Communication on Progress

Communication on Progress

Participant
Published
  • 11-Dec-2015
Time period
  • December 2014  –  December 2015
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.

  • 2015-12-10

    To our stakeholders:

    I am pleased to confirm that Qamcom Technology 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.

    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,

    
Johan Lassing
    
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.

  • In our CSR policy we make it very clear that our organization rests steadily on the belief that we are all of equal worth. We are not equal and we realize that our organization will reach its full potential only if we jointly try to bring out the best in ourselves. Appreciating the potential in different origins, cultures, experience, gender and general viewpoint will allow us to better navigate in a complex reality.

    Our CSR clearly states that we shall encourage our suppliers, partners and customers to share our viewpoint.

    People in our organization comes from many different backgrounds and cultures and one goal we have for next year is to further help people to reach their full potential without being hindered by their origin, i.e., continue our work with cultural interaction.

  • Implementation

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

  • We further continued our work on implementing a flat organization, without managers, but with clearly defined rules. This allows people to act in a different way than in an hierarchical manager-led organization. We see an increased level of openness, less suspicion and less conflicts. We will continue this also next year.

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • We evaluate our suppliers by doing background checks and references.

    We continuously interact with our collegues to understand if there are any violations of human rights that needs addressing and we have a channel where people can speak directly to the company Chairman of the board about any issues.

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.

  • We have clear statement that freedom of association is upheld and supported by the company. We have a clear ban on any forms of forced labor, child labor and employment discrimination.

    We evaluate our work environment continuously to assess risks associated with our work.

    Goal for 2016: Zero work related accidents.

  • Implementation

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

  • Made all information related to this fully accessible to everyone via our Intranet.

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • Any improvement suggestions are reported by employees on our intranet and then jointly decided if they require action. We measure the effect of implemented actions and log this on the intranet.

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.

  • Environment is an area of importance to us and we work actively to minimize our environmental footprint. Our business operation is completely CO2-neutral since we own wind power assets that produce more energy than we consume throughout our operation.

    Our environmental performance is achieved through:
    * Continuously reducing the environmental impact of our own operations
    * Increasing the knowledge and awareness about sustainability among employees
    * Using Design for Environment (DfE) strategies to achieve continuous environmental improvements regarding mass and energy flows related products we develop
    * Using Life-Cycle Assessment (LCA) methodology as a means for determining significant aspects and as a basis for communicating environmental performance of our operations, products, services and solutions
    * Engaging our suppliers to ensure adequate sustainability standards in our supply chain
    * Actively engaging with our stakeholders about our sustainability performance
    * Meet or exceed applicable legal requirements in the socio-economic and environmental areas
    * Understanding the environmental responsibility and impact of the customers we work with and actively take part in improving the customers’ products and solutions
    * Selecting transportation of goods supplied by partners that has an environmental policy and fulfill the ISO 24001 standard.

  • Implementation

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

  • We have spend extra effort in reducing the amount of energy consumed by the products we develop,

    We have conducted conflict material analysis and material declarations for the products we develop.

  • Measurement of outcomes

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

  • We monitor how much we reduce the energy consumed by the products we develop by measuring how much energy we save when we engage in energy optimization.

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.

  • In our CSR policy we have clear statements about our zero tolerance for any form of corruption, including bribing and similar.

  • Implementation

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

  • Information and education about this via our intranet.

    Whistleblowing mechanism via Chairman of the board.

  • Measurement of outcomes

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

  • We pay particular attention to scenarios where we judge that there is a risk of corruption and review contracts, discussions, and financials.