Sustainability
Our QHSE philosophy is rooted in the conviction that our employees are our most important asset. Safety, health, welfare and environment are the guiding principles of our enterprise. We have a strong focus on quality and are committed to making it right the first time. We respect human rights, act socially responsible and recognize the necessity of a sustainable development.
We encourage each other and our business partners to join us in our commitment to minimize risk of harm to man and our milieu. Throughout all our activities and through entire value chain, we continuously strive to develop solutions and processes that will produce conscious products and services, and will minimize our environmental footprint and that of our customers.
Health. Safety. Environment.
- Execute 100% compliance with latest industry standards and regulations
- Maintain personal and collective responsibility to uphold our QHSE Management System on all levels of organization
- Center our R&D efforts on developing products and technology that will reduce our environmental footprint
- Plan, maintain, evaluate and improve all processes and operations to ensure sustainability of our products and services throughout their lifetime
- Practice our code of business conduct and ethics, respect human rights and act socially responsible in all our enterprise
- Take a precautionary approach to avoid injuries, accidents and harm to milieu
- Diligently work to provide hazard-free workplace and a healthy working environment
- Accidents must lead to necessary changes in procedures
- Management is responsible for keeping the safety precautions at all times
- Everyone is responsible for working according to procedures and instructions
- We encourage each other and our business partners to join us in our commitment to minimize risk of harm to man, products, facilities and the environment
Quality.
Umoe Mandal is founded on these core business principles:
- Our definition of Quality is the “ability to meet the stakeholders requirements and expectations”
- Offer quality of our products, processes and services, both internally and externally
- Support lean work processes and mindsets
- Continually improve our quality management system to cost-effectively support provision of our products and services, while meeting regulatory demands and stakeholder requirements
- Center our R&D efforts on developing products and technology that will meet demands of the future
- Cultivate openness and encouragement in reporting of potential quality hazards
- Value diversity of our team, clients and associates and embrace the richness of expertise, skills, human experience and character that our collaborations produce in synergy
To sustain our business philosophy, we:
- Strive to understand and meet current and future customer needs, market demands and requirements of other stakeholders
- Maintain company QHSE Management System on all levels of organization, through communication, motivation and monitoring of compliance by organization’s management
- Plan, conduct, evaluate and continuously improve our processes, operations and QHSE Management System
- Document, communicate, understand and apply company QHSE policy internally
Certifications
Umoe Mandal AS is certified according to NS-EN ISO 9001:2015.
Transparency Act.
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Status and findings of our due diligence assessments of our supply chain and our partners.
Transparency Act:
Our QHSE philosophy is rooted in the belief that our employees are our most important resource. Safety, health, welfare, and the environment are the guiding principles of our operations.
We respect human rights, act socially responsibly, and recognize the necessity of sustainable development.
Umoe Mandal is part of the Umoe Group. Visit us at www.um.no.
We have established the following guidelines and procedures to manage actual and potential negative impacts on fundamental human rights and decent working conditions.
- Conducts due diligence assessments for our own operations, supply chain, and partners. This is to be conducted annually.
- Follows up with suppliers and partners based on their country and the risk level assessed according to the ITUC Global Rights Index. The risk categories are high (5), medium (4), moderate (3, 2), and low (1).
- Requires all our staffing partners to disclose the contractual terms of their employees, and we consider this group of suppliers to be low risk.
- Requires all new suppliers/partners from countries defined as high, moderate, or medium risk to fill out a supplier declaration.
- Assesses known and existing suppliers based on scope/volume considerations. Based on this, the need for further investigation is evaluated.
- Also assesses risk by product category. This is done using the DFØ High-Risk List | Anskaffelser.no, which defines and lists the risks in the supply chain concerning human rights violations, child labor, etc. The products are categorized as very high risk, high risk, medium high risk, and low risk.
- On our website, Umoe Mandal will disclose the organization of the business, operational areas, guidelines, and procedures.
Status and findings of our due diligence assessments of the supply chain and our partners June 2023 to May 2024:
We have mapped the countries of origin of our suppliers. We used the ITUC Global Rights Index to assess the risk of violations of decent working conditions. The countries are then categorized as follows:
- High risk
- Medium risk
- Moderate risk
- Low risk
Suppliers assessed as High risk will be followed up regularly through direct contact and by requiring a supplier declaration where conditions must be accounted for. Suppliers assessed as Moderate risk will also be followed up regularly, and Umoe Mandal will evaluate the necessity of requesting a signed self-assessment form.
High risk: From June 2023 to May 2024, we had no suppliers assessed as High risk.
Medium risk: We had four suppliers classified as Medium (all from the USA). Of these, three are service providers/consultants where we consider the risk to be low. One has provided online IT services. The last is a product supplier from whom we have purchased small items in the LCS business area (low volume).
Conclusion: Our knowledge and investigations regarding these suppliers indicate very low risk concerning decent working conditions.
Moderate risk: We have 17 suppliers assessed as moderate risk (UK/France/Netherlands/Poland). Seven of these represent 95% of the purchase volume. Two of these seven are subject to Norwegian suppliers. The remaining suppliers represent service and product delivery.
Conclusion: Our knowledge of these suppliers indicates a low risk concerning decent working conditions. We have sent and will follow up on supplier declarations for four of these.
Low risk: Other suppliers have countries of origin defined as low risk. We have sent out supplier declarations to our service providers. We have assessed that the composition of purchases is nearly identical to last year’s due diligence assessment. Composite materials still make up the largest share of volume (weight) purchases. We find that composite materials are not directly defined in the high-risk list.
Other acquisitions: We have sent supplier declarations to our largest suppliers of products/services that could typically be included in the high-risk list. This applies to wood, metals, work clothes, ICT, food, and general consumables. We referred to the DFØ high-risk list when deciding whom to send the supplier declaration to.
We see that the risk is greatest further down the supply chain, where raw materials are extracted and processed. Supply chains are complex and fragmented worldwide. This leads to limited traceability and little transparency, increasing the risk level for human rights and environmental violations.
We have sent supplier declarations to 25 companies. The current response rate is 82%. We are following up with a goal of 100% response.
Transparacy act report 2022
Transparacy act report 2023
