Ethical business practices are in the centre of our operations. Our key targets by 2030 are:
- Share of employees conducted Code of Conduct training 100%.
- Share of suppliers signed Supplier Code of Conduct 95%.
- Risk suppliers audited 100%.
Our Responsible Sourcing programme on Neova Group level includes actions to ensure and improve environmental and social responsibility with our suppliers. This includes for example increasing of Supplier CoC coverage for contract suppliers as well as joint action planning, joint targets and supplier relationship management with strategic suppliers to improve social and environmental responsibility, including follow-up by controlled supplier audit programme.
Ongoing implementation of Neova Group new sourcing and supplier management system will support the Responsible Sourcing programme progress, including online visibility to Supplier CoC coverage, development actions and audits.
Suppliers and contractors share and respect our values
Supplier Code of Conduct (CoC) is an important part of our sustainability, and we need to ensure that our suppliers share and respect our values. We have implemented Supplier CoC systematically to all new purchasing agreements. In total, we have conducted 29 supplier audits and 27 supplier self-evaluations to our strategic and tactical suppliers to monitor fulfilment of Supplier CoC requirements. In Kekkilä-BVB, we conducted 8 audits and 24 supplier self-evaluations. By the end of 2025 we target to cover all contract suppliers with Supplier Code of Conduct.
We encourage our operational contractors to make safety, environment and quality observations regularly and we make corrective actions based on the feedback. We also conduct an accident investigation for each reported accident by our contractors, and the key contractors take part of the safety walks done in our production sites.