Transparency Act

Kiona Group is subject to the Norwegian Transparency Act.

The Transparency Act shall promote enterprises' respect for fundamental human rights and decent working conditions in connection with producing goods and providing services. Furthermore, the Transparency Act aims to ensure the general public access to information regarding how enterprises address adverse impacts on fundamental human rights and decent working conditions.

Through due diligence per the OECD guidelines for multinational enterprises, Kiona identifies risks for adverse impact, implements measures, and monitors and communicates with stakeholders to ensure respect for human rights and decent working conditions.

Read more on this website or the Annual Report for the Kiona Group for more details on our products and business model.

Guidelines and procedures for handling actual and potential adverse impacts on fundamental human rights and decent working conditions.

Our approach to advancing human rights incorporates international laws, principles, and norms, further supported by our policies, guidelines, and standards to ensure responsible operations.

Our Code of Conduct establishes appropriate standards of behavior in key areas for all our employees.

Supporting and respecting human rights is a must for Kiona, and we do not accept any exemptions to this for whatever reason. We expect ethical behavior in every aspect of Kiona companies' processes and professional relationships.

Violation or non-compliance with legal rules, written ethical guidelines, or ethical norms are handled following Kiona procedures and may involve liability under labor, criminal, and tort law. This applies to any person employed by, that delivers work or services to or is otherwise engaged with Kiona.

Kiona aims to be a purposeful and excellent place to work and applies the highest standards for working conditions.

This includes;

We are committed to conducting our business with honesty, integrity, accountability, and transparency.

All staff is expected to maintain high ethical standards and comply with our policies, procedures, and values. Anyone in Kiona has a right to report censurable conditions at the workplace and is encouraged to voice their concerns when discovering information that may imply serious malpractice or other censurable conditions in our organization.

A whistleblowing policy and a channel for employees to voice concerns have been implemented.

Adverse impacts and significant risks of adverse impacts identified through our human rights due diligence

Kiona is adopting a risk-based approach to preventing human rights violations and corruption in our business and value chain. In doing so, we have considered the following external factors:

Any additional risks which we identify as possibly arising in the course of our usual business. The risk assessment is reviewed continuously in light of any changes to our business. Based on an initial evaluation, Kiona believes there is a low probability of adverse impacts.

Moving on, Kiona will implement a detailed risk assessment and will focus on the following areas;

See the Annual Report for the group for an overview of the gender equality status of 31 December 2022 and how we have been working on gender equality and non-discrimination.

Our team is the heart of Kiona.

We are committed to making our company an excellent workplace for all our employees, and we strive to foster an attractive and fulfilling environment offering exciting opportunities and varied careers. We treat our employees respectfully and bring our mission to life through a diverse and inclusive workforce.

A yearly survey is conducted to measure team member satisfaction which forms a part of our risk assessments relating to our business operations. Our Whistleblower Channel is available to all employees globally for reporting non-compliance concerns.

In 2022 we identified no adverse impacts or significant risks related to our work environment.

From time to time, Kiona buys services from independent contractors based in other countries. During 2022, Kiona reviewed the contractor group and found it to be a low-risk group.

If anything changes to the group, we are committed to auditing independent contractor salaries and working conditions, including a salary benchmark. All independent contractors have flexible agreements when performing services for Kiona.

As a SaaS company, we are exposed to risks relating to GDPR and privacy issues. Kiona remains committed to complying with relevant privacy laws, including but not limited to the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). In 2022, we continued to strengthen our privacy and security standards through additional hires and improved software upgrades.

We are working on implementing several security controls throughout the development process, including secure development with automated and manual code testing, penetration testing, and testing the security of the code when it is live. These measures will enable us to identify and address potential security issues at various stages of development, resulting in better error detection and enhanced security for our company and our users. 

We will further enhance our engineers' training and development in the security field by providing specific security training based on findings on our platform. By proactively addressing potential issues, we can significantly increase our product security.

Kiona will:

Kiona will follow up on the status of the actions above in the next reporting period.