Our Business Principles

These rules and principles need to be clearly understood by everyone in the organization, regardless of position, and they are valid in all markets and at all times.
Trelleborg encourages suppliers, sales agents, consultants and other business partners to adopt the UN Global Compact principles as well as those in our Code of Conduct.
The current Code of Conduct has been approved in January 2019.
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Hans Biörck, Chairman of the Board |
Peter Nilsson, President and CEO |
How to apply the code

How to apply the code
Our Whistleblower system
Every employee in the Group should, without fear of reprisal from anyone, use the Whistleblower system to inform our Senior Vice President General Counsel and Senior Vice President Human Resources of any such improper activity.
Statement about modern slavery, forced labor, human trafficking and child labor 2022
Trelleborg believes that conducting business with transparency and responsibility is critical to maintain trust and credibility with our key stakeholders: customers, suppliers, employees and investors/shareholders.
In the Statement about modern slavery, forced labor, human trafficking and child labor 2022, signed by CEO Peter Nilsson, we describe how Trelleborg manages the issues of modern slavery, forced labor, human trafficking and child labor, throughout its operations and supply chain, in line with the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 (covering Trelleborg Sealing Solutions UK Ltd, and Trelleborg Industrial Products UK Ltd.), Australian Modern Slavery Act 2018 (covering Trelleborg Holdings Australia Pty Ltd, which has the following operating companies in Australia: Trelleborg Marine Systems Australia Pty Ltd, Trelleborg Wheels Systems Australia Pty Ltd and Trelleborg Perth Pty Ltd), the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act (the prevailing US standard) and activities prohibited by the US Federal Acquisition Regulation 52.222-50(b). This statement is for the year ending 31 December 2021 and was approved by the Board of Directors 27 April 2022.
Year-to-year performance in this area will continue to be described in our Annual Report and in our Sustainability Report following the end of our financial year on 31 December.