Our "Supplier Code of Conduct" describes the requirements we place on our business partners and how we follow up on the requirements
Supplier Code of Conduct
Our report according to the Norwegian Transparency Act.
Social sustainability
Foreword from the CEO
Hytech AS defines corporate social responsibility as responsible operations with respect for people and the environment. Hytech AS’s corporate social responsibility guidelines describe the overarching principles for how the group’s companies should take into account human and employee rights, health, safety and environment (HSE) and anti-corruption. The guidelines are based on the UN Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights, the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the Norwegian Transparency Act.
We believe that high ethical standards are good for society and good for business. We have committed to following such standards throughout our operations, and our corporate culture should also be characterized by this. The guidelines have been adopted by the boards of the reporting business areas and apply to the entire group, including wholly owned subsidiaries.
In addition to the right price and quality level, it is important to maintain the sustainability perspective for the goods and services we deliver. We work actively with our own operations and partners to minimize negative impacts on social conditions, the environment and people.
In our work going forward, we will, among other things, increase our focus on ensuring decent working conditions for our employees who work on assignments, while also looking more closely at the need to strengthen our management system for the working environment and work towards certification within ISO 45001.
We experience that the work the company has put into working with human rights and decent working conditions is well received by those we collaborate with and provides a good basis for further improving conditions internally in the company and in our supply chain of which our customers are a part.
Kenneth Erga
CEO Hytech AS
Account of Hytech AS’s work with due diligence assessments.
Introduction
The Transparency Act obliges Hytech AS to carry out due diligence assessments in line with the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
Furthermore, the company shall respond to requests from the general public and account for Hytech AS’s work with due diligence assessments. The following email is used to send requests for this to Hytech AS: or .
Due diligence assessments
This report is built around the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the OECD’s Due Diligence Model for Responsible Business.
The model has six steps that describe how businesses can work towards more responsible and sustainable business practices.
Being good at due diligence assessments does not mean that a business does not have a negative impact on people, society and the environment, but rather that the business is open and honest about challenges and handles this in the best possible way in consultation with its stakeholders.
This report summarises the work that the company has completed in 2024 and where we prioritise further work going forward to minimise significant risk.
Hytech AS
The Hytech AS group consists of service companies that provide services within the inspection, service and maintenance of equipment and systems onshore and offshore, as well as staffing companies that supply personnel to primary industry and production companies, shipyards, service companies, rig companies and operators in Norway. The Hytech AS group is covered by the provisions of the Transparency Act and continuously works to contribute to promoting human rights and equality. More information about Hytech AS and our services can be found on our .
Guidelines and procedures
Our Ethical Guidelines stipulate that Hytech AS is committed to operating its business in accordance with internationally recognised conventions, including the UN Sustainable Development Goals, OECD and ILO conventions. All of them have principles for responsible business, including: includes human rights, labor standards/labor rights, business ethics, equality, anti-discrimination, forced labor, child labor, environment and anti-corruption. The ethical guidelines work together with our policies and procedures that are available in our management system, as well as on our .
The guidelines are incorporated into internal and external communications and in the company’s contracts and agreements that are relevant.
Hytech AS wants to contribute positively to promoting respect for human rights and labour rights and actively cooperates with responsible suppliers and partners in this regard.
At Hytech AS, we work systematically to incorporate the human rights aspect into our operations and towards our partners. We do this, among other things, by giving our employees employment contracts in accordance with the Working Environment Act, decent wages, regulated working hours and with a clearly stated zero tolerance for child labour in the supply chain.
We work to identify whether Hytech AS contributes to possible violations of human rights and decent working conditions, and we exercise a high degree of caution when purchasing goods or services in areas where human rights and labour rights are normally weaker.
Hytech has developed a code of conduct “” and expects our suppliers to comply with our ethical principles. Our ethical principles are based on internationally recognised conventions from the UN, OECD and ILO, which cover basic requirements for human rights, labour rights, health, environment and safety, climate and business ethics. This is implemented in all our supplier agreements. More information about how Hytech AS works with supplier management is available on our website under “” and in our management system.
Hytech AS has established systems and routines that facilitate reporting. The scheme is intended to ensure that employees, partners and other affected parties can safely report objectionable matters without fear of reprisals, which is an important part of our work to promote transparency, accountability and ethical business practices. The following email address is used to send a report to Hytech AS: .
Information on consequences and negative risks identified in the company’s due diligence assessments
Hytech AS delivers services in Norway where human rights are well-established in law and widely implemented in society. The regulations provide strong mechanisms to safeguard both individual and collective rights. Given the scope of our activities, we consider our direct social impact to be limited. Our main impact is related to matters that concern our own employees as well as our suppliers and partners. It is therefore in these relationships that we have our greatest responsibility and opportunity to promote fundamental human rights and decent working conditions. Through Hytech AS’s established due diligence assessment processes in the company, we have analyzed a number of areas and conducted risk assessments to identify the most significant risk areas.