Getinge 2022 Annual Report
Getinge 2022 Annual Report
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Getinge encourages an open and transparent culture amongst its
leadership, employees, and partners. The company continuously
promotes responsible leadership via internal communication
and training. Ensuring business is conducted in an ethical and
responsible way in all internal and external contexts is core to the
efforts to create a competent, diverse, and inclusive organization
which starts with the management approach. The Global Ethics
& Compliance Program in collaboration with management has
initiated an initiative to incorporate Human Rights assessments in
business activities.
Getinge maintains a Human Rights Policy that is applicable to
all Getinge employees. All employees are individually responsible
for reading, understanding, and complying with the policy. Getinge
managers are responsible for making sure each team member has
access to the policy. Each business function and sales region is
responsible for preventing activities that violate human rights and
the principles of the policy.
Getinge's new hire onboarding training provides employees with
the Code of Conduct and information regarding the Global Policy
Framework. Getinge's principles and requirements related to human
rights, inclusive of the Human Rights Policy, are incorporated in
this training. As activities related to Getinge's commitment to
human rights evolve, future additional trainings are anticipated.
In furtherance of the policy and Getinge's commitment to
human rights, in 2022, the Global Ethics & Compliance Program
initiated the early stages of planning for implementation of impact
assessments. In 2022, a corporate-level pre-study which assessed
human rights-related laws potentially relevant to Getinge activities
was conducted to initiate the ongoing evaluation of the impact
of business activities on human rights laws. This effort is ongoing
in 2023.
Managing Impact
In order to ensure that positive impacts of non-discrimination are
reached, Getinge has developed and communicates the People
Policy that encompasses anti-discrimination. The policy is made
available to all employees and new employees must read through
the policy as part of the onboarding process. Another step taken to
capture the positive aspect of non-discrimination is that diversity
and inclusion is included into the manuals in the hiring process.
An important part of the manual is to remove biases and actively
seeking candidates from diverse backgrounds. In addition,
Getinge has implemented a whistleblowing system called Speak-
Up Line where employees can anonymously report incidents of
discrimination.
GRI 406: Non-discrimination
Disclosure 406-1 Incidents of discrimination and corrective
actions taken
In 2022, a total number of two (2) incidents of discrimination were
reported via Speak-Up line:
a. Total number of incidents of discrimination during the reporting
period: 2
b. Status of the incidents and actions taken with reference to the
following:
i. Incident reviewed by the organization: 2
ii. Remediation plans being implemented: 1
iii. Remediation plans that have been implemented, with results
reviewed through routine internal management review processes: 1
iv. Incident no longer subject to action: 2
See page 151 for details on the management approach.
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