Scope 1 Emissions
2022 Communication on Progress
Co-operative Tradeka
Published date
June 13, 2022
No. of questions
67
Supplemental files
220408-Tradeka-Vastuullisuusraportti-2021.pdfCEO Statement
Governance
Policies and Responsibilities
1. Does the Board / highest governance body or most senior executive of the company:
2. Does the company have a publicly stated commitment regarding the following sustainability topics?
Optional commentThese are communicated on the company's website, our CoP and in addition separate communication measures. Our Code of Conduct here: https://www.tradeka.fi/sites/default/files/2020-05/200327-Tradeka-eettiset-periaatteet-web.pdf3. Does the company have in place a code of conduct regarding each of the following sustainability topics?
4. Has the company appointed an individual or group responsible for each of the following sustainability topics?
5. Does the company have a formal structure(s) (such as a cross-functional committee) to address each of the following sustainability topics?
Prevention
6. Does the company have a process or processes to assess risk?
7. Does the company have a due diligence process through which it identifies, prevents, mitigates, and accounts for actual and potential negative impacts on sustainability topics?
Concerns and grievance mechanisms
8. Are there any processes through which members of the company’s workforce can raise concerns about the company’s conduct related to human rights, labour rights, environment, or anti-corruption?
Optional commentAn anonymous channel for staff and third parties in accordance with the EU directive8.1. Please provide additional detail regarding the process(es) the company has through which members of the company’s workforce can raise concerns about the company’s conduct.
Optional commentFind here: https://app.falcony.io/tradekawb/links/external9. Does the company provide or enable access to effective remedy to right holders / stakeholders where it has caused or contributed to the adverse impact?
Lessons
10. How does the company capture lessons regarding each of the following sustainability topics?
Optional commentBased on the results of the surveys and inquiries, the operating methods will be changed. Also based on the feedback received from the Whistleblowing channel, the operating methods are being changed. In addition, the industry is monitored.Executive Pay
11. Is executive pay linked to performance on one or more of the following sustainability topics?
Optional commentFind here: https://www.tradeka.fi/sites/default/files/2021-03/Tradeka-Palkitsemispolitiikka.pdfBoard Composition
12. Percentage of individuals within the company’s Board / highest governance body by:
Optional commentTwo employee representatives as board members. Find composition of the board (2021) here: https://www.tradeka.fi/sites/default/files/2022-04/2112-Tradeka-vuosikertomus-2021%20-%20Copy.pdf13. Do you produce sustainability reporting according to:
Data Assurance
14. Is the information disclosed in this questionnaire assured by a third-party?
Human Rights
Materiality / Saliency
1. Which of the following has the company identified as material human rights issues connected with its operations and/or value chain, whether based on their salience (i.e., the most severe potential negative impacts on people) or another basis?
Commitment
2. Does the company have a policy commitment in relation to the following human rights issues?
Optional comment- All group companies are stakeholders in the Tradeka sickness fund. - The board of Tradeka’s sickness fund decided that temporarily laid-off members of the fund are entitled to compensation by the fund. - Personnel also has significant representation on the boards. Following the 2020 general meetings, personnel representatives have served on the boards of Tradeka Cooperative, Tradeka-Yhtiöt, Med Group, Lehtipiste, and Restel. - The ‘Palkka haltuun’ project, launched together with Takuusäätiö, has brought financial and debt counselling to the workplaces. - Restel provides the first job for many youths and prepares them for working life. Burger King’s and Deaconess Foundation’s ‘Yhdessä työhön’ project was launched, helping youth get their foot in the door while improving their working life skills. - In terms of salary and employment, all Tradeka Group companies adhere to applicable laws and collective agreements, and Tradeka expects the same from their partners and contractors. - Launching the anonymous whistleblowing chanel 8/2021.2.1. For each human rights policy, is it:
Prevention
3. In the course of the reporting period, has the company engaged with affected stakeholders or their legitimate representatives in relation to the following human rights issues?
4. What type of action has the company taken in the reporting period with the aim of preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with this human rights issue?
5. Who receives training for the following human rights issues?
6. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following human rights issues?
Response
7. During the reporting period, has the company been involved in providing or enabling remedy where it has caused or contributed to adverse impact associated with the following human rights issue(s)?
8. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the human rights principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
- Launching of an anonymous whistleblowing channel (All companies) - Personnel surveys (All companies) - Started Naistech co-operation (A-Katsastus) - Campaign against all kind of discrimination (Restel)Labour
Commitment
1. Does the company have a policy commitment in relation to the following labour rights principles?
1.1. For each labour rights policy, is it:
Prevention
2. In the course of the reporting period, has the company engaged with affected stakeholders or their legitimate representatives in relation to the following labour rights issues?
3. What type of action has the company taken in the reporting period with the aim of preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with this labour rights issue?
4. Who receives training for the following labour rights issues?
Optional commentAll personnel when the Code of Conduct was introduced and as part of the new employee orientation.5. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following labour rights issues?
