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Governance
| Topic | Disclosure | Metric | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Business ethics | Whistleblowing reviews (internal) | 1 | - | - | |
| Business ethics | Employees trained in and signed the Asker Code of Conduct | % | 98% | - | - |
| Education | Average number of training hours provided by the Group per employee | 1,32 | - | - | |
| Suppliers | COGS of covered by the Asker Supplier Code of Conduct | % | 71% | - | - |
| Suppliers | Suppliers that signed the Asker Supplier Code of Conduct | % | 37% | - | - |
| Suppliers | Number of active third-party manufacturers | 27 | 26 | 27 | |
| Suppliers | Number of third-party manufacturers screened against labour rights criteria in the past 24 months | 25 | 19 | 8 | |
| Suppliers | Percentage of third-party manufacturers screened in the last 24 months | % | 93% | 73% | 67% |
| Suppliers | Number of manufacturing sites screened (a third-party manufacturer may have several sites) | 30 | 19 | 27 | |
| Suppliers | Number of audits conducted on existing, potential and new third-party manufacturers | 33 | 30 | 38 | |
| Suppliers | Percentage of new third-party manufacturers screened against social criteria | % | 100% (2/2) | N/A | 100% |
| Suppliers | Number of third-party manufacturers identified as having major negative social impact | 4 (15%) | 8 | 21 | |
| Suppliers | Number of third-party manufacturers identified as having remedied major negative social impact | 3 (11%) | 8 | 21 | |
| Suppliers | Number of third-party manufacturers where Asker terminated the cooperation during the year due to major negative social impact | 2 (7%) | - | - | |
| Suppliers | Cases of discrimination at, and measures taken by, third-party manufacturers | 2 (7%) | 2 | 3 | |
| Suppliers | Third-party manufacturers where the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at risk | 23 (85%) | 22 | 23 | |
| Suppliers | Third-party manufacturers where there is a risk of child/forced labour | 1/3 | 1/0 | 0/2 | |
| Suppliers | Number of active third-party manufacturers screened against environmental criteria | 1 | - | - | |
| Suppliers | Percentage of active third-party manufacturers screened against environmental criteria | 4% | - | - | |
| Patient safety & product quality | Complaints Per Million (CPM) – Number of complaints received divided by total number of products sold as an estimate of product quality* | 0.053 | 0.12 | - |
Footnote
* Data from largest manufacturer in the group; Evercare Medical AB and OneMed Group Oy were assessed.
More information – Governance
Asker Healthcare Group’s commitment to diversity is embedded in the Code of Conduct that set out our values and goes right through the organisation, starting with the Board. We embrace and leverage the benefits of diversity, including differences of thought, knowledge, skill, experience, cultural and geographical background, age, ethnicity, race and gender.
All board members are independent in relation to the company and half of the board members are independent in relation to major shareholders, including the chairman of the board.
Asker encourages entrepreneurial spirit as well as conducting business according to high moral and ethical standards. The Code of Conduct translates Asker’s core values into behaviours and provides guidance on how we are expected to act. All employees have access to the Code as an e-learning and also an e-learning about Anti-Bribery and Corruption. Read more about Asker Business School.
All employees have access to the whistleblowing channel where they can report concerns about unethical or unlawful behaviour. Read more about Whistleblowing.