Sustainability reporting
On our mission to impact the world’s sustainability through our world-class solutions
On our mission to impact the world’s sustainability through our world-class solutions
At AutoStore, we believe that our products and solutions will help our customers and partners create a more sustainable world. That’s why we started a sustainability measurement, management, and reporting initiative in 2020 (download). We’re proud to present our second annual sustainability report highlighting our progress over the last year in addressing key sustainability issues like business ethics, working environment, and the environment.
As a manufacturing business, AutoStore has both direct and indirect environmental impacts.
In 2021, we initiated climate accounting on Scope 1, 2 and 3 emissions. Although our climate accounts are not yet comprehensive, we have taken an important first step.
Going forward, we will adopt ambitious climate goals and map out how we can promote climate adaption and mitigation as described in the EU Taxonomy.
Carbon accounting report (download).
Our Environment and Climate Policy (download) outlines the main principles governing AutoStore’s management of its impact on the environment and the climate, and describe the requirements for implementation, monitoring and reporting in compliance with these principles.
Our ethical guidelines are set out in our Code of Conduct, the key governing document for all persons working for or on behalf of AutoStore. The Code of Conduct (download) was updated in 2021.
AutoStore has a zero tolerance for corruption, anchored in our Code of Conduct and outlined in the Anti-corruption policy (download).
As of 2021, the Supply Chain Business Ethics Requirements (download) are communicated to and incorporated into contracts with all new suppliers, and suppliers are required to confirm that they have read and understood them.
At AutoStore, we expect a high degree of ethical behavior from all our employees and we have implemented a Whistleblowing and Investigation Policy (download) to allow for internal and external reporting of incidents that breach with the Code of Conduct.
We are a global company and we have created an HR Policy (download) to ensure that human resources, including equal opportunities, labor rights and recruitment, are managed in a uniform way throughout AutoStore.
In addition, in The Remuneration Policy (download) we present the framework around how contractual and compensation items are set and managed for executive members of management and other senior leaders of AutoStore.
At AutoStore, one of our three core values is transparency. We approach tasks with a focused mind and foster teamwork through transparency and open dialogue. So, developing our first ESG document in 2020 was something that came somewhat naturally to us. The study was truly a team effort carried out by an interdisciplinary task force composed of representatives from different parts of AutoStore. In accordance with the General Reporting Initiative’s (GRI) Standard (Core option), the team conducted stakeholder interviews and a materiality assessment, mapping out key sustainability topics for our company to focus on going forward in 2021:
AutoStore identified its three focus areas through interviews with employees, customers, shareholders, and suppliers, followed by a materiality assessment conducted by AutoStore representatives from HR, finance, and executive management groups.
GRI, an international organization that publishes widely followed guidelines on ESG reporting, defines it as a methodology to identify and estimate possible issues that might impact a business and its stakeholders. It's a critical first step in the ESG reporting process because the results determine which issues to cover, what types of information to disclose, and how to communicate a company's impacts on issues such as climate change, worker safety, diversity and inclusion, and corruption.
A global company, AutoStore is headquartered in Nedre Vats, Norway, and has employees in the US, UK, Germany, France, Austria, Poland, South Korea, and Japan. At the time of this report, AutoStore had over 550 installations in more than 30 countries in a wide range of industries.
*Injury rate is calculated as the number of new injury cases during the calendar year divided by the number of workers in the reference group during the year, multiplied by 100,000.
At AutoStore, we have already developed a roadmap with various goals to help address some of society's most important sustainability concerns.
Today, we're actively documenting our actions to achieve these goals in an effort to chart our year-over-year progress.
Set up regular e-learning in the Code of Conduct for existing employees, as well as inclusion in the onboarding process of new employees.
Communicate our anti-bribery policy to partners and suppliers more proactively, and include this information when signing contracts with new suppliers.
Establish an anonymous and external whistle-blowing channel.
Increase the frequency of employee surveys from every two years, to every year.
Hold a fire drill in Poland.
Continued focus on Covid-19 and precautionary measures for all employees.
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