Sustainability report 2019

55 AAK has signed the UN Global Compact committing the company to establish anti-corruption measures. Anti-corruption is addressed in our Code of Conduct, the Supplier Code of Conduct, the Code of Conduct for Suppliers of Raw Materials, and the Code of Conduct for Agents and Distributors. This means that our anti-corruption policies are communicated to our Board and Executive Committee, employees, suppliers, and an additional 1,300 partners in the business. As described under Our Suppliers, we now have strict controls in place related to bribes and corrup- tion, including an assessment of suppliers based on Transparency International, audits, and risk analysis/ ratings. While all suppliers must sign our Code, we also understand the importance of strengthening measures Labor rights issues are governed by AAK’s Sustain- DELOLW\ 3ROLF\ ZKLFK DSSOLHV WR DOO VLWHV DQG FRQ¿UPV our stand on human rights, freedom of association, forced labor, child labor, discrimination, working hours, workplace violence, environment, and anti-corruption. Giving staff equal and fair treatment is a basic human right and part of our sustainability policy. AAK adheres to the ILO Conventions and complies, as a minumum, with local and international standards Anti-corruption Labor rights LQ UHJDUGV WR DVVHVVLQJ RXU VXSSOLHUV¶ DELOLW\ WR IXO¿O these requirements. ,Q :HVW $IULFD ZDV LGHQWL¿HG DV DQ DUHD ZLWK high risk of corruption. We had planned to conduct VXLWDEOH DQWL FRUUXSWLRQ WUDLQLQJ LQ )UHQFK DQG (QJOLVK for all employees in the area. Unfortunately, this was postponed due to challenges and is now planned to be conducted via face-to-face meetings on our various sites in 2020. To support this, it is also crucial that we build aware- ness and knowledge internally. All relevant personnel was therefore to take an e-learning course that explains key terminologies and how to address them, for example, “acceptance of bribes”, “business with LQÀXHQFH´ RU ³FDUHOHVV ¿QDQFLQJ´ 7KH FRXUVH DOVR KHOSV SHRSOH WR XQGHUVWDQG RWKHU LVVXHV VXFK DV FRQÀLFW RI interest, nepotism, power misuse, returned favor, and favoritism. During 2019, our ambition was that all relevant personnel should also complete an e-learning course on competition law, with a test at the end. By the end RI SHUFHQW RI WKH LGHQWL¿HG HPSOR\HHV VXFK as people working in Sales, Product Management, Purchasing, and Sourcing & Trading) had completed the anti-corruption training and 93 percent had completed the competition law course. Next year, AAK will expand the scope of relevant employees that are required to take the courses to include relevant people with leadership positions. FRQFHUQLQJ ZDJHV DQG EHQH¿WV LQFOXGLQJ FRPSHQVDWLRQ for overtime. We are collecting information on basic salary and renumeration on a local level and, going forward, AAK will further develop the global HR system to facilitate pulling in data on Ratios Per Employee on a global level. 44.3 percent of AAK employees were covered by a collective bargaining agreement in 2019 but this does not mean that not all employees are regulated with fair terms and conditions of employment. Blowing the whistle on misconduct Additionally, AAK has a whistleblower system to encourage that violations of laws, human rights or the AAK Code of Conduct are reported. Every employee within the AAK Group should without fear of reprisal from anyone use our whistleblower system. During 2019, we encountered one case of alleged misconduct through our whistleblower function. An investigation was made and QR HYLGHQFH RI PLVFRQGXFW FRXOG EH LGHQWL¿HG Contributes to: