the company's chief executive (CEO or equivalent) expressing continued support for the Global Compact and renewing the company's ongoing commitment to the initiative and its principles.

  • 26th March 2014

    To our stakeholders:

    It is with great honour that I again confirm that Malmo Slapvagnscenter AB reaffirms its support of the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact in the areas of Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-Corruption.

    For this years Communication on Progress, we describe our actions to continually improve the integration of the Global Compact and its principles into our business strategy, culture and daily operations. We also commit to share this information with our stakeholders using our primary channels of communication.

    Sincerely yours,

    Mr. Karl-Erik Hägneryd
    CEO Malmö Släpvagnscenter AB

Human Rights
  • Assessment, policy and goals
  • Description of the relevance of human rights for the company (i.e. human rights risk-assessment). Description of policies, public commitments and company goals on Human Rights.

  • - We respect the UN’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights and continuously promote and support those rights with all our stakeholders. We wish to explicitly communicate our engagement within this field.
    - As a sign of support for the Human Rights and as a signal that we respect them, we highlighted the day of the universal declaration of the human rights.
    - New employees have all received contracts where we explicitly state our protection of the human and labour rights in all chains of our business.

  • Implementation
  • Description of concrete actions to implement Human Rights policies, address Human Rights risks and respond to Human Rights violations.

  • - There has been frequent discussions on these issues with all the staff, new employees and consultants.
    - We have developed policies and measures for our suppliers which assure them that no activities developed in the company, as well as in their stakeholders’ firms violate the Human Rights principles.
    - We have achieved in engaging the industry sector in Sweden in important debates concerning global human rights. Sweden is famous for being pioneer within this field, but we believe there are still things to be achieved globally.
    - We accept our responsibility for protecting the rights of employees and society in our operations. This is secured through the formal contracts that we have signed with our employees & stakeholders.

  • Measurement of outcomes
  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • At Malmo Slapvagnar AB we monitor, evaluate and correct activities in the field of CSR in general, and specifically for the UN Global Compact engagement, in an on-going and running way. It is a process and we understand that it both requires time and resources to develop the way of running our CSR-activities, combined with the size of our company, we have chosen to focus our activities very much out from the ten principles of the UN Global Compact.
    Incidents with violations to the principles, is dealt by the company management, and together with the persons involved in the actual case. During the year there are possibility to highlight actual questions and cases, at both the management committeee meetings, as well as at the board-meetings.

Labour
  • Assessment, policy and goals
  • Description of the relevance of labour rights for the company (i.e. labour rights-related risks and opportunities). Description of written policies, public commitments and company goals on labour rights.

  • - All our terms of employment comply with the provisions in collective agreements, National laws and the relevant ILO conventions. We allow the employees to be represented by trade unions and to enter collective agreements.
    - We have taken an active role in the national UN GC meetings, where we have discussed and contributed in the formation of new methods to reject forced labour, child labour and other labour practices that go against the human rights declaration.
    - We have assisted a client in developing an integrated production and labour standard system so to ensure the quality of the goods and labour conditions in production in all of its stakeholders.
    - We have during the past year increased significantly our team of staff. We have welcomed applications from many different cultural, social, professional, sexual and generational backgrounds.

  • Implementation
  • Description of concrete actions taken by the company to implement labour policies, address labour risks and respond to labour violations.

  • - We plan to include the trade unions & trade union representatives in the CSR stakeholder dialogues that we plan to hold during the coming years.
    - We have attended some of the ‘Globalt Ansvar’ (Swedish UN GC) meetings, and assisted in the development of new methods.
    - Through social auditing, which we plan to conduct at our client firms in collaboration with their stakeholders, we hope to assure that no child labour is used in the production of goods and services even in the future.
    - We hope to receive more female candidates as well as younger candidates in the future, as generally our sector is dominated by more mature men.

  • Measurement of outcomes
  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • At Malmo Slapvagnar AB we monitor, evaluate and correct activities in the field of CSR in general, and specifically for the UN Global Compact engagement, in an on-going and running way. It is a process and we understand that it both requires time and resources to develop the way of running our CSR-activities, combined with the size of our company, we have chosen to focus our activities very much out from the ten principles of the UN Global Compact.
    Incidents with violations to the principles, is dealt by the company management, and together with the persons involved in the actual case. During the year there are possibility to highlight actual questions and cases, at both the management committeee meetings, as well as at the board-meetings.

Environment
  • Assessment, policy and goals
  • Description of the relevance of environmental protection for the company (i.e. environmental risks and opportunities). Description of policies, public commitments and company goals on environmental protection.

  • - We have during the year improved our internal environmental processes, and have engaged actively in reducing our carbon dioxide emission as well as our negative impact on the environment.
    - We have internally implemented a policy of acquiring environmentally friendly products, which are easy to recycle in our daily operations.
    - We have been in contact with several companies which are engaged in the research and development of environmentally friendly technologies in order to assist them in their CSR work, and assist them in promoting their technologies.

  • Implementation
  • Description of concrete actions to implement environmental policies, address environmental risks and respond to environmental incidents.

  • - We have reduced the number of business travels, the number of physical meetings, promoted the use of public transport or collective driving to and from work, as well as promoted the concept ‘work from home’.
    - We have achieved in increasing the use of environmentally friendly products in our daily activities.
    - Faced by the downturn in the current economic crisis, some projects have had to be rescheduled for a later date.

  • Measurement of outcomes
  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates environmental performance.

  • At Malmo Slapvagnar AB we monitor, evaluate and correct activities in the field of CSR in general, and specifically for the UN Global Compact engagement, in an on-going and running way. It is a process and we understand that it both requires time and resources to develop the way of running our CSR-activities, combined with the size of our company, we have chosen to focus our activities very much out from the ten principles of the UN Global Compact.
    Incidents with violations to the principles, is dealt by the company management, and together with the persons involved in the actual case. During the year there are possibility to highlight actual questions and cases, at both the management committeee meetings, as well as at the board-meetings.

Anti-Corruption
  • Assessment, policy and goals
  • Description of the relevance of anti-corruption for the company (i.e. anti-corruption risk-assessment). Description of policies, public commitments and company goals on anti-corruption.

  • - Malmo Slapvagnscenter AB strictly forbids offering of, requests for or acceptance of bribes in any part of our activities.
    - It is clearly articulated to both our staff and stakeholders, in written and oral communication.
    - Our company is of the opinion that a lot of problems in the society, has its roots from corruption, extortion and bribery.

  • Implementation
  • Description of concrete actions to implement anti-corruption policies, address anti-corruption risks and respond to incidents.

  • - Malmo Slapvagnscenter AB strictly forbids offering of, requests for or acceptance of bribes in any part of our activities.
    - It is clearly articulated to both our staff and stakeholders, in written and oral communication.
    - Our company is of the opinion that a lot of problems in the society, has its roots from corruption, extortion and bribery.

  • Measurement of outcomes
  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates anti-corruption performance.

  • At Malmo Slapvagnar AB we monitor, evaluate and correct activities in the field of CSR in general, and specifically for the UN Global Compact engagement, in an on-going and running way. It is a process and we understand that it both requires time and resources to develop the way of running our CSR-activities, combined with the size of our company, we have chosen to focus our activities very much out from the ten principles of the UN Global Compact.
    Incidents with violations to the principles, is dealt by the company management, and together with the persons involved in the actual case. During the year there are possibility to highlight actual questions and cases, at both the management committeee meetings, as well as at the board-meetings.