2019 Sustainability report 1
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2019 2 ABOUT THE SUSTAINABI
LITY REPORT The I.A. Hedin Bil group has many employees and several areas of business spread across different geographical locations. It is therefore important that we have basic and common values regarding how the business is to be conducted. Our approach is important for our business and gives us guidelines in the challenges we meet in our day-to-day work. Our commitment is, without compromise, to act ethically in every situation. This is crucial for the success of our business as we, through our good ethics, have gained the trust and faith of our customers, suppliers and financiers. We have created guidance and norms on our view on a professional approach that is to assist our coworkers to solve any ethical questions that might arise on the workplace. This guidance is described in our Code of conduct and as a part of this Sustainability report. The Swedish operations of I.A. Hedin Bil have an overall Quality- and Environmental policy that in addition to our quality and environmental management system complies with the demands of ISO 9001 & ISO 14001. Parts of the Norwegian operations within I.A Hedin Bil is working accordingly to the Norwegian environmental certification Miljøfyrtån. Guidelines, other policies and code of conduct is to be known by the staff and all documentation is to be readily available. The I.A. Hedin Bil group do not manufacture the products that the company is retailing. Manufacturing and development of e.g. vehicles is carried out by the car manufacturers. As we are just the retailer of vehicles, the possibility to change this situation is relatively small. A better way to influence is found in the operations at our sites and workshops. During 2019 I.A. Hedin Bil has continued the acquisition and construction of new sites and the aim is to implement everyone in our sustainability efforts. To secure a long-term approach we are actively working to create the correct circumstances for a systematic sustainability work and the reduction of our environmental impact. This sustainability report is therefore limited to include the following car companies within I.A. Hedin Bil; • Hedin Göteborg Bil AB • Hedin Helsingborg Bil AB • Hedin Stockholm Bil AB • Hedin Örebro Bil AB • Hedin Mölndal Bil AB • KC Motors AB • Hedin Performance Cars AB • Hedin Automotive AS • Bavaria Sverige Bil AB • Hedin Belgien Bil AB ACCOUNTANCY PROFILE I.A. Hedin Bil AB uses calendar years as financial years and the annual report for 2019 is released in April of 2020. This is the second year that I.A. Hedin AB has established a sustainability report. 9