Society performance indicators
DISCLOSURE ON MANAGEMENT APPROACH
Goals and performance
Novozymes wants to be a responsible corporate neighbor in the communities in which we operate. We strive to integrate this objective in the way we work, through all our business processes and our products. We operate on the basis of high business integrity standards as defined by our Novozymes Touch values and commitments and our legal compliance program. We also have clear guidelines for donations and influencing public policy.
Policy
For Novozymes’ overall commitment to society aspects, please refer to Novozymes’ social responsibility policy, environment and bioethics policy, financial and legal policy, position on donations and position on business integrity.
See also the description of Novozymes’ approach to local social responsibility strategies.
Organizational responsibility
The operational responsibility is placed with management representatives for social responsibility, whereas the overall responsibility for local community aspects is placed with site presidents and regional presidents. The regional presidents all refer to the Executive Vice President for Stakeholder Relations.
There is an External Affairs function within each region reporting to the regional president. Through these functions, Novozymes participates in the political debate to promote the benefits of our technology and products.
Novozymes has local approaches to donations to reflect local priorities and needs, but it is a general restriction that we do not give financial contributions to political parties, or to political campaign efforts.
A special Committee on Business Integrity is responsible for managing implementation and taking action based on business integrity concerns raised by employees. Findings and actions are not reported externally.
Training and awareness
Community aspects are addressed in the local strategies for social responsibility that Novozymes’ major sites develop and/or update annually in order to prioritize issues of relevance for local stakeholders. A plan for communication forms part of local strategy development to make sure that employees are involved in relevant activities and have the necessary capacity to fulfil objectives.
Novozymes' integrity measures have not been devised to correct bad behavior, but to further stipulate and institutionalize our values of accountability, responsibility and openness and honesty. As a means of ensuring effective implementation, we have developed training material and continue to train selected employee groups. Furthermore, all employees have access to guidance and a means to raise concern about possible breaches of our integrity principles anonymously.
Monitoring and follow-up
All Novozymes' business units are regularly visited by a facilitator corps. These facilitators assess compliance with Novozymes' values by means of interviews with employees at all levels. Novozymes also has a special ombudsman, who provides an opportunity for all employees to have cases heard that they believe to be in conflict with Novozymes' values, policies and management standards. This is not reported externally.
| GRI INDICATOR | REFERENCES AND COMMENTS | STATUS | ||
| Community | ||||
| SO1 | Nature, scope, and effectiveness of any programs and practices that assess and manage the impacts of operations on communities, including entering, operating, and exiting |
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| Corruption | ||||
| SO2 | Percentage and total number of business units analyzed for risks related to corruption |
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| SO3 | Percentage of employees trained in organization’s anti-corruption policies and procedures |
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| SO4 | Actions taken in response to incidents of corruption |
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| Public policy | ||||
| SO5 | Public policy positions and participation in public policy development and lobbying |
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| SO6 ADD | Total value of financial and in-kind contributions to political parties, politicians, and related institutions by country |
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| Anti-competitive behavior | ||||
| SO7 ADD | Total number of legal actions for anti-competitive behavior, anti-trust, and monopoly practices and their outcomes |
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| Compliance | ||||
| SO8 | Monetary value of significant fines and total number of non-monetary sanctions for non-compliance with laws and regulations |
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