GRI index

Hansel’s Corporate Responsibility Report has been prepared in accordance with the Core option of the GRI Standards. The standards complied with are from 2016.

Background description of the organisation
GRI indicator	GRI definition	Links	Hansel’s materiality theme/Deficiencies in reporting
102-1	Name of the organization	Hansel – a central purchasing body for the public administration
102-2	Activities, brands, products, and services	Hansel – a central purchasing body for the public administration
102-3	Location of headquarters	Hansel – a central purchasing body for the public administration
102-4	Location of operations	Hansel – a central purchasing body for the public administration
102-5	Ownership and legal form	Hansel – a central purchasing body for the public administration
102-6	Markets served	Hansel – a central purchasing body for the public administration We support healthy competition
102-7	Scale of the organization	Financial position and key figures Personnel and organisation Over 100 public procurement experts
102-8	Information on employees and other workers	Over 100 public procurement experts	The indicator is not applicable for points a and c: The gender distribution is specified for the total number of personnel only, because it is relatively low, and a more specific itemisation would be inappropriate.
102-9	Supply chain	Hansel – a central purchasing body for the public administration
102-10	Significant changes to the organization and its supply chain	Joint procurement for a wide clientele
102-11	Precautionary principle or approach	We are a pioneer in responsible procurement	The indicator is not applicable: Hansel’s operations do not have any direct environmental impact, because the company does not have any production operations. The responsibility analysis only deals with indirect impact.
102-12	External initiatives	Common ambition for public procurement Significant, sustainable, and innovative procurement
102-13	Memberships in associations	Hansel – a central purchasing body for the public administration
Strategy
102-14	Statement from senior decision-maker	From the managing director Events in 2020 and outlook for 2021
102-15	Key impacts, risks, and opportunities	Risks and risk management	The risk assessment will be updated next in the spring of 2021.
Ethics and integrity
102-16	Values, principles, standards, and norms of behavior	Towards combining procurement power Compliant and open activities Business principles on our website	Openness and transparency of public procurement Prevention of the black economy
102-17	Mechanisms for advice and concerns about ethics	Compliant and open activities	Openness and transparency of public procurement Prevention of the black economy
Governance
102-18	Governance structure	Hansel – a central purchasing body for the public administration Corporate responsibility management
102-19	Delegating authority	Corporate responsibility management
102-20	Executive-level responsibility for economic, environmental, and social topics	Corporate responsibility management
102-24	Nominating and selecting the highest governance body body	Hansel – a central purchasing body for the public administration	The indicator is not applicable (b): Hansel does not have a separate operating procedure for nominations. Instead, we follow the government’s ownership steering principles.
102-32	Highest governance body’s role in sustainability reporting	Corporate responsibility management
Stakeholder engagement
102-40	List of stakeholder groups	Our stakeholders
102-41	Collective bargaining agreements	Personnel and organisation
102-42	Identifying and selecting stakeholders	Our stakeholders
102-43	Approach to stakeholder engagement	Webinars a great success	Providing support and guidance for our customers and suppliers, and ensuring their commitment
102-44	Key topics and concerns raised	From the managing director Common ambition for public procurement
Reporting practices
102-45	Entities included in the consolidated financial statements		The company’s financial statements cover all the operations. Hansel is not a group of companies.
102-46	Defining report content and topic boundaries	Materiality assessment
102-47	List of material topics	Materiality assessment
102-48	Restatements of information	Corporate responsibility management
102-49	Changes in reporting	Corporate responsibility management Operations of the joint procurement unit	The significance of the company’s Green Office action was reduced, because working methods changed due to the coronavirus pandemic. The environmental impact report was briefer than before.
102-50	Reporting period	Corporate responsibility management
102-51	Date of most recent report	Corporate responsibility management
102-52	Reporting cycle	Corporate responsibility management
102-53	Contact point for questions regarding the report	Corporate responsibility management
102-54	Claims of reporting in accordance with the GRI Standards	Corporate responsibility management
102-55	GRI content index	GRI index
102-56	External assurance	Independent assurance report
Management approach
103-1	Explanation of the material topic and its boundary	Materiality assessment
103-2	The management approach and its components	Corporate responsibility management Materiality assessment
103-3	Evaluation of the management approach	Corporate responsibility management Materiality assessment
Economic performance
201-1	Direct economic value generated and distributed	Towards combining procurement power Joint procurement for a wide clientele Firm strategy steers Helsinki’s procurement Profit and loss statement	Efficient procurement in the entire public sector Hansel boosts the performance of general government finances by opening up public procurement to competition through joint procurement agreements, as well as by assisting its customers in arranging their own tendering processes and in developing their procurement management.
Indirect economic impacts
203-2	Significant indirect economic impacts	Towards combining procurement power We support healthy competition	Efficient procurement in the entire public sector Functionality of the market and good tendering practices
Anti-corruption
205-2	Communication and training about anti-corruption policies and procedures	Compliant and open activities	Openness and transparency of public procurement Prevention of the black economy Training is continuous and directed at the entire personnel, which is why there are no specified indicators. In total, 72 people participated in the September 2020 training. The recording was available for a week, and it was viewed 117 times.
Supplier environmental assessments
Hansel 1	Realisation of environmental aspects in joint procurement	We are a pioneer in responsible procurement	Climate- and eco-friendly procurement Hansel grants a responsibility label for a joint procurement project if specific criteria are met. We measure the share of joint procurement projects with labels in all joint procurement projects.
308-2	Negative environmental impact in the supply chain and actions taken	We are a pioneer in responsible procurement	Climate- and eco-friendly procurement Hansel’s responsibility analysis assesses the positive environmental impact of procurement, the negative environmental impact of procurement, and the ways to reduce these problems or achieve the targets. At the end of 2020, Hansel had more than 600 contractual suppliers, a number that varies. At Hansel, the ecolabel is granted to the joint procurement, not a supplier.
Training and education
404-1	Average hours of training per year per employee	Over 100 public procurement experts

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