Social

The health and safety of own workforce and insourced staff is considered fundamental and has always been a priority for Trelleborg. Industrial production of the kind Trelleborg conducts contains various types of occupational risks that the long-standing Manufacturing Excellence and Safety@Work programs aim to prevent and minimize. The Group vision for Health and Safety is Zero Accidents, but statistics show that fatalities as well as serious and minor accidents have occurred historically, and that continuous prevention is therefore crucial.

In Trelleborg, diversity and inclusion have generally been seen as important elements in situations such as recruitment, training, evaluation, salary setting and succession planning. In order to be an attractive employer, Trelleborg works actively to achieve a balanced, diversified workforce with regard to gender, ethnicity, nationality and age. 

Potential negative impacts as regards workers in the value chain are deemed to exist throughout the upstream value chain, and lie primarily in potential violations concerning pollution, work environment and human rights. The general impacts known previously are poor working conditions in certain locations globally, for example, in the production of latex and natural rubber. Trelleborg works actively to ensure that the principles outlined in our Code of Conduct apply to our suppliers’ operations. 

Ensuring respect for human rights in its own operations is a matter of course for Trelleborg, as described in the Group’s Code of Conduct. The risk of internal shortcomings in this area is generally considered to be limited. Relevant human rights that are followed up with clear Zero breaches targets internally include freedom of association, no child or forced labor, no human trafficking and no discrimination. To monitor human rights in the supply chain, Trelleborg has for many years had an established procedure for self-assessment based on the company’s Code of Conduct.