Höganäs & Sustainability
Key topics for future success
Our stakeholder dialogue and the subsequent materiality analysis identified a number of key areas essential for our future success. The areas are sorted according to the perceived ranking of stakeholder expectations:
| Topic | Approach |
| High ethical standards | Code of Conduct, anti-corruption training, whistleblowing, values |
| Zero accidents | Systematic health and safety work, safety culture, high priority for safety when investing |
| Proactive, transparent dialogue | Stakeholder inclusion and transparency |
| Engagement in supply chain | Responsible sourcing programme, supply chain development |
| Risk/opportunity management | Mitigating risks and realizing opportunities into business advantages |
| Right competence | Competence development, succession and career planning |
| Industry leadership and customer focus | Leading change by being proactive and innovative, and setting new standards |
| Product development towards sustainability | Use of Life Cycle Assessments (LCA) and Sustainability Life Cycle Assessments (SLCA*) to improve product performance |
| Climate neutral portfolio | Monitor and minimise climate impact from production and transportation |
| Meeting the challenges of society | Compliance and mitigation of negative impact |
| Highest quality | Control systems and lean, right from me and just in time |
| Social engagement | Contributions to foster progress in society and the communities where we operate |
| Energy efficiency | Energy management, improved efficiency |
| Reduced emissions | Best available technology, precaution, monitoring |
| Everyone's commitment | Promote and encourage personal development |
| Attract & recruit | Being a responsible and attractive employer, fair labour terms and respect for human rights |
| Use of renewables | Actively work to substitute non-renewables |
| Zero waste | Turning process side-streams into products |
| Partnerships for sustainable development | Co-operation with external expertise and organizations |
| Strong leadership | Leadership skills programmes, building culture |
| Value-based workplace | Culture centred around values, respect for human rights and ethical behaviour |
| Agreed ways of working | Lean implementation, standard operating procedures |
| Sustainable project processes | Sustainability aspects included in projects and R&D |
The topics are rearranged in a logical order to form the five paths on Mount Sustainability, which is the visualization of our sustainability strategy.
*The SLCA is a tool developed by The Natural Step that consists of a ten-step process aimed at identifying the degree of sustainability in key areas of a product’s life cycle. It helps in performing a quicker yet rigorous qualitative assessment, internal capacity building and communication around product sustainability.
