1.D Partnerships and collaboration with business associates, such as
suppliers
1.D.1 How does the company make clear in its business relationships (in particular in the supply chain) the
importance it places on responsible business conduct?
We select suppliers, third party representatives and other business partners based on their qualifications,
reliability and adherence to applicable laws and our values. We take reasonable care in selecting them
and do appropriate reviews from time to time. We require that they commit and adhere to the law and also
that they have the training and tools to do so and that they shall be able to document their efforts
to secure compliance with the local laws and our CoC at our request. This also applies to any sub-supplier.
Mediq may terminate the relationship with any supplier, third party representative or other business partners
that fails to meet the standards in this Code after a reasonable period of time for remedying a breach.
Our Code of conduct describes the key principles to ensure that we do the right thing in the right way.
Always helped, of course, by a healthy dose of common sense. Together with our vision and values, the
Code will guide our decisions and actions. This Code is applicable to all employees, officers and directors
(together, “Employees”) of Mediq and governs all our decisions and actions, whether in our offices,
warehouses, in the boardroom, at customer or supplier premises or when providing care to our patients.
This Code is at the center of everything we do. It reinforces our Core Values.
Any employee who fails to meet the standards in this Code, or attempts to punish a subordinate for raising
questions or for trying to follow this Code, may be subject to disciplinary actions designed to deter
wrongdoing, up to and including termination of employment. Any employee subject to this Code who is
aware of a violation and fails to report it may also face these disciplinary actions, subject to compliance
with applicable laws.
The Nordic identified some areas to improve and we have kicked off to great projects which will help the
Nordic cluster including Norway to improve the follow-up process of our supplier in regards to business
conduct by implementing the following:
• Aligning the cooperation with Factlines, and implementing it on a Nordic platform where we include Mediq
Norway, Sweden, Denmark, and Finland. We will together with Factlines develop and modify a new improved
standard questionnaire which also will fit the needs of each business unit.
• We will in February 2020 kick-off the exciting end-tail project together with great experts from a
consultancy company specializing in optimization of purchasing. This project will have multiple
key stakeholders from each Mediq business unit. This will improve the control and overview of
our suppliers base by reducing the number of suppliers, thus likely improving the follow-up
process moving forward.
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