Novotek and Sustainability
The purpose of our sustainability report is to clearly communicate and demonstrate our sustainability efforts and how important it is for our operations.
Sustainability for Us
The world faces a range of global challenges, and Novotek aims to contribute to a more sustainable future. The foundation of our sustainability work is to be an attractive employer and a responsible business partner, contributing to the development of sustainable solutions. Technology, innovation, and digitalization are crucial elements in creating a more sustainable future. Since our inception in 1986, Novotek has ensured that industrial data from production and processes can be used and displayed where needed quickly and efficiently.
Tools and methods have evolved over the years, and the solutions we work with today make our customers more efficient, more flexible, and much more sustainable.
UN Global Goals
and Our Stakeholders
The relevance, and complexity, of sustainability has only become clearer over time. For us as a company, this presents the challenge of identifying where our efforts and expertise can make the greatest impact.
Based on our operations, areas of expertise, and outlook on the future, we have defined the key focus areas presented here.
In shaping these priorities, we considered the expectations and concerns of our stakeholders, alongside an analysis of the UN Sustainable Development Goals in relation to our business and where we have the greatest potential to contribute.
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Three Dimensions of Sustainability: Social, Economic and Environmental
Good Health and Well-being
We carry a great responsibility toward our employees, aiming to offer a well-functioning and engaging work environment. Our people are our most valuable asset for future growth, and supporting their health is a key priority. We actively promote a healthy work-life balance, ensuring everyone has the opportunity to thrive both personally and professionally.
Quality Education for all
We are committed to ensuring inclusive and equal access to quality education while encouraging lifelong learning and personal development. Innovation and technology are central to our business and always begin with people striving to improve the world around them. Offering opportunities for skills development and growth is important to us, both to attract new talent and to retain the expertise we already have.
Gender Equality
We strive for gender equality across all areas of our business. While the industry faces challenges in this regard, we made positive progress this year by increasing the number of women hired into the organization.
Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
Our solutions help create more sustainable factories and industrial operations at every level. We build long-term customer relationships that allow us to support and guide them in developing sustainable innovations and infrastructures.
Climate Action
Although the direct environmental impact of our operations is relatively small, it is not insignificant. We work actively to reduce our own footprint and recognize the broader impact we can make by enabling our customers to reduce theirs through our solutions.
Peace, justice and strong institutions
Operating in a part of the world where sustainable business is relatively straightforward, we still maintain a strong ethical foundation in everything we do. This applies to how we conduct business as well as how we engage with all our stakeholders.
Employees;
Health and Well-being
We take our responsibility towards our employees seriously and strive to provide a well-functioning working environment. Promoting good health and well-being is an important priority for us.
Novotek values long-term relationships with its employees and aims to maintain low staff turnover. Our goal is for all employees to have access to a physically and psychosocially healthy working environment. Health and safety management is carried out locally at all offices, supported by local employee handbooks. We follow up on how employees perceive their working environment through regular check-ins and local employee surveys.
Novotek strives to minimize long-term sick leave and prevent absences caused by workplace-related factors. We monitor absence data and support employee health and well-being through health checks and various wellness initiatives.
Our well-being initiative, launched in 2023, continued to develop during the year. Each country has a local ambassador who drives activities and initiatives to promote well-being. The ambassadors meet regularly throughout the year to share ideas and inspire one another. As part of our well-being initiatives, 43 employees participated in the 2025 Broloppet race.
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- Number of employees at the end of the period: 202
- Total sick leave: 2.0%
- Employee turnover: 4%
- Percentage of female employees in the entire organization: 21%
- Percentage of female employees among newly recruited: 29%
- Percentage of women on the board: 40%
- Percentage of women in the management team: 20%
Based on figures reported in the 2025 Annual and Sustainability Report.
Competence and Development
Novotek is a knowledge-driven company, which means that our success largely depends on our ability to attract and retain employees with the right competencies. These competencies include not only technical expertise and professional skills, but also interpersonal abilities and a strong customer focus. It is therefore important for Novotek to offer attractive working conditions and opportunities for personal development. Developing an individual growth plan together with one’s manager remains an important part of our onboarding programme.
A key factor in attracting and retaining employees is the opportunity to work on exciting assignments at the forefront of technology. Employees develop through their projects and collaboration with colleagues who bring different experiences and areas of expertise. They also grow through assignments involving new technologies, where we learn together with our customers and partners.
To provide inspiration and fresh energy for our employees, our annual internal Hackathon was once again held this year. The event gives employees an opportunity to develop ideas that can later be incorporated into customer projects.
The work on our internal learning portal has continued during the year. Through the portal, employees can share knowledge, experiences, and news. By exchanging knowledge and insights, we support professional development and contribute to a better working environment for both individuals and their colleagues.
