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SUSTAINABILITY
protect marine wildlife and support the
development of innovative technologies.
The Big Blue Ocean Cleanup runs free
educational workshops and provides
resources for schools around the world,
inspiring every generation to take action
and protect our blue planet.
Responsible consumption and
production
changing the shipping landscape. For the
Club, it is important to honour its heritage
by supporting the technological transition
by providing relevant insurance solutions.
After all, the Club was founded in 1872 by
shipowners finding themselves unable to
procure relevant insurance for their modern
ships.
dedicated to growing and developing our
staff and promoting good health,
motivation and commitment through
initiatives encouraging a healthy lifestyle
and developing job skills. The Club is a
signatory to collective bargaining
agreements through its membership in FAO
and engages in dialogue with the local
unions.
Social responsibility
Every second year, the Club measures
employee engagement and satisfaction
through a survey carried out by a third party.
Following the survey in 2021, the KPI for
employee work satisfaction was
significantly higher than the national
industry benchmark, and a majority of other
KPIs came out better or levelled with the
The Club seeks to apply high standards to
benchmarks. The employee satisfaction
operate in an eco-friendly way, which
level remains on the same high level as in
includes recycling waste, minimising the
Another important social dimension
the previous survey from 2017 and 2019
use of paper and using video conferences
involves the community that ownership in
and is high for all employee groups.
instead of travelling, to the extent that it is
the Club entails. The Club’s membership
Satisfaction with physical as well as the
reasonable in the business context the Club stretches from local bunker barge operators social working environment is included in
operates in. Club employees are expected
to the world’s largest state-owned
the survey, and results are followed up over
to travel responsibly and consider the best
shipowners. Furthermore, some of the
time and issues actively addressed.
way to attend a meeting, inspect an incident Club’s members are based in countries that
site, or manage a casualty to achieve or
have a tense political relationship with each The survey includes the areas of
maintain the expected service level.
other and, as a result, have little or no
discrimination and bullying where the Club
business relationships. Therefore, the Club
has zero-tolerance. According to the Club’s
Guidelines on the Club’s travel policy for
serves as a unique platform for creating a
written policy on equal treatment, the Club
employees is provided in The Swedish Club’s community and building relationships
shall safeguard equal possibilities for
Personnel Handbook. The Club is assisted
beyond political and geographical
employment, education, promotion, and
by its worldwide network of correspondents, boundaries.
development in the work role, regardless of
experts and lawyers in its routine claims
gender, sexual orientation, ethnicity or
handling activities. However, a physical
The Club supports the community by
religion. The Club has the policy to combat
presence is often necessary to maintain a
sponsoring The Swedish Sea Rescue
discriminatory behaviour. The Club’s gender
close relationship with the Club’s members
Society (SSRS). The SSRS is a non-profit
division in 2021 was 48% women and 52%
and to properly manage marine casualties.
organisation founded by dedicated
men. In 2021, 14 employees used the
Therefore, it is unavoidable for the Club’s
volunteers in 1907. More than 100 years
possibility of being on parental leave.
employees to travel by air. Travel by the
later, the dedication still runs deep among
Club’s employees remained very limited in
the volunteers, who are always prepared to
The Club shall strive towards an equal
2021 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The
be of help whenever someone needs
division between men and women in the
Club carried out most of its meetings in
assistance at sea. The Club is also a proud
Club’s different functions and organisational
2021 through digital means, although this is sponsor of the magazine Faktum, a monthly levels based on merits, and the Club shall
not expected to be the case for 2022.
magazine sold by, and for the benefit of,
facilitate the possibility to combine work
homeless people, raising awareness of the
with family life. An annual mapping of
To encourage more environmentally friendly situation and providing a way back. The
salaries is carried out to detect and enable
commuting, the Club facilitates easy
Club is also a sponsor of HELMEPA, the
rectification of undue differences in the
access to public transport fares and
Hellenic Marine Environment Protection
salaries between men and women.
enables bicycle parking as an alternative to Association, the pioneering voluntary
cars. There is also the possibility to charge
In 2021, the Club followed the guidelines
commitment of Greek seafarers and
electric vehicles at the Clubs’ Gothenburg
and restrictions issued by local authorities
shipowners to safeguard the seas from
office.
at each location where the Club has offices
ship-generated pollution, undertaken in
Piraeus on 4 June 1982. HELMEPA operates to safeguard the health and well-being of its
Being a mutual marine insurance provider,
employees during the COVID-19 pandemic.
under the motto, “To Save the Seas”.
the Club has an important role to play in
supporting the decarbonisation of shipping Personnel
The use of digital means for Club internal
by ensuring that there are relevant
activities has enabled a number of training
insurance solutions made available for the
The Club is a true knowledge company and, sessions and seminars to be held on a wide
emerging risks its members may face.
as such fully dependent on the expertise
range of topics such as stress
Alternative fuels and new ship designs are
and well-being of its employees. The Club is management and well-being. Particular
Being an insurance company, the impact
the Club’s own operations has on the
environment comes primarily from the use
of office space, any waste the operation of
its offices generates, and the business
travel undertaken by its employees.
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Social responsibility is a central feature of
the Club’s operations. An ethical code of
conduct is discussed with and signed off by
all employees annually. The application of
the ethical guidelines is followed up at
regular employee/manager meetings and
through interactive questionnaires on the
Club’s intranet.
THE SWEDISH CLUB ANNUAL REPORT 2021