Social Impact

Code of conduct

The Group is responsible for ensuring that the ethical code of conduct is put into practice, but each employee also bears an individual responsibility to follow the code of conduct when carrying out tasks for the Group.

Lerøy's main activities are in Norway, but we trade with numerous countries worldwide. It is therefore important for us to ensure that all our activities comply with our set of values.

Lerøy Seafood Group is a corporation involved in global business and working relationships with suppliers and subcontractors worldwide. In order to safeguard all our activities, we have drawn up a set of values that apply to us and our partners in our daily work. Our ethical code of conduct has been reviewed by the Board of Directors and implemented in every Group company. The Group is responsible for ensuring that the ethical code of conduct is put into practice, but each employee also bears an individual responsibility to follow the code of conduct when carrying out tasks for the Group. The company management is responsible for ensuring full implementation of and compliance with the ethical code of conduct.

Key words for the contents of the ethical code of conduct:

  • Ethical requirements for suppliers and subcontractors
  • Requirements in terms of regulation of working conditions for employees
  • The rights of the company’s employees, and those of suppliers and subcontractors
  • Factors relating to HSE
  • Forced labour/discrimination
  • Exploitation of resources and impact on the local environment
  • Corruption
  • Notification of censurable conditions
  • Ethical guidelines for employees representing the company outside the workplace