Ensuring the quality and safety of our products s of paramount importance to us. We take a systematic and long-term approach to ensuring and developing the responsibility of our supply chain, raw materials and packaging.
The quality and safety of our products is of paramount importance to us, and in ensuring them, our operations are strongly guided by, among other things, the requirements of ISO certifications.
In Finland, Berner Oy holds the ISO 9001 quality management standard, the ISO 14001 environmental management standard, ISO 22716, which is a standard applicable to the manufacturing and storage of cosmetic and hygiene products, and ISO 13485, which is a standard related to the manufacturing and distribution of medical devices.
Our domestic and international grain trade has a certified feed and food safety management system in accordance with EFISC-GTP, and our trade in feed additives has a GMP+ feed safety system.
Zero recall of own production products. |
| We will continue to conduct life cycle analyses and develop calculations |
| 70 % of suppliers, measured in purchasing euros, have a valid EcoVadis sustainability assessment. |
| Suppliers in risk countries have a valdi social responsibility auditing or certification. |
| Main objectives 2023 – 2025 | Achievements 2025 |
| Zero recalls of in-house products. | No recalls of products from our own production. |
| 100% of high-risk country suppliers have been audited for social responsibility. We are developing the sustainability assessment of suppliers in non-risk countries. | 78 % of high-risk country suppliers have a social responsibility audit or certification. 67 of our suppliers participated in the comprehensive EcoVadis sustainability assessment in 2025. |
Ensuring responsibility across our global supply chain applies both to our current suppliers and to new, potential suppliers. We are committed to the continuous development of our responsible sourcing and to increasing its transparency.
Our main tools for ensuring and developing responsible sourcing are:
Supplier Code of Conduct (SCoC)
Supplier self-assessment questionnaire
Third-party amfori BSCI audits
EcoVadis sustainability assessments for suppliers
The Berner Group’s Supplier Code of Conduct (SCoC) is based on the amfori BSCI Code of Conduct. We require all our suppliers, in all our operating countries, to commit to the principles of the SCoC.
If the factory from which products or the raw materials we sell are purchased is located in a so-called risk country in terms of labour and human rights, the factory must have an approved social responsibility audit or certification. Berner has been a member of amfori BSCI since 2020. In addition to amfori BSCI audits, we also accept other social responsibility audits or certifications, such as SMETA/SEDEX and SA8000.
In 2024, the Berner Group joined EcoVadis, a provider of comprehensive sustainability assessments, in order to strengthen the assurance and development of sustainability also among suppliers other than those based in risk countries.
EcoVadis provides a comprehensive assessment of a company’s entire sustainability management system covering environmental issues, labour and human rights, ethical operating principles, and responsible procurement. The assessment is based on policies and principles, practical measures, and results. Its assessment criteria draw on international corporate responsibility standards, such as the principles of GRI, the UN Global Compact and the ILO, and the ISO 26000 standard on corporate responsibility.