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]]> As a global market and technology leader in engineered joining technology (joining, connecting and fluid handling technology), NORMA Group recognises that its employees enable and drive its business success and invests in a safe and supportive working environment  Tweet This!, seeking to strengthen its position as an attractive employer even further through sound training, performance-based pay, and the promotion of diversity. 

This case study is based on the 2017 CR Report by NORMA Group published on the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Disclosure Database that can be found at this link. Through all case studies we aim to demonstrate what CSR/ ESG/ sustainability reporting done responsibly means. Essentially, it means: a) identifying a company’s most important impacts on the environment, economy and society, and b) measuring, managing and changing.

Abstract

NORMA Group sees itself as a “learning organisation,” aspiring to continuously develop, as it operates in a very dynamic environment with constantly changing demands. In order to promote employee development NORMA Group took action to:

  • establish a Competence Centre
  • promote demand-oriented training
  • help employees expand their skills abroad

What are the material issues the company has identified?

In its 2017 CR Report NORMA Group identified a range of material issues, such as efficient production processes, health and safety, customer satisfaction, sustainable purchasing, elimination of discrimination. Among these, promoting employee development stands out as a key material issue for NORMA Group.

Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards              

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:

“The reporting organization shall identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations and interests.”

Stakeholders must be consulted in the process of identifying a company’s most important impacts and their reasonable expectations and interests must be taken into account. This is an important cornerstone for CSR / sustainability reporting done responsibly.

Key stakeholder groups NORMA Group engages with:

Stakeholder Group
Employees
Customers
Financial markets
Suppliers
Science
Non-profit organisations
Media
Politics

How stakeholder engagement was made to identify material issues

To identify and prioritise material topics NORMA Group engaged with over 30 internal and external stakeholders through a questionnaire, asking respondents to indicate how different issues affected their assessment of NORMA Group.

What actions were taken by NORMA Group to promote employee development?

In its 2017 CR Report NORMA Group reports that it took the following actions for promoting employee development:

  • Establishing a Competence Centre
  • In order to meet its requirements for training and further educating its employees, NORMA Group has firmly rooted the subject in its HR strategy and, among other measures, established in 2016 the global Competence Centre Learning and Development. The Competence Centre aims to provide processes and tools for identifying, developing and retaining the right talent at the right place, at the right time, and at an acceptable cost. NORMA Group’s goal is to make sure that every employee receives an average of at least 30 hours of training per year. In 2017, that average was at 30.1, slightly exceeding NORMA Group’s NORMA Group also ensures the effectiveness of its training through regular internal reporting on participation rates and feedback, as well as through specific questions in its Employee Satisfaction Survey (ESS).
  • Promoting demand-oriented training
  • As employee training is most effective when it aligns with the demands of the work environment, NORMA Group’s approach is demand-oriented, based on bottom-up departmental reporting. In addition, NORMA Group developed a competence model and defined the skills that are important to the Group in numerous workshops and with the participation of employees in all regions. The competences NORMA Group defined, form the basis for the development and selection of its employees. Moreover, the acquisition of proper competences is also integrated in NORMA Group’s Performance Management Process (PMP) and the mandatory annual employee appraisals based on this not only include a target agreement with management, but also supporting employees in acquiring the necessary skills.
  • Helping employees expand their skills abroad
  • For NORMA Group, cross-border exchanges and intercultural skills are crucial for success, on both a personal and company level. Accordingly, NORMA Group’s assignment programmes offer employees the opportunity to expand their experiences and skills abroad. These programmes include either short-term “bubble” assignments (up to three months), or long-term assignments (more than three months). Skilled employees and managers participating in these initiatives bring with them specialist knowledge and experience from other places, while also benefiting from the expertise of their local colleagues. Exchanges can take place within a country or internationally, between countries and regions.

Which GRI Standards and corresponding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been addressed?

The GRI Standards addressed in this case are:

1) Disclosure 401-2 Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees

2) Disclosure 404-1 Average hours of training per year per employee

3) Disclosure 404-2 Programs for upgrading employee skills and transition assistance programs

4) Disclosure 404-3 Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews

 

Disclosure 401-2 Benefits provided to full-time employees that are not provided to temporary or part-time employees corresponds to:

  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
  • Business theme: Earnings, wages and benefits

Disclosure 404-1 Average hours of training per year per employee corresponds to:

Disclosure 404-2 Programs for upgrading employee skills and transition assistance programs corresponds to:

  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
  • Business theme: Employee training and education

Disclosure 404-3 Percentage of employees receiving regular performance and career development reviews corresponds to:

 

78% of the world’s 250 largest companies report in accordance with the GRI Standards

SustainCase was primarily created to demonstrate, through case studies, the importance of dealing with a company’s most important impacts in a structured way, with use of the GRI Standards. To show how today’s best-run companies are achieving economic, social and environmental success – and how you can too.

