Equality, diversity and inclusion at Nokian Tyres
We respect human rights, value diversity and treat all individuals equally and with respect. We do not tolerate harassment, bullying or discrimination on the basis of any characteristics such as race, ethnicity, color, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, disability, age, religion, political opinion, union membership, national or social origin.
Everyone is responsible for acting fairly and creating a pleasant, inspiring work atmosphere. Everyone has the freedom of expression, but everyone is also responsible for their own expression. In our activities, we promote equal development and learning opportunities for our employees to strengthen their skills and advance their careers.
Our goal is to ensure a safe working environment and create working conditions that preserve physical and mental health and promote workplace well-being. Occupational health, safety and well-being are integral part of our daily management. Everyone is responsible making sure that both our employees and other affected by our work are safe. In our activities, we emphasize the prevention of occupational
accidents in order to avoid hazardous situations.
Active participation at different levels of the organization and respecting the right of participation are parts of Nokian Tyres’ working culture. The company respects the freedom of association and the freedom of workers to organize.
These principles are presented in our Board-approved Code of Conduct. Every employee has to adhere to the Code, and Nokian Tyres provides an online training on the Code for all personnel. The training is included in the induction for new employees. At the end of 2024, 78 percent of the personnel had completed the course.
Human rights
In 2023, we conducted our most recent human rights assessment, which covered our whole value chain. The assessment covered internationally recognized human rights, included in the Bill of Human Rights. The following document, Relationship between businesses and human rights published by the UN Guiding Principles Reporting Framework, was used as support and normative through the assessment.
We recognized two human rights that are most salient when it comes to our own employees:
- Health and safety
- Privacy
An action plan has been created for these risks.
Developing Safety Culture is a continuous project lead by Head of Global Safety. Nokian Tyres has a Group wide risk assessment tool to identify work related hazards. It compiles all the risk assessments in a single database and thus enables to assess the possible problems in a centralized way. Nokian Tyres will continue to have updated risk assessments in place for all of our workplaces and tasks. We encourage our employees to make safety observations and carry out safety actions.
In order to avoid hazardous situations, we emphasize preventing occupational accidents. We have identified diverse safety cultures, meaning that the ownership of safety varies according to operating countries. That is why we have invested in communicating our safety thinking globally. We have trained our own managers to train their own teams in safe working. We have found this approach to be more efficient than having employees trained by separate trainers. Developing a safe working culture is a continuous project.
The procedural and documentation requirements introduced by the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation have been implemented at Nokian Tyres in 2018. The privacy work continues by specifying and further developing the required documentation and processes, and further increasing the awareness within the company.