Code of Conduct
New Botanic's Code of Conduct
New Botanic offers carefully curated growing collections of flower bouquets and vegetables, beautifully packaged together with growing details, knowledge and inspiration. New Botanic wants to get more people to put their fingers in the soil and discover the charm and pleasure of growing and harvesting their own vegetables and flowers.
Scope of the Code of Conduct
The Code of Conduct is New Botanic's benchmark for how our business is conducted ethically, socially and environmentally.
This code of conduct describes how New Botanic views its responsibility as a company, and what responsibility employees have, as well as what requirements the company places on suppliers. The code applies to all employees, regardless of the form of employment. We request that all employees read and accept the regulations and apply them in all our operations.
Starting point
As a basis for the code of conduct, reference is made to the UN Global Compact's ten principles for responsible business. New Botanic stands behind the principles and strives to apply and support them throughout its operations. The company also wants subcontractors to take responsibility for the ten principles and for ongoing dialogue about how this is done. If local, national or international legislation imposes stricter requirements than the Code of Conduct, these must be followed.
UN Global Compact ten principles
Human Rights
Principle 1: Support and respect international human rights within the sphere of corporate influence
Principle 2: Ensure that their own companies are not involved in human rights abuses
Labor law
Principle 3: Maintain freedom of association and recognize the right to collective bargaining
Principle 4: Eliminate all forms of forced labour
Principle 5: Abolish child labour
Principle 6: Eliminate discrimination in terms of recruitment and work tasks
Environment
Principle 7: Support the precautionary principle regarding environmental risks
Principle 8: Take the initiative to strengthen greater environmental awareness
Principle 9: Encourage the development of environmentally friendly technologies
Anti-corruption
Principle 10: Combat all forms of corruption, including extortion and bribery.
Environmental responsibility
Our goal is to contribute positively to the environment by allowing you to become more self-sufficient in certain vegetables (locally grown) and grow your own cut flowers, which means that you reduce the environmental impact from that part of the cultivation industry.
New Botanic strives to take the environment into account in several parts of the business and take environmental impact into account in business decisions. Our goal is to reduce our climate and environmental impact per product sold. We continuously review where we have our biggest impact and how we can work to reduce it, we make conscious choices about purchases. When purchasing seeds, packaging and other inputs, we must choose sustainable alternatives whenever possible. This involves, among other things, choosing recycled material for packaging as much as possible for packaging and increasing the proportion of organic inputs. What is the most sustainable alternative is continuously evaluated.
New Botanic must continuously discuss with its subcontractors how to promote sustainable transport, and we must continuously work to reduce the impact from storage, distribution and wastage.
We have ongoing dialogue with our subcontractors to understand how they work in the environment and climate, and to encourage them to make sustainable choices.
Employees and working environment
We at New Botanic strive to create a work environment that is not only productive and profitable, but also healthy and inclusive for all our employees. Our company is based on values such as equality, non-discrimination, promotion of mental health and fair compensation. This Code of Conduct reflects our commitment to uphold these principles and create a positive and respectful work culture.
New Botanic works for equality and diversity in the workplace. We do not allow any form of discrimination based on the grounds of gender, gender identity or expression, ethnic affiliation, religion or other belief, age, disability or sexual orientation. The right to freedom of association and collective bargaining must be recognized and respected.
Every employee has the right to a fair living wage.
New Botanic must always work for a psychologically and physically good work environment. We must offer a workload that enables a balance between work and leisure. All employees must feel able to influence their work tasks.
Privacy and information security
New Botanic's Privacy Policy describes how the company and its employees take responsibility for handling personal data. New Botanic handles personal data according to the set legal requirements.
Social Media
New Botanic strives to handle participants and content in social media with respect and a decent tone in both texts, images and videos. The content must be about the area in which we operate. This applies to the company's some accounts as well as the actions of employees. The following principles apply:
- We treat everyone with respect. We do not allow insults, personal attacks, hatred or threats in our social media and others in the comments section. We do not allow direct or implied racism or sexism.
- We remove comments that are off-topic or that are obviously offensive or offensive. This also applies to unpleasant comments that add nothing or are written to provoke.
Responsibility for the code of conduct
Management is responsible for the content and implementation of New Botanic's code of conduct. The content of the Code of Conduct is reviewed annually and management decides on any changes. All new employees in the company take part in the content of the code of conduct. New Botanic's managers are responsible for disseminating and informing about the code of conduct and ensuring compliance. If a violation of the code is suspected, this must be reported to the immediate supervisor.