Sustainability
Respect for the equal value and rights of all people is fundamental to Coor. Social responsibility for us is about taking responsibility as an employer and engaging in social development at a local level.
Our greatest contribution as an employer is to ensure that our employees have good working conditions, a safe work environment, and that they can be themselves at work. On our career page, you can read more about what it’s like to work with us at Coor and the development opportunities we offer our employees. On this page, you can read about our safety work.
Safety at Coor
We are proud to operate in an industry where we have great opportunities to offer jobs to those who are currently outside the labor market, and we collaborate with several organizations that help us find these talents. In addition to welcoming people into our work community, we offer, among other things, language courses and support to improve our employees' mental well-being.
All employees should be able to work in a good and safe environment, both physically and psychosocially. Coor’s efforts to promote health and safety are based on identified risks and general legal requirements. Coor’s health and safety management is well implemented, governed by the executive management team and developed continuously through the Health & Safety Committee, which consists of the national and Group health and safety managers. The executive management team and national management teams take part in safety inspections in several different areas to identify risks. This is a very important and appreciated effort.
We strive for shared responsibility achieved by perceiving occupational health and safety as a common value. Occupational safety is a matter for me, for you and for us as a team.
At Coor, we live by a fundamental rule: “If we cannot do the work safely, we shall not do it at all.”
No one who works at Coor should be at risk of injury. We have a clear vision to achieve zero work-related injuries, and it goes without saying that all employees should have a safe work environment. Everyone at Coor, managers as well as employees, take responsibility for preventing and avoiding injuries.
By following the rules, we can prevent serious incidents and save lives.
Coor’s Life-Saving Rules can be compared with a Code of Conduct for health and safety. The rules are based on the most common risks and injuries encountered in Coor’s operations and help us to understand how we should act in situations where there is a risk of injury. Coor’s Life-Saving Rules address falls, work at height, falling objects, traffic situations, energy isolations, foreign substances, extreme heat and threats. When the rules are followed, serious incidents and injuries can be avoided, and lives can be saved.
Coor seeks to ensure responsibility in all stages of our value chain. Our stakeholder groups must be confident that the goods and services Coor supplies originate from value chains that safeguard human and labour rights.
The report published on this website is Coor's description of our work with human and labour rights. Through this report, we want to be transparent and give all our stakeholders an insight into our operations and our commitment to sustainability, social responsibility and ethical business practices. Through this report, we hope to give you a deeper understanding of our company's values, principles and efforts to contribute to a sustainable future. We are proud of the efforts we are making for transparency and accountability, and we hope that this report will be useful to you as a stakeholder.
This specific report is published at the end of the first half of 2024 and is part of Coor's ambition for increased transparency and preparation for increasing reporting requirements. Parts of the content will be included in the group's annual report to describe progress and the need for a separate report in the future will be evaluated.
Respect for the equal value and rights of all people is fundamental to Coor.
Coor is a diverse and inclusive company, and we strive to become even more committed to these values – for our employees, our customers and for society at large.
At Coor, we believe in giving something back to the societies in which we operate. Coor Society Program helps to promote sustainable development by simplifying the integration of new employees, and helping those who need assistance and support. To realise this objective, each country runs its own initiatives through local networks.
Coor in Finland actively identifies tasks at our customer sites where persons with partial work ability can contribute, promoting their employment.
Coor's wardrobe service at the arenas in Stockholm donates SEK 1 for every jacket submitted to Min Stora Dag.
At Coor in Norway, 17 managers have completed language mentorship training to help their co-workers improve communication and local language skills.
Coor in Finland is working with Startup Refugees, whose mission is to help new arrivals integrate quickly into the labour market.
Coor is a partner company of Stockholms Stadsmission and Göteborgs Stadsmission in Sweden and contributes to the fight against poverty and vulnerability
Each Christmas, Coor Norge donates 50,000 NOK to a charity, such as Sykehusklovnene (the hospital clowns) or Barnekreftforeningen (the children's cancer foundation).
In Norway, Coor partners with Lingu to offer employees language training, equipping them with societal participation skills and essential digital competence.
Since 2018, Coor´s Santa, his elves and the robot sleigh have been visiting the children at Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Sweden.
We are engaged in the Norwegian initiative Ringar i vannet to give people who have fallen outside the labour market a second chance.
In Finland, Coor offers Finnish training for cleaners with foreign backgrounds and English training for managers to help them lead multicultural teams.
Coor in Finland supports its employees’ mental well-being through a collaboration with the online therapy service Auntie.
