Environmental. Social. Governance.
ESG is set of standards to measure a company’s impact on the environment and society, and to evaluate its corporate governance.
Scanteam helps companies and public procurers to assess, reduce and remediate ESG risks. We measure and evaluate impact.
With extensive field and sector experience, and a strong global network of local experts, we specialize in ESG risks and opportunities in supply chains in Africa, Asia, Latin-America and Eastern Europe.
Sectors and standards
We have experience with the following sectors: building & construction; consumer goods; food/agriculture; horticulture; extractive industries; marine; maritime; and renewable energy.
Scanteam’s ESG-services are guided by international standards, guidelines and legislation, like the Norwegian Transparency Act (Åpenhetsloven); United Nations’ Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights (UNGP); OECD’s Guidelines for Responsible Business Conduct; CSRD; CSDDD; IFC, and the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Scanteam’s ESG services
Scanteam follows the logic from OECD’s Guidelines for Responsible Business Conduct (illustration below):
-
Design and assessment of sustainable value chains
Scanteam provides services to firms and project funding agencies on design and evaluation of sustainable value chains, considering climate change mitigation and adaptation, as well as access to climate finance mechanisms. We offer studies related to the complexity and interlinked topics of climate change, such as land and water management, disaster risk management, ocean management, carbon sequestration and REDD+, renewable energy, agriculture and food security.
-
Decent working conditions
We help to establish sustained decent working conditions among suppliers.
-
Gender / Genderbased violence
Through use of gender-sensitive programme design methodologies Scanteam helps in identifying barriers to gender equality, designing monitoring and evaluation systems that generate gender disaggregated data as well as setting up protection measures against gender-based violence..
-
Grievance mechanisms
Scanteam has experience in establishing workplace grievance mechanisms at supplier level.
-
Human Rights Risk Assessment
With in-depth knowledge about human rights risks in global supply chains in a range of countries and sectors, Scanteam can help you with risk assessments relevant for your company and sector.
-
Impact monitoring, assessments and evaluations
Scanteam has in-depth expertise in establishing impact indicators, measuring and evaluating impact.
-
Living wage
Scanteam helps companies conduct wage assessments to determine appropriate living wages for different regions. We co-operate with local experts to assess living wage levels at factory level.
-
Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement
Meaningful Stakeholder Engagement is particularly vital for companies with operations in developing and emerging markets and in conflict-affected areas. Our services ensure two-way dialogue and – if deemed, includes engaging with human rights defenders.
-
Social audits with impact rating
Our social audits include tailored impact ratings and are carried out by local auditors with the ability to unveil severe abuses and to embed improvements.
-
Social dialogue at the workplace
We design and implement practical social dialogue training for supplier management and worker representatives, also ensuring democratic elections by and from the workforce. We have broad experience in working with trade unions across countries.
-
Sustainable Procurement
We assist companies in establishing and implementing sustainable procurement practices.
-
Training and mentoring in your own company and in the supply chain
Scanteam’s target groups include:
• Mentoring Sustainability Managers who want to strengthen their own capacity
• Own staff, management and board members
• Supplier Management and/or Workers
Our training and mentoring services are characterized by being practical and participatory. Supplier training focuses on the business benefits of decent work from their perspective.
