About us
We are a solution-oriented partner that uses our large international network,
experience and knowledge for the best for you as a customer. We solve your need to get goods at the right cost
and we quality assure deliveries to your warehouse and install on site. Our employees have more than 20 years
experience from working with culturally demanding countries. We have developed solid methods, and not least we have local ones
employees in Latvia, China and Sri Lanka who contribute with quality assurance as well as the best negotiator
purchase agreements for our customers. We are specialized in purchasing from China, Sri Lanka, India, South Africa and the countries of
Baltics. We have environmental focus at all levels.
StartBANK
Fair Deal is approved in StartBANK until March 8, 2021. StartBANK is a joint supplier register used by purchasers in the construction, management, insurance and real estate markets in Norway, in support of serious suppliers and with updated and verified supplier information. Over 6,000 suppliers have been evaluated on the basis of predetermined approval criteria, and StartBANK a fair, open and secure solution for selecting reliable suppliers. This allows suppliers to compete on equal terms and contributes to the use of serious actors, and creates new business opportunities for both buyers and suppliers.
Environment
Our company takes the work environment and external environment seriously. It's about our corporate social responsibility, our reputation and our credibility. We will be a company that offers environmentally friendly solutions in all our assignments.
Fair Deal As today has an internal environmental management system. Environmental management is used to regulate the impact of businesses on the external environment. This means that a business formulates environmental policies and objectives to manage activities, products and services. This is often integrated into the company's other management and management functions.
Miljøfyrtårn is a certification scheme for businesses that want to document their environmental efforts and demonstrate corporate social responsibility. A certified company meets criteria adapted to its own operations and industry, and implements measures for a more environmentally friendly operation and a good working environment. An environmental lighthouse certificate is awarded after an independent assessment by a certifier. Every three years the business is recertified. You can see our certification here.
Ethical Trade / Fairtrade
Already in our company name lies our desire for us and all our contact points to act fair, in relation to human dignity, laws, rules and good business practice.
We strive daily for all our manufacturers and suppliers to follow international rules and guidelines that follow Social Accountability 8000. The SA8000 is an abbreviation for Social Accountability 8000. It is an international standard for corporate codes of conduct, focusing on employees working conditions. An SA8000 certified company has been controlled by an independent company. The SA8000 is primarily aimed at factories (manufacturers) and not service companies.
This implies:
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Prohibit child labor
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Prohibition of forced labor
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Workers' health and safety must be taken care of
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Working Regulations
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Equal pay for equal work; ban on discrimination
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Freedom of association for joint negotiations
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Prohibition of physical punishment and bullying
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A salary that covers basic needs
The SA8000 is based on a number of ILO conventions (International Labor Organization), the UN Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child and the UN Convention on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.
Where local law is stricter than these conventions, this applies. Certified companies must also have a documentation system to handle the requirements.
Universal Design
1.1.2018 the "Equality and Discrimination Act" was updated. The law should give everyone an equal opportunity.
Easier and better for everyone. The idea of universal design is thus to make the main solution so user-friendly that special solutions should be needed to a small extent next to it.
In this way we achieve:
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Fewer special solutions to develop and maintain equally
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Get special solutions for "those with disabilities"
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Solutions that are simpler and better for everyone
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Several ways to use the solution
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Possibility for more people to use the solutions
We like to call it "design for everyone"!