Corporate responsibility

ReadSoft is an international, listed company that is permeated by an open and familiar spirit. With approximately 435 employees worldwide, we have major responsibility for how our operations affect health, safety and social development.

ReadSoft’s responsibility to its employees is based on the Group’s core values, the Four Cs – Commitment, Creativity, Competence and Cheerfulness.

ReadSoft works to ensure that all employees feel they are recognized and play a role in providing customer benefi t. The international environment is attractive and many employees who work outside Scandinavia appreciate the Swedish character of the corporate culture.

Several of ReadSoft’s customer solutions contribute to reducing the use of paper, thereby cutting paper consumption. To optimize deliveries of our solutions as much as possible and thus minimize transports, each subsidiary maintains a stock of necessary packaging material, training materials and other materials.

However, our solutions are primarily delivered through an Internet-based link from the Parent Company, which means there is no impact on the environment during delivery and distribution. 

Although ReadSoft does not conduct operations requiring registration or permits under the Swedish Environmental Code, its environmental work is integrated with its daily operations through the ReadSoft Environmental Policy . 

Direct responsibility for environmental issues is assigned locally to each unit. In accordance with our Environmental Policy, our aim is to:

• Comply with all applicable environmental legislation and other environmental requirements in effect in the markets in which the Group conducts operations, Look after the waste we generate and reuse and recycle materials,
• Ensure that our operations do not contaminate the environment,
• Take environmental issues into consideration when designing and choosing locations for our offices, and Strive to always expand our environmental thinking and utilize the best established methods in our environmental work.

The aim of the Code of Conduct is to emphasize the fundamental principles according to which ReadSoft conducts its business and manages relations with its employees, business partners and other stakeholders. Employees and all business units are expected to support, contribute to and maintain the Company’s values, integrity and responsibility. ReadSoft also encourages its business partners to follow these principles. The following international principles form the basis of ReadSoft’s Code of Conduct:

• The UN Universal Declaration of Human Rights,
• The UN Global Compact initiative, and The ILO declaration of fundamental principles and rights at work.
• The Code will primarily be followed up through self evaluation.

As a part of our continuous improvement efforts, we conduct a global, web-based employee survey every 18–24 months within the company. The purpose of the survey is to identify potential areas for improvement and thereby build a more effi cient organization that preserves the company’s positive corporate culture and improves its results.

The most recent survey was conducted in October 2008. The results revealed that 97 percent of the employees enjoy working at ReadSoft, 88 percent have a positive opinion of the company’s visions and goals, and 90 percent believe that the company’s values, the Four Cs, provide an accurate description of and permeate ReadSoft’s corporate culture.

The survey also showed that our investments in training/career development in recent years have been received positively by our employees.