Passion for people

Respect for the equal value and rights of all people is fundamental to Coor. Social responsibility for us is about taking responsibility as an employer and engaging in social development at a local level.

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Our employer responsibility

Our greatest contribution as an employer is to ensure that our employees have good working conditions, a safe work environment, and that they can be themselves at work. On our career page, you can read more about what it’s like to work with us at Coor and the development opportunities we offer our employees. On this page, you can read about our safety work.

Safety at Coor

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Our contribution to society

We are proud to operate in an industry where we have great opportunities to offer jobs to those who are currently outside the labor market, and we collaborate with several organizations that help us find these talents. In addition to welcoming people into our work community, we offer, among other things, language courses and support to improve our employees' mental well-being.

Social responsibility

A safe and secure working environment

All employees should be able to work in a good and safe environment, both physically and psychosocially. Coor’s efforts to promote health and safety are based on identified risks and general legal requirements. Coor’s health and safety management is well implemented, governed by the executive management team and developed continuously through the Health & Safety Committee, which consists of the national and Group health and safety managers. The executive management team and national management teams take part in safety inspections in several different areas to identify risks. This is a very important and appreciated effort.

We strive for shared responsibility achieved by perceiving occupational health and safety as a common value. Occupational safety is a matter for me, for you and for us as a team.

At Coor, we live by a fundamental rule: “If we cannot do the work safely, we shall not do it at all.”

Systematic and ongoing work is taking place to further strengthen the safety culture within work environment and achieve established targets through training initiatives and campaigns. One example is Coor’s Life Saving Rules, which you can read more about below.

All employees are encouraged to report observed risks. Risk observations, incidents and injuries are reported directly to the relevant manager, after which a follow-up and analysis of preventive measures is conducted.

The results help us to identify operations where there is a need for training and preventive measures. The most common categories of injuries reported were falls from the same height, falls from high heights and stab/cut injuries.

Examples of initiatives

Operational monitoring of safety inspections, risk surveys and assessment of injuries to develop targeted risk prevention activities.
Escalation processes to deal with injuries in all countries.
Collaboration with customers on safety inspections, training, and supplier meetings.
Internal and external audits in accordance with the ISO 45001:2018 health and safety standard.

Coor will continue its training activities to raise the level of Safety culture in the company, and to establish a common view and enhanced safety culture in our day-to-day activities. We are using the Bradley Curve to make assessments, prioritize right initiatives, and follow progress.

Vision: zero work-related injuries

No one who works at Coor should be at risk of injury. We have a clear vision to achieve zero work-related injuries, and it goes without saying that all employees should have a safe work environment. Everyone at Coor, managers as well as employees, take responsibility for preventing and avoiding injuries.

Coor's Life Saving Rules

Coor’s Life Saving Rules can be compared with a Code of Conduct for health and safety. The rules are based on the most common risks and injuries encountered in Coor’s operations and help us to understand how we should act in situations where there is a risk of injury. Coor’s Life Saving Rules address falls, work at height, falling objects, traffic situations, energy isolations, foreign substances, extreme heat and threats. When the rules are followed, serious incidents and injuries can be avoided, and lives can be saved.

Reports and policys

Coor seeks to ensure responsibility in all stages of our value chain. Our stakeholder groups must be confident that the goods and services Coor supplies originate from value chains that safeguard human and labour rights.

The report published on this website is Coor's description of our work with human and labour rights. Through this report, we want to be transparent and give all our stakeholders an insight into our operations and our commitment to sustainability, social responsibility and ethical business practices. Through this report, we hope to give you a deeper understanding of our company's values, principles and efforts to contribute to a sustainable future. We are proud of the efforts we are making for transparency and accountability, and we hope that this report will be useful to you as a stakeholder.

This specific report is published at the end of the first half of 2024 and is part of Coor's ambition for increased transparency and preparation for increasing reporting requirements. Parts of the content will be included in the group's annual report to describe progress and the need for a separate report in the future will be evaluated.

Coor's human rights report 2024

Respect for the equal value and rights of all people is fundamental to Coor.

Coor's human rights policy

Coor is a diverse and inclusive company, and we strive to become even more committed to these values – for our employees, our customers and for society at large.

Coor's Diversity and Inclusion policy

Social responsibility

At Coor, we believe in giving something back to the societies in which we operate. Coor Society Program helps to promote sustainable development by simplifying the integration of new employees, and helping those who need assistance and support. To realise this objective, each country runs its own initiatives through local networks.

Coor society program logo

Some of our social initiatives

Employment of people with partial work ability

Coor in Finland actively identifies tasks at our customer sites where persons with partial work ability can contribute, promoting their employment.

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Wardrobe collection

Coor's wardrobe service at the arenas in Stockholm donates SEK 1 for every jacket submitted to Min Stora Dag.

Training in language mentorship

At Coor in Norway, 17 managers have completed language mentorship training to help their co-workers improve communication and local language skills.

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New employees from Startup Refugee

Coor in Finland is working with Startup Refugees, whose mission is to help new arrivals integrate quickly into the labour market.

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Partner company

Coor is a partner company of Stockholms Stadsmission and Göteborgs Stadsmission in Sweden and contributes to the fight against poverty and vulnerability

Christmas donations

Each Christmas, Coor Norge donates 50,000 NOK to a charity, such as Sykehusklovnene (the hospital clowns) or Barnekreftforeningen (the children's cancer foundation).

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Language courses

In Norway, Coor partners with Lingu to offer employees language training, equipping them with societal participation skills and essential digital competence.

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Yearly Santa train

Since 2018, Coor´s Santa, his elves and the robot sleigh have been visiting the children at Karolinska University Hospital in Solna, Sweden.

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"Ringar i vannet"

We are engaged in the Norwegian initiative Ringar i vannet to give people who have fallen outside the labour market a second chance.

Language training

In Finland, Coor offers Finnish training for cleaners with foreign backgrounds and English training for managers to help them lead multicultural teams.