Focus Nordic takes an active stand for good working conditions and a good social situation of our suppliers and partners worldwide as well as for our employees. It is important that our products are produced in an ethically, socially and environmentally responsible way.
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Respect for human rights
Respect for human rights is a cornerstone for Focus Nordic. We have implemented the United Nations Global Compact principles in our Code of Conduct, which for example means that no one employeed at Focus Nordic or at one of our suppliers should be discriminated. We don’t accept child labour or forced labour. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, the International Labour Organization Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and national laws are respected by Focus Nordic and our suppliers.
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Sustainable trade with purpose
Focus Nordic is member of Amfori, the leading global business association for open and sustainable trade. We believe in a world where all trade delivers social, environmental and economic benefits for everyone. Together with more than 700 other member companies, we can influence and drive positive change at scale. All Amfori members has agreed upon a common Code of Conduct to put force behind the demands that we place on our suppliers in terms of working conditions and social situation.
As member of Amfori, we contribute to the fulfilment of a global agenda for 2030, the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals. Launched in 2015, the Sustainable Development Goals are an action plan to tackle global challenges. From inequality to climate change, they represent a universal development blue-print that applies to the entire international community. Businesses are in a unique position to help fulfil the goals give the scale and impact of global supply chains.
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A safe and healthy working environment
Job satisfaction, motivation, occupational health and safety are key priorities for Focus Nordic. No one employeed at Focus Nordic or at one of our suppliers should risk their fysical or phsycological well-being.
We are actively working to provide equal opportunities for all genders, ages, ethnicities, sexual orientations and identities, disabilities and function variations. We act respectfully towards each other. Focus Nordic don’t tolerate sexual harassment in any forms.
Drugs of any kind are not tolerated at Focus Nordic. We are working preventively to detect warning signs of abuse at an early stage and offer our employees support when needed.
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Product safety
Manufacturers play a crucial role in ensuring that products sold in the European Economic Area (EEA) are safe and meet the EU standards for safety, health and environmental protection. Electronic devices must have a CE marking, which means that the manufacturer declares that the product meets all the legal requirements and can be sold throughout the EEA. This also applies to products made in other countries that are sold in the EEA. CE marking also supports fair competition by holding all companies accountable to the same rules. All products in Focus Nordic’s assortment that contain electronic components have CE marking.
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Environmental impact
In order to reduce the environmental impact, the majority of all logistic transports are shipped by boat. We are actively working together with our logistic partners to minimize the carbon emission and fuel consumption.
We are reducing the use of paper, for example by handling invoices digital, and unnecessary packaging materials by using recycled and sustainable materials.
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Recycling
The EU Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment Directive (WEEE) was entered into force in 2003. It provided for the creation of collection schemes where consumers return their electrical and electronic equipment free of charge. The schemes aim to increase the recycling and re-use of electrical and electronic waste.
Placing batteries on the European market entails producer responsibility for batteries according to the EU Directive on Waste Batteries & Accumulators. The directive intends to minimize the negative impact of batteries, accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators by harmonizing requirements, prohibiting batteries with hazardous substances and establishing schemes for collecting and recycling batteries.
The EU Directive on Managing Packaging and Packaging Waste aims to preventing and reducing the impact of packaging and packaging waste on the environment, promoting reuse, recycling and other forms of recovering of packaging waste instead of its final disposal.
Focus Nordic is member of the following local collection schemes and associations for electrical and electronic equipment, batteries, packaging and packaging waste:
Czech Republic: Rema System and Ekokom
Denmark: ERP and DPA System
Finland: Elker and Rinki
Norway: NorSirk and Batteriretur
Poland: Electro-System and Interseroh
Slovakia: SEWA
Sweden: El-Kretsen and FTI
In Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Romania and Slovenia are Focus Nordic’s B2B customers liable for the producer responsibility for electronic equipment and batteries in their role as importer of products.