An open and transparent culture, zero cases of corruption and processes to ensure responsible agents and suppliers are among the key ethics and compliance principles for Odfjell Technology.
A shared responsibility
Odfjell Technology’s Core Values are “committed, safety conscious, creative, competent, and result oriented”. Odfjell Technology’s Ethical Principles are about putting these values into practice. Our Code of Conduct outlines our ethical guidelines and is a vital part of our compliance programme.
Everyone in Odfjell Technology has a personal responsibility to work in a way that respects the Ethical Principles and Code of Conduct and encourage others to do so too.
Governance & transparency
Odfjell Technology is committed to high ethical standards, compliance and integrity. Our Corporate Social Responsibility Principles (CSR Principles) cover the following five aspects:
- Health and safety
- Environment and sustainable development
- Integrity and anti-corruption
- Diversity and labour standards
- Respecting human rights and contribution to local communities
The CSR Principles are promoted by communicating, monitoring, impact assessments, assigning responsibility for promoting CSR Principles, and seeking to contribute to organisations that are making remarkable efforts to promote good CSR in the communities in which we operate. Information about our human rights efforts may be found in the Human Rights section.
Anti-corruption
Odfjell Technology does not tolerate and will not get involved in unethical or illegal business. Odfjell Technology has a clear ambition that all stakeholders can rely on our integrity.
Our policies aim to identify corruption and bribery risks, ensure reporting of concerns and take measures to mitigate risk. The anti-corruption policies included in the Code of Conduct and the Anti-Corruption Procedure apply to all directors, employees and representatives of Odfjell Technology.
Responsible agents and suppliers
Odfjell Technology seeks to avoid the possibility of corrupt practices and ensure that our employees and those acting on our behalf do so with integrity, high ethical standards and comply with the anti-corruption laws of the country of operation.
Integrity due diligence is performed to ensure that potential agents and suppliers are ethically compliant in accordance with the procedures for third party due diligence before they are approved. Read more about our approach to suppliers in the Supplier relations sections.
Whistleblowing
Odfjell Technology’s Whistleblowing Portal enables personnel and external parties to report infringements of the Code of Conduct or other ethical/critical concerns. Reports can be made anonymously, and Odfjell Technology has a non-retaliation policy for reports made in good faith.