Diversity and Gender Equality
Increasing diversity is one of Novotek’s long-term goals. A diverse workplace often leads to greater creativity, higher profitability, and makes us a more attractive employer. We strive to ensure that all employees have equal rights and opportunities regardless of gender, ethnicity, nationality, religion, disability, sexual orientation, or age. Our ambition is to recruit broadly and foster an inclusive and open environment where everyone feels welcome and included, as we believe that diversity drives creativity.
While we do not currently have a formal policy governing diversity and gender equality, we plan to develop one in the coming years. During the year, salary comparisons were conducted in certain markets, confirming that there were no unjustified pay differences based on gender or other discriminatory factors.
Novotek operates in an industry where the majority of employees are men, and we therefore work actively to attract more women to choose Novotek as their employer. In 2025, women represented 21% (21%) of our workforce, and 29% (31%) of employees recruited during the year were women.
To strengthen our efforts towards greater gender equality, Novotek has for several years maintained an internal network for women, WIN (Women in Novotek). Through mentorship and professional development, the network aims to support and empower women in their professional roles across the organization.
Novotek sees digitalization as a prerequisite for contributing to solutions that address future needs and challenges. We support both large and small companies and organizations on their digital transformation journeys, guiding customers towards better and more efficient industrial IT systems. By doing so, we help our customers become more sustainable and profitable. Innovation and technological advancement are key to finding sustainable solutions to both economic and environmental challenges.
Innovation is critical to every digital transformation journey, and as pioneers in this field, Novotek remains at the forefront of technology, as well as working methods and methodologies. To encourage new thinking and innovation, we continue to organize our annual internal Hackathon. This event gives our engineers the opportunity to develop and work on innovative ideas, many of which can later be incorporated into customer projects.
During the year, we also continued to expand our collaboration with universities and colleges in several countries. Through these partnerships, we aim to stimulate interest in digitalization, increase knowledge of new technologies, and contribute to positive societal development.
Novotek actively works with environmental matters and has been certified according to ISO 14001:2015 since autumn 2025. The certification is reviewed annually by an external auditor.
Our goal is to continue reducing our environmental impact, both through our own operations and through the solutions we deliver to our customers. By providing digitalization and industrial IT solutions, we help customers reduce their environmental footprint and improve sustainability performance. In this way, Novotek contributes to positive environmental and sustainable development.
Our direct environmental impact is relatively limited and primarily consists of energy consumption, including electricity, district heating and district cooling for office facilities, company vehicles, business travel, and the procurement of office equipment. During the year, we further identified and evaluated our environmental impact and initiated the development of an environmental policy. Our ambition is to report greenhouse gas emissions according to Scope 1 and Scope 2 going forward.
According to the Greenhouse Gas Protocol, a company’s greenhouse gas emissions are classified into three scopes:
Scope 1: Emissions from the company’s own or controlled sources, such as company cars.
Scope 2: Emissions from purchased energy, such as electricity.
Scope 3: Other indirect emissions along the value chain, both upstream and downstream, associated with the company’s operations.
At Novotek, it is important that all our stakeholders can feel confident that we not only comply with legal requirements, but also uphold a high ethical standard in the way we conduct business.
We work with suppliers and partners who share our view of what constitutes a responsible and sustainable business environment.
Novotek’s Code of Conduct is based on the ten principles of the UN Global Compact. It provides the foundation for Novotek’s view of responsible and sustainable business practices and covers areas such as business ethics, anti-corruption, human rights, environmental and climate responsibility, as well as health and safety.
The Code of Conduct is an integral part of our onboarding programme and applies to all employees and members of the Board of Directors. We continuously work to ensure that it is implemented throughout the organization and serves as ethical guidance in all business relationships.
Suspected or actual breaches of the Code of Conduct can be reported to an employee’s immediate manager. No breaches were reported during the year. Looking ahead, Novotek is also evaluating the implementation of a whistleblowing system that would allow concerns to be reported anonymously.
Business Plan, Policies, and Management Systems
Novotek’s business plan, policies, and management systems play a key role in our daily operations. Our management system is designed to ensure that the business is run in a structured and controlled manner, with ongoing follow-up and evaluation of activities to drive continuous improvement. This enables us to effectively manage sustainability-related risks while continuing to develop our operations and create value for our employees, customers, and society as a whole.
Management teams in each country are responsible for monitoring and ensuring compliance with our policies and guidelines.
During 2025, Novotek achieved group-wide certifications according to ISO 9001:2015 (Quality Management), ISO 14001:2015 (Environmental Management), and ISO 27001:2022 (Information Security Management). These certifications strengthen our work with quality, sustainability, environmental responsibility, and information security across the entire Group. All certifications are subject to annual external audits.
Embarking on Our Journey Towards Sustainability!
