Lemminkäinen promotes sustainable development in its businesses.
For Lemminkäinen it is important to grow the company's business sustainably from a long-term perspective, giving due consideration to the expectations of customers, employees and other stakeholder groups. The Company acknowledges that it bears a responsibility for
Lemminkäinen’s mission is to make living, working and travelling easier, safer and more healthy, both in Finland and internationally. In its vision Lemminkäinen wants to promote the best way to build in all of its operations.
In 2009 Lemminkäinen’s Board of Directors approved the Company’s Principles of Good business Practice for use as a code of conduct for the entire Group. The principles apply to all business operations and dictate the way in which Lemminkäinen’s workers, salaried staff and directors are expected to act. The principles are augmented by more detailed instructions whenever necessary.
The most important international rules and agreements guiding Lemminkäinen's business:
- UN Charter of Human Rights
- UN Global Compact – a global citizenship initiative that promotes human rights, labour standards, environmental protection and anti-corruption
- ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work
- OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises
- Recommendations of the International Chamber of Commerce