Research by well-recognised institutions is clearly proving that responsible companies can look to the future with optimism.

7 GRI sustainability disclosures get you started

Any size business can start taking sustainability action

GRI, ISEP, CPD Certified Sustainability courses (2-5 days): Live Online or Classroom  (venue: London School of Economics)

  • Exclusive FBRH template to begin reporting from day one
  • Identify your most important impacts on the Environment, Economy and People
  • Formulate in group exercises your plan for action. Begin taking solid, focused, all-round sustainability action ASAP. 
  • Benchmarking methodology to set you on a path of continuous improvement

See upcoming training dates.

 

References:

1) This case study is based on published information by NORMA Group, located at the link below. For the sake of readability, we did not use brackets or ellipses. However, we made sure that the extra or missing words did not change the report’s meaning. If you would like to quote these written sources from the original, please revert to the original on the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Disclosure Database at the link:

http://database.globalreporting.org/

2) https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/

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]]> Case study: How NORMA Group promotes sustainability in purchasing https://sustaincase.com/case-study-how-norma-group-promotes-sustainability-in-purchasing/ Sun, 07 Apr 2019 13:32:27 +0000 https://ccprowebs.com/new-sustaincase.com/?p=9166 As an international market and technology leader in engineered joining technology (joining, connecting and fluid handling technology), offering over 40,000 high-quality products and solutions to approximately 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries, .  This case study is based on the 2017 CR Report by NORMA Group published on the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Disclosure Database that can be found at this link. Through all case studies we aim to demonstrate what CSR/ ESG/ sustainability reporting done responsibly means. Essentially, it means: a) identifying a company’s most important impacts on the environment, economy and society, and b) measuring, managing and changing. […]

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]]> As an international market and technology leader in engineered joining technology (joining, connecting and fluid handling technology), offering over 40,000 high-quality products and solutions to approximately 10,000 customers in more than 100 countries, operating with its business partners in a socially and environmentally responsible way is a top priority for NORMA Group  Tweet This!. 

This case study is based on the 2017 CR Report by NORMA Group published on the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Disclosure Database that can be found at this link. Through all case studies we aim to demonstrate what CSR/ ESG/ sustainability reporting done responsibly means. Essentially, it means: a) identifying a company’s most important impacts on the environment, economy and society, and b) measuring, managing and changing.

Abstract

NORMA Group works hard to make contractual relationships with its suppliers socially and environmentally compatible, making sure human rights, labour and environmental standards are adhered to. In order to promote sustainability in purchasing NORMA Group took action to:

  • implement a Supplier Code of Conduct
  • introduce Group-wide supplier scoring
  • launch a sustainability self-assessment
  • exclude conflict minerals from the supply chain whenever possible

What are the material issues the company has identified?

In its 2017 CR Report NORMA Group identified a range of material issues, such as customer satisfaction, health and safety, efficient production processes, quality management, elimination of discrimination. Among these, promoting sustainability in purchasing stands out as a key material issue for NORMA Group.

Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards              

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:

“The reporting organization shall identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations and interests.”

Stakeholders must be consulted in the process of identifying a company’s most important impacts and their reasonable expectations and interests must be taken into account. This is an important cornerstone for CSR / sustainability reporting done responsibly.

Key stakeholder groups NORMA Group engages with:

Stakeholder Group
Employees
Customers
Financial markets
Suppliers
Science
Non-profit organisations
Media
Politics

How stakeholder engagement was made to identify material issues

To identify and prioritise material topics, NORMA Group engaged with key stakeholder groups through a questionnaire that was completed by over 30 internal and external stakeholders.

What actions were taken by NORMA Group to promote sustainability in purchasing?