Optional commentMonitoring annually as part of the sustainability reporting process.Performance
6. What is the percentage of employees covered under collective bargaining agreements?
7. What is the percentage of employees in a trade union or other workers' organization?
Optional commentNo data is collected on workers' union membership. In general in Finland at the end of 2017, there were 1,414,000 members whose interests were represented, and the degree of unionisation calculated accordingly was 59.4 per cencent. Women are more unionised than men. The degree of unionisation among female employees was 66.4 per cent in 2017 compared to 52.3 per cent among male employees.8. In the course of the reporting period, what was the percentage of women in:
Optional commentSenior leadership level position: Tradeka 25 %, Restel 50%, Lehtipiste 47 % A-Katsastus/ 10 %, ONNI 20% Non-executive board: Osuuskunta Tradeka 59 %, Tradeka-Yhtiöt 63 %, Tradeka-sijoitus 14 %, Restel 43 %, ONNI 20 %, Lehtipiste 20 %, A-Katsastus 14 %9. What was the average ratio of the basic salary and remuneration of women to men (comparing jobs of equal value) during the reporting period?
10. In the course of the reporting period, how frequently were workers injured (injuries per hour worked)?
Optional commentThe number and trend of accidents at work are monitored. A total of 139 accidents / 4157 person-years.11. In the course of the reporting period, what was the company’s incident rate?
Optional commentThe number and trend of accidents at work are monitored. A total of 139 accidents / 4157 person-years.Response and Reporting
12. In the course of the reporting period, has the company been involved in providing or enabling remedy where it has caused or contributed to the adverse impact associated with the following labour rights issues?
13. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the labour rights principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
During the reporting period: - Risk mapping has extended for human rights (All companies) - Launching of an anonymous whistleblowing channel (All companies)Environment
Commitment
1. Does the company have a formal policy on the following environmental topics?
1.1. For each environmental policy, is it:
Prevention
2. In the course of the reporting period, has the company engaged with affected stakeholders or their legitimate representatives in relation to the following environmental issues?
3. What type of action has the company taken in the reporting period with the aim of preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with these environmental topics?
4. How does the company assess progress in preventing/mitigating the risks/impacts associated with the following environmental topics?
4.1. For each environmental topic in which the company sets timebound goals / targets, what kind of targets has the company set?
4.2. For each environmental topic in which the company sets timebound goals / targets, how is progress against target / goal tracked?
5. In the course of the reporting period, has the company been involved in providing or enabling remedy for any actual impacts associated with the following environmental issue(s)?
Climate Action
6. What were the company’s gross global greenhouse gas emissions for the reporting period?
Scope 2 Emissions
Scope 3 Emissions
Optional commentCooperative Tradeka Group' emissions, Scope 3 partial7. What percentage of the company's revenue was invested in R&D of low-carbon products/services during this reporting period?
8. Has the organization acted to support climate change adaptation and resilience?
Energy / Resource Use
9. Please report the company's renewable energy consumption as a percentage of total energy consumption in the reporting period.
Technology
10. What percent of the company's revenue came from environmentally friendly products / services during this reporting period?
Sector-specific Questions
11. Which sector(s) does the company operate in? If diversified, choose top 3 by revenue.
Optional commentInvestments and Restaurant ServicesSector-specific: Water
12. Please provide details regarding the company's water withdrawal and consumption (own operations) during the reporting period.
Water withdrawal (volume of water in megaliters):
Water consumption (volume of water in megaliters):
13. Please provide details about the company’s water intensity of products in regions with high or extremely high water stress.
Sector-specific: Waste
18. Please report the company's total weight of waste generated in metric tonnes during the reporting period.
19. Please report the percentage of the company's waste that was hazardous waste (i.e., hazardous waste ratio) during the reporting period.
20. Please report the company's estimated metric tonnes of single-use plastic consumed wherever material along the value chain during the reporting period.
Overall Environment
21. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the environment principles, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
- The Group operates in many industries, data collection is difficult in some locations - The company operates mainly in the service industry, the greatest environmental impacts occur in supply chains, ie the impacts of its own operations are quite small - Tradeka's Board of Representatives approved the integration of responsibility as part of the company's remuneration policy. - The carbon risk of Tradeka's investment portfolio has decreased 43% of the autumn 2020 baseline until the end of December 2021. - The carbon risk of the fixed income portfolio has decreased by 36% over the same period. - By the end of 2021, commitments have been made for renewable energy a total of € 10 million in energy investment funds euros.Anti-corruption
Commitment
1. Does the company have an anti-corruption compliance programme?
Optional commentAnti-corruption policy is included in the Code of Conduct. Internal Audit monitors the compliance.2. Does your company have policies and recommendations for employees on how to act in case of doubt and/or in situations that may represent a conflict of interest, e.g. with regard to gifts and hospitality, donations, sponsorship, or interactions with public officials?
Prevention
3. Who receives training on anti-corruption and integrity?
3.1. How often is such training provided?
4. Does the company monitor its anti-corruption compliance programme?
Response and Reporting
5. Please report the company's total number and nature of incidents of corruption during the reporting year.
6. Within the reporting period, what measures has the company taken to address suspected incidents of corruption independently or in response to a dispute or investigation by a government regulator?
7. Does your company engage in Collective Action against corruption?
8. Briefly describe practical actions the company has taken during the reporting period and/or plans to take to implement the anti-corruption principle, including any challenges faced and actions taken towards prevention and/or remediation.
Launched an anonymous Whistleblowing channel 8/2021 The Code of Conduct will be updated in 2022 The Code of Conduct for a procurement in 2022