Outnordic
Climate Impact & Sustainability Data (2022)
Reporting Period: 2022
Environmental Metrics
ESG Focus Areas
- Environmental
- Social
- Governance
Environmental Achievements
- Significantly reduced the number of countries where air transport is used (Outnorth)
- Stopped using air transport for outbound shipments except Svalbard (Fjellsport in 2022)
- Improved transportation solutions for Svalbard to be more sustainable (Fjellsport)
Social Achievements
- Made “Sustainability the Outnordic Way” part of the onboarding process
- Specified in travel policy that plane travel is not allowed for journeys under 5 hours
- Specified recommended hotels and transportation for business trips from a sustainability perspective
- Introduced a system for whistleblowing (2022/2023)
- Included non-binary option in onboarding system
Governance Achievements
- Implemented ESG contract for all suppliers
- Implemented EBIT before and after climate compensation by 2023 (internal reporting)
- Implemented a solution for tracking climate-compensated partners
Climate Goals & Targets
Long-term Goals:
- 75% of suppliers reporting CO2e emissions by 2027
- 100% of suppliers reporting CO2e emissions by 2028
Medium-term Goals:
- 50% of suppliers reporting CO2e emissions by 2026
- Fossil free inbound deliveries by 2026
Short-term Goals:
- Fossil free outbound transports by 2025
- 25% of suppliers reporting CO2e emissions by 2025
Environmental Challenges
- Reducing CO2e emissions per unit revenue
- Improving waste management
- Lowering emissions from packaging
- Reducing electricity and heating use
- Reducing emissions from food
- Fossil free inbound and outbound transports
- Preventing product returns
- Ensuring all suppliers work according to Outnordic’s code of conduct and ESG contract
- Reducing physical documents and moving to digital solutions
Mitigation Strategies
- Improved packaging & air transport through improved training
- Optimized packaging & air transport
- Strengthened Fjellsport’s policy about donating unsellable products to charity
- Phasing out single-use products
- Actively participating in sustainability discussions within the industry
- No new suppliers approved without signing the ESG contract
- Implementing digital solutions
Supply Chain Management
Responsible Procurement
- ESG contract