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Brand Owner: Helly Hansen ASA
Head Office: Oslo, Norway
Sector: Fashion, Clothing & Shoes
Categories: Sportswear
Free Tags: Outdoors, Sporty, Snow

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Last Updated: 29 September 2011
Last Verified: 29 September 2011

Helly Hansen Score Report

Questions about Climate Change/ Carbon Emissions

1 out of 4


1. Is there a policy for the brand (company) to minimize, reduce or compensate carbon emissions?	Helly Hansen has taken various policy measures to reduce CO2 emissions, such as minimizing internal travel and using energy from natural resources like water (see section 'Operational Goals').	SOURCE
2. Has the brand (company) disclosed the annual carbon footprint of its 'own operations' and has the brand already reduced or compensated 10% of these emissions in the last 5 years?	Helly Hansen states that it will have an annual review of environmental performance. However, no carbon footprint or concrete actions are found on their website (see 'Overall Goals').	SOURCE
3. Has the brand (company) set a target to reduce the carbon footprint of its 'own operations' by at least 20% within the next 5 years?	Helly Hansen states that it will improve its environmental footprint. However, no footprint or concrete actions and goals found (see 'Overall Goals').	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) also have a policy to reduce/compensate carbon emissions generated from the product supply chain that is beyond own operations?	Helly Hansen states that it will improve its environmental footprint through suppliers and customers. However, no concrete actions and goals are found (see 'Overall Goals').	SOURCE

Questions about Environmental Policy

1 out of 4


1. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 5% of its volume?	Helly Hansen uses preferred materials such as organic cotton for some products, such as 'Ekolab'. Unclear what percentage of total volume this is.	SOURCE
2. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 10% of its volume?	See remark for environmental policy question 1.	SOURCE
3. Does the brand (company) use environmentally 'preferred' raw materials for more than 25% of its volume?	See remark for environmental policy question 1.	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) have an environmental policy related to the ‘wet processes’ within the production cycle, like bleaching and dying of fabrics?	Helly Hansen's s clothing is Bluesign certified, which means that high standards are maintained for suitable chemical use and water policies during production.	SOURCE

Questions about Labour Conditions/ Fair Trade

6 out of 8


1. Does the brand (company) have a supplier Code of Conduct (CoC) which includes the following standards: No forced or slave labour, no child labour, no discrimination of any kind and a safe and hygienic workplace?	All standards are mentioned in Helly Hansen Code of Conduct (see link).	SOURCE
2. Does this CoC include at least two of the following workers rights: 1. to have a formally registered employment relationship 2. to have a maximum working week of 48 hours with voluntary paid overtime of 12 hours maximum 3. to have a sufficient living wage?	1. Though not found specifically, 'terms of contract should be made clear', which clearly implies a legal contract (see section 2.2); 2. Nothing mentioned about working hours; 3. Specifically mentioned that wages must always be enough to meet the basic needs of employees (see section 2.7).	SOURCE
3. Does this Code of Conduct include the right for workers to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively; and in those situations where these rights are restricted under law, the right to facilitate parallel means of independent and free association and bargaining?	This right is mentioned, with reference to parallel means for the situation of law restrictions (see section 2.3).	SOURCE
4. Does the brand (company) have a published list of direct suppliers, that have collectively contributed to more than 90% of the purchase volume?	The list most likely covers 90% of the brand’s total production.	SOURCE
5. Is the brand (company) a member of a collective initiative that aims to improve labour conditions, or does the brand (company) purchase its supplies from accredited factories with improved labour conditions?	Helly Hansen is a member of ETI Norway (see 'operational goals').	SOURCE
6. Do independent civil society organizations like NGO's and labour unions have a decisive voice in this collective initiative or in these certification schemes?	Helly Hansen is a member of ETI, which means that Labour Unions and/or business-independent NGO’s have a formal and co-decisive voice.	SOURCE
7. Does the brand (company) annually report on the results of its labour conditions policy?	Members of the ETI are obliged to report annually on their ethical trade progress. No report could be found freely on their website.	SOURCE
8. Has the brand's labour conditions policy resulted in a 'compliance level' of at least 30% of the purchase volume, or a 'monitored level' of at least 80%?	Helly Hansen state that they visit the factories and subcontractors, with or without prior notice. However, Helly Hanson does not communicate any information on compliance and monitoring levels of labour conditions.	SOURCE