We respect human rights and treat all individuals equally whether we are dealing with our personnel or other stakeholders. We do not allow any form of discrimination, harassment or bullying. Everyone is responsible for acting fairly and creating a pleasant, inspiring work atmosphere. We want to ensure the psychological and physical safety of our employees. Everyone must have an equal opportunity and nobody is treated differently or discriminated against because of their personal characteristics.
We embrace diversity and accept, respect and value that each individual is unique. For us, embracing diversity means taking into account the differences between people and groups of people and placing a positive value on those differences.
We advance an inclusive and equal working culture and empower our people to be active members in our organization. Everyone has the freedom of expression. Active participation at different levels of the organization and respecting every employee’s right of participation are parts of our working culture.
These principles are presented in our Board-approved Code of Conduct. Every employee has to adhere to the Code, and Nokian Tyres provides an online training on the Code for all personnel. The training is included in the induction for new employees. At the end of 2023, 67% of the personnel had completed the course.
Human rights Due diligence
In 2023 we formed an internal human rights working group. The working group reviewed our Human Rights Commitment, and defined and described the human rights due diligence (HRDD) process. Also our approach to human rights and needed actions were defined, and a road map was created.
The HRDD process is conducted every other year or in case of major changes in business. It is
- systematic, structured and timely
- connected to the company risk management process
- transparent
- based on best available information.
Identify and assess: What risks to people could we be connected to? Which ones will we focus on?
Integrate and act: Which actions should we take to address the risks?
Track and monitor: How do we follow up that our actions are working?
Communicate: What and to whom do we need to communicate?
Human rights assessment
In 2023, we conducted our most recent human rights assessment, which covered our whole value chain. The assessment covered internationally recognized human rights, included in the Bill of Human Rights. The following document, Relationship between businesses and human rights published by the UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework, was used as support and normative through the assessment.
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Own workforce |
Value chain |
Customers and end users |
Local communities |
| Salient human rights |
Health and safety |
Health and safety |
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| Other recognized | Just and favorable working conditions • Anti-harassment • Anti-discrimination |
Actively preventing child and forced labor | Health and safety Privacy |
Health and safety Privacy |
Own employees
We recognized two human rights that are most salient when it comes to our own employees:
- Health and safety
- Privacy
An action plan has been created for these risks. Developing Safety Culture is a continuous project lead by Head of Global Safety.
Nokian Tyres has a Group wide risk assessment tool to identify work related hazards. It compiles all the risk assessments in a single database and thus enables to assess the possible problems in a centralized way. Nokian Tyres will continue to have updated risk assessments in place for all of our workplaces and tasks. We encourage our employees to make safety observations and carry out safety actions.
In order to avoid hazardous situations, we emphasize preventing occupational accidents. We have identified diverse safety cultures, meaning that the ownership of safety varies according to operating countries. That is why we have invested in communicating our safety thinking globally. We have trained our own managers to train their own teams in safe working. We have found this approach to be more efficient than having employees trained by separate trainers. Developing a safe working culture is a continuous project.
The procedural and documentation requirements introduced by the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation have been implemented at Nokian Tyres in 2018. The privacy work continues by specifying and further developing the required documentation and processes, and further increasing the awareness within the company.