Social

Our people are key to the success of our business and at the heart of everything we do. Höegh Evi has rigorous routines to ensure we uphold the highest standards of social responsibility within the company and throughout the supply chain. From encouraging more diverse recruitment, to optimizing safety standards, to eliminating pay discrepancies, we are committed to taking responsibility for our impact in the world. By closely monitoring and proactively addressing any issues, as well as encouraging feedback, we can spot and act on potential issues early on.  

Commitment to social responsibility

Safeguarding our people 

Höegh Evi aspires to achieve zero harm to people. We believe all incidents can, and should, be prevented. Maintaining safe operations and minimizing risk is our number one priority, and we identify potential hazards through a combination of experience, industry guidelines/requirements, and a structured hazard identification process.

We safeguard our people through measures and policies such as: 

  • Höegh Evi aspires to achieve zero harm to people. We believe all incidents can, and should, be prevented. Maintaining safe operations and minimizing risk is our number one priority, and we identify potential hazards through a combination of experience, industry guidelines/requirements, and a structured hazard identification process. We safeguard our people through measures and policies such as: 
  • Allocating an employee welfare budget 
  • Certifying all vessel operations to the IMO ISM code 
  • Medical expertise and equipment onboard all vessels 
  • Annual mandatory medical checks for all seafaring employees 
  • Employee participation in monthly safety meetings, safety campaigns and conferences  
  • Occupational health and safety management system covering all onboard activities and operations (applies to employees, visitors, clients and external service personnel) 

Employee wellbeing 

Höegh Evi is taking practical steps to foster a vibrant working environment for all our employees. Our culture development program includes various actions and milestones which will help us achieve this. And we proactively seek out development opportunities to help our people reach their full potential. Many of our employee wellbeing plans and initiatives are long-term, meaning we weave them through all our core people processes on an ongoing basis.

They include: 

  • Ensuring we pay fairly and incentivize performance 
  • Maintaining our top 90% employee engagement score 
  • Maintaining our current strong employee retention rate 
  • Investing in upskilling, training and development, rotation, internal mobility, succession planning and hiring 

Equality, diversity and inclusion 

With a diverse group of employees, we understand the valuable role that ED&I plays in strengthening both company culture and business performance. Höegh Evi takes a systematic approach to equality, diversity and inclusion across all our people processes, throughout the full employee lifecycle.

As part of our ongoing efforts to be regarded as a diverse and inclusive company, we:   

  • Analyze pay data to ensure equal pay for equal work 
  • Identify any pay disparities and take steps to address them 
  • Identify and attract talent from a broader, diverse network 
  • Sponsor female staff to join the Women’s
  • International Shipping & Trading Association (WISTA) 
  • Set targets for increasing representation of under-represented groups and report on progress 

Ambitions and goals

Our 2030 ESG goals

  • Ensure a visible culture that promotes safety and human rights, without the risk of forced work
  • Ensure all our employees and suppliers return safely to their family after finishing work
  • Ensure a visible culture of inclusion and equality, with safe working conditions for employees and suppliers
  • 40% female leaders throughout (onshore)
  • 10% female seafarers in our fleet

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