Communication on Progress

Communication on Progress

Participant
Published
  • 09-Nov-2012
Time period
  • November 2011  –  November 2012
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.

  • 09.11.2012

    To our stakeholders:

    I am pleased to confirm that Pyroll reaffirms its support of the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact in the areas of Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-Corruption.

    In this annual 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,

    
Hannu Vakkari
    
CEO

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 have integrated the Human right issue awareness in our operations in all areas and at all levels.

  • Implementation

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

  • We respect the protection of human rights, maintain the highest ethical and moral standards in our operations, and bear our social responsibility at all times.

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • We support the rights of our personnel in our daily operations and continue to improve their well-being at work.

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.

  • Pyroll opposes all kinds of discrimination. We believe in motivating our personnel and taking good care of their occupational health. This way we will strengthen our competitive ability and through this help secure the future of our personnel.

  • Implementation

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

  • Our employee policy is continuously developed, with the emphasis on equality, fairness, motivation, and common rules of the game. We believe in the importance of versatile training and the improvement of communications.

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • We develop our working conditions, labour agreements, and reward systems, and monitor them with working environment and job satisfaction surveys.

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 take the environment into consideration in our operations by using energy-efficient raw materials and production processes that impact the environment as little as possible. We also ensure that our environmental actions are in harmony with our customers’ ever more demanding environmental goals.

  • Implementation

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

  • We take the environment into consideration, e.g. in the following ways within our business branches:

    PYROLL PACKAGES develops and produced packages that
    •protect the products from damage and contamination
    •have been manufactured from certified materials
    •minimise the total amount of raw materials
    •can be recycled, composted or reused as energy

    PYROLL PAPER MERCHANT markets and distributes paper and paperboard for converting, which has been manufactured in accordance with the standards of sustainable development. This way, we ensure that also the paper/paperboard in the end product takes the environmental values in consideration.

    PYROLL CONVERTING develops and provides paper and paperboard converting services that
    •reduce the waste of material during converting and enable the excess material to be reused in paper/paperboard manufacture
    •minimise the transportation of ”unnecessary” material

  • Measurement of outcomes

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

  • We monitor our environmental perfomance in our quality systems according to ISO-14001.

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.

  • The collaboration between Pyroll and its customers and partners is always based on openness, honesty, and mutual trust.

  • Implementation

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

  • We only work with partners who believe in these principles as strongly as we do. We comply with laws and regulations, and adhere to ethical business practices in all our operations.

  • Measurement of outcomes

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

  • We do not accept any illegal or morally questionable activities in any operational environment.