Corporate Social Responsibility

Responsibility and business ethics
Sweco has a decentralised organisation and a client-driven business model. Each individual employee is responsible for delivery of client-adapted solutions of that are of the right quality and environmentally sound, and in this way have far-reaching responsibility for both Sweco’s and the client’s business. This places high demands on consideration to ethical and socioeconomic aspects and professional conduct in the best interests of the client. Sweco monitors and complies with the applicable laws, regulations and other requirements applicable to operations in the countries where the company is active. Sweco also follows the Code of Ethics formulated by the International Federation of Consulting Engineers (FIDIC), and works according to the principles in the UN’s Global Compact and the UN Declaration of Human Rights. Sweco’s own CSR policy describes how the employees are expected to conduct themselves and take responsibility in client projects. The CSR policy covers the areas of business ethics, quality and environment, employee development, human rights, equality and diversity, and occupational health and safety. In addition, there are group-wide and local guidelines that specify responsibility on a detailed level.