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Statement under the Transparency Act

Sigurd Folland AS is a long-established producer of salted fish. The company is owned by Norwegian shareholders and operates from its own offices on Averøy.

The company is led by a board of four members and a managing director. One of the owners is actively involved in day-to-day operations.

Sigurd Folland AS buys fish from Norwegian suppliers, all of which are experienced, reputable and responsible seafood businesses. Sigurd Folland AS is certified to sell MSC-approved products.

Our customer base consists mainly of importers, producers and local distributors. We export to many countries in Europe, mainly Italy, Spain and Greece. We also sell to several producers and wholesalers in Norway.

Sigurd Folland AS is committed to contributing to responsible business conduct. The purpose of the Transparency Act is to promote respect for fundamental human rights and decent working conditions in business. Under the Act, Sigurd Folland AS has a duty to carry out due diligence: to conduct risk assessments, assess measures to address adverse impacts, and ensure remediation where required. The Transparency Act is based on the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises and the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. The requirements can be divided into six sub-obligations:

 

1. Embed responsibility in company policies
Procedures for ongoing mapping and risk assessment, measures, communication and remediation are incorporated into our policies and have been adopted by the board. One dedicated resource within Sigurd Folland AS has been assigned to handle our obligations under the Transparency Act on a daily basis, including ongoing assessment and follow-up of suppliers and partners. The Managing Director has overall responsibility for compliance.

2. Identify and assess risk
Sigurd Folland AS has mapped risk in its own operations, including a review of working and rest hours, pay, harassment, use of agency labour, whistleblower protection and more. The risk of violations of fundamental human rights and decent working conditions is assessed as low.

We continuously map all of our suppliers and business partners, and have developed a methodology for mapping and, going forward, for assessing new partners. Sigurd Folland AS has taken the position that our obligations under the Transparency Act relate to the supply chain from raw material to our finished product. This follows from the Act's preparatory works, which state that the supply chain may include both subcontractors and their business partners "as long as their inputs form part of the enterprise's (i.e. the obligated party's) production". Later sales stages are therefore excluded.

We carry out ongoing risk assessments relating to the risk of adverse impacts on fundamental human rights, decent working conditions, the environment and sustainability.

Both fishing and transport are industries generally considered to carry a risk of indecent working conditions, but the risk is assessed as normal for catches taken by trawl, longline and Danish seine from Norwegian vessels. Our suppliers and business partners are mainly Norwegian, which considerably reduces the risk of human rights violations.

We have not identified any specific conditions contrary to decent working conditions, but we have indications of significant risk, particularly among providers of transport services that use several foreign subcontractors.

3. Implement measures
Where we are uncertain whether our suppliers and business partners comply with fundamental human rights and decent working conditions, we require an explanation and documentation. Failure to provide satisfactory documentation will lead to action from Sigurd Folland AS. Our aim is to resolve such situations in cooperation with the supplier or business partner, by encouraging them to minimise the risk, change their practices and remedy any violations. In the most extreme cases, serious human rights violations by our suppliers or business partners may lead to termination of their contract with Sigurd Folland AS.

4  Follow-up
Where necessary, we follow up our suppliers on an ongoing basis to ensure that actual or potential adverse impacts on fundamental human rights and decent working conditions are minimised. Deviations and results are logged.

5. Communicate with stakeholders
Sigurd Folland AS is committed to communicating and being transparent in our practices. Questions about our due diligence assessments can be sent to post@sigurdfolland.no. We respond to enquiries on an ongoing basis, and at the latest within three weeks.

6. Cooperate on remediation
Where adverse impacts on human rights and decent working conditions are identified in our supply chain or among our business partners, we will, in cooperation with the suppliers, seek to compensate for harm that has arisen as a result of our impact. No harm has been identified at this time.

Adopted by the board of Sigurd Folland AS on 29 December 2023

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