In its 2017 CR Report NORMA Group reports that it took the following actions for promoting sustainability in purchasing:

  • Implementing a Supplier Code of Conduct

  • NORMA Group’s Supplier Code of Conduct forms the basis for its sustainable supplier relations. Only a supplier who has signed the Code of Conduct can be classified as “preferred”. Among other topics, the Supplier Code of Conduct requires suppliers to comply with the following:
    • Respect for and attention to human rights
    • Exclusion of forced and compulsory labour
    • Prohibition of child labour
    • Ensuring occupational health and safety
    • Business integrity (anti-corruption)
  • Introducing Group-wide supplier scoring
  • To be better able to assess, compare and manage its suppliers, NORMA Group has introduced Group-wide supplier scoring. Apart from the price, numerous other factors are also taken into consideration, such as quality, cost transparency and logistics services. Most importantly, one of the four pillars of scoring is “sustainability,” in which NORMA Group queries environmental and occupational safety certifications.
  • Launching a sustainability self-assessment
  • In 2017, for the first time, a voluntary sustainability self-assessment formed part of NORMA Group’s supplier scoring. NORMA Group asked suppliers for detailed information on social issues (freedom of association, grievance mechanisms and accidents), environmental issues (including CO2 emissions, water consumption and waste management) and, also, compliance issues. The self-assessment was completed by 18% of the suppliers included in the scoring, and NORMA Group has set the goal of increasing participation in the sustainability self-assessment by 5% every year. Additionally, NORMA Group aims to embed sustainability aspects in its commodity strategies. Sustainability fact sheets will be created for various commodities, to identify sustainability risks more effectively and minimise them in a targeted manner.
  • Excluding conflict minerals from the supply chain whenever possible

  • NORMA Group tries to exclude conflict minerals from its supply chains as far as possible and has introduced the “Conflict Minerals Roadmap,” to create maximum transparency within the supplier base. The Roadmap is based on the Conflict Minerals Reporting Template (CMRT) of the Conflict Free Sourcing Initiative, which all relevant suppliers had to complete and, in 2016, NORMA Group integrated the management of CMRT into its eSourcing platform, to better evaluate and follow up on feedback from suppliers. NORMA Group also trained purchasers at all sites on the importance of conflict minerals issues and the possible risk related to the materials coming from suppliers who might be involved. In addition, NORMA Group makes sure that 100% of affected suppliers have signed its Supplier Code of Conduct, which requires them to conduct due diligence on conflict minerals issues.

Which GRI Standards and corresponding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been addressed?

The GRI Standards addressed in this case are:

1) Disclosure 308-1 New suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria

2) Disclosure 308-2 Negative environmental impacts in the supply chain and actions taken

3) Disclosure 414-1 New suppliers that were screened using social criteria

 

Disclosure 308-1 New suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria does not correspond to any SDG.

Disclosure 308-2 Negative environmental impacts in the supply chain and actions taken does not correspond to any SDG.

Disclosure 414-1 New suppliers that were screened using social criteria corresponds to:

  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 5: Achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls
  • Business theme: Workplace violence and harassment
  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 8: Promote sustained, inclusive and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment and decent work for all
  • Business theme: Labor practices in the supply chain
  • Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels
  • Business theme: Workplace violence and harassment

 

78% of the world’s 250 largest companies report in accordance with the GRI Standards

SustainCase was primarily created to demonstrate, through case studies, the importance of dealing with a company’s most important impacts in a structured way, with use of the GRI Standards. To show how today’s best-run companies are achieving economic, social and environmental success – and how you can too.

Research by well-recognised institutions is clearly proving that responsible companies can look to the future with optimism.

7 GRI sustainability disclosures get you started

Any size business can start taking sustainability action

GRI, ISEP, CPD Certified Sustainability courses (2-5 days): Live Online or Classroom  (venue: London School of Economics)

  • Exclusive FBRH template to begin reporting from day one
  • Identify your most important impacts on the Environment, Economy and People
  • Formulate in group exercises your plan for action. Begin taking solid, focused, all-round sustainability action ASAP. 
  • Benchmarking methodology to set you on a path of continuous improvement

See upcoming training dates.

 

References:

1) This case study is based on published information by NORMA Group, located at the link below. For the sake of readability, we did not use brackets or ellipses. However, we made sure that the extra or missing words did not change the report’s meaning. If you would like to quote these written sources from the original, please revert to the original on the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Disclosure Database at the link:

http://database.globalreporting.org/

2) https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/

Note to NORMA Group: With each case study we send out an email requesting a comment on this case study. If you have not received such an email please contact us.

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