Sustainability

Taking responsibility and acting sustainably is a natural part of Hermansson & Co’s business. For over ten years, we have worked purposefully to define what sustainability means to us from different perspectives – how sustainably we work today and in which areas we can improve. Working sustainably is important to us within the company, but also in our collaborations with customers, partners, our producers in cultivation and production, and for our transport operations. Our business strategy of acting sustainably is also an important parameter when we enter into collaborations with new suppliers and producers.

Working conditions in the supply chain
At Hermansson & Co, it is essential that we and our suppliers and partners respect human rights and promote good working conditions and sustainable production throughout the supply chain. As part of this work, we have adopted the Amfori BSCI Code of Conduct. All our suppliers must commit to following the code of conduct, and we use it as a tool in our dialogue with our producers. For products produced in high-risk countries, our ambition is to work only with certified products, such as Fairtrade.

Read more about Amfori BSCI

Read about Fair Trade International

Reporting irregularities
At Hermansson & Co, we are keen to identify and act on early signs of any irregularities in our operations, whether reported by employees, suppliers, agents, customers or other business partners. We hope that you will feel comfortable contacting us directly if you suspect any irregularities. For those who wish to remain anonymous, we offer an internal whistleblower function in collaboration with Lantero. The system is primarily intended to detect serious deviations from the law, code of conduct and similar. All reports will be treated and handled appropriately. To make a report, go to the external website and fill in a form with relevant information. Cases are investigated by an external and independent lawyer. Feedback is provided to the management team with proposals for action or further handling.

To report misconduct and read more about the function, click here.

NOTE! To guarantee your anonymity, we recommend that you:

1. Use a computer outside the company network when reporting, as web traffic from the workplace may be traceable. 2. Do not use your company email address.

Sustainable beverages

More and more consumers are demanding certified, organic and vegan wines. Several of our producers currently work with vegan and organic methods as well as environmental and sustainability certifications, but because the rules and costs are extensive, some choose not to certify their products as organic or vegan.

Vegan wines mean that no animal products have been used in the wine production. Here you can read more about what vegan-friendly wine means.

To make it easier to choose vegan-friendly and organic drinks, you can filter here on Our drinks

Our ambition is to increase our range of drinks with sustainability certifications, but also to work with producers whose operations are certified.

Here you can read more about Fairtrade wine.

A healthy drinking culture

Working with alcohol is complex. In Sweden, there are strict regulations governing how the product may be sold. This creates a good foundation for healthy consumption. We advocate a healthy drinking culture where alcohol is used sensibly. Through our membership in SVL, the Spirit and Wine Suppliers Association, we help finance SVL’s educational initiatives for young people: ‘Talk About Alcohol’ and ‘Drinkwise’. The aim of these initiatives is to delay young people’s first experience of alcohol and to give them a responsible attitude towards alcohol.

Read more about Drinkwise

Environmental and climate impact
We are proud participants in DKI – Dryckesbranschens Klimatinitiativ, which can be translated to the Beverage Industrys Climate Initative. All of us who participate are players in the Swedish beverage industry and Systembolaget, the Swedish alcohol monopoly, and we have decided to take on the climate challenge together. Read more about the initiative and its goals, and download the annual report here

Since 2014, we have been working to map and measure our climate-related emissions, as this provides a basis for our efforts to reduce these emissions. We offset our own emissions (Scope 1 and 2) as well as emissions in the value chain related to third-party deliveries (Scope 3). Through the external company ZeroMission, our compensation goes to various projects that create concrete climate benefits.

A large part of our business’s climate-impacting emissions is generated from the packaging used for our beverages. Through joint initiatives and efforts with our producers, we are ensuring that an increasing proportion of our range will have packaging with a lower climate impact. Read more about the climate impact of different types of packaging here.

We are working towards more sustainable transport to our warehouse, where we prioritise trains and boats, which have a lower climate impact. At the office, we recycle with Wayoo, which only uses fossil-free transport (electricity and biogas). The office is supplied with 100% renewable energy from Fortum.

We work actively with environmental and climate issues in our own operations and together with our suppliers and producers.ough participation we learn more about tools and methods that the global food and beverage industry uses to measure and handle water issues. We see this as a good basis for further discussions with our producers.

Agenda 2030 global goals that Hermansson & Co wants to contribute to:

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