Transparency act

Kvenna AS places significant emphasis on responsible procurement and ethical business conduct. We are committed to upholding environmental standards, workers’ rights and compliance with applicable laws and regulations. These principles are embedded in our ethical guidelines and reflected in our supplier agreements, ensuring accountability throughout our supply chain.

Due diligence assessments

Kvenna regularly carries out due diligence assessments in accordance with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the Norwegian Transparency Act.

The Act requires companies to perform due diligence that includes:

1. Anchoring accountability in company policies.
2. Identifying and assessing actual and potential adverse impacts on fundamental human rights and decent working conditions, caused or contributed to by the company, or directly linked to its operations, products or services through supply chains or business partners.
3. Implementing appropriate measures to stop, prevent or mitigate such adverse impacts.
4. Monitoring the implementation and results of these measures.
5. Communicating with affected stakeholders and rights holders about how adverse impacts are addressed.
6. Ensuring, or contributing to, remediation and compensation where necessary.

Kvenna continuously adapts internal procedures and actively engages with suppliers to reduce the risk of our products contributing to actual or potential adverse impacts on human rights and decent working conditions.

Risk-based approach in the supply chain

In our due diligence work, we place particular emphasis on product categories identified by the Norwegian Agency for Public Management and eGovernment (DFØ) as having a high risk of human rights violations in the supply chain.

For Kvenna, the most exposed categories are:

• steel and castings
• transportation
• workwear and footwear
• products containing conflict minerals

Several of our suppliers in these categories have documented robust practices for ensuring that their supply chains comply with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. Based on our risk assessment, we obtain documentation from suppliers to confirm that they fulfil their obligations under the Transparency Act.

For suppliers that have not yet fully implemented such practices, we require that the “Contractual Terms for Ensuring Fundamental Human Rights in the Supply Chain” (prepared by DFØ) are included as an addendum to our existing agreements.

Kvenna’s customers can be confident that we work systematically to ensure that the goods and services we provide do not have adverse effects on fundamental human rights or working conditions. Should we, against expectations, uncover critical conditions, these will be handled and reported in accordance with the Transparency Act, and corrective measures will be implemented.

Information duty

You have the right to request information about how Kvenna manages actual and potential adverse impacts on human rights and decent working conditions – both in general and for specific goods or services.

If you would like more information, please contact us at: , or read more in this document.