Social responsibility & ESG

Social responsibility is a fundamental attitude, a way of working and responding to the expectations placed on a company's activities. Avarda aims to bear its responsibilities and to act as a good example in our industry.

As a facilitator of digital commerce, we are responsible and emphasize fair trade and secure business for all stakeholders. We are convinced that through responsible credit issuing we contribute to a well-functioning society and economy.

Our environmental, societal and governance work focus on five main areas:

• Responsible lending
• Business ethics and governance
• Attractive employer
• Climate change
• Social partnership

Sustainability Management

Sustainability management is practiced through including a sustainability aspect in all risk assessment, supportive actions to decrease excessive indebtedness, credit assessment policy, compliance policy, corruption policy, anti-money-laundring policy, supplier risk management, IT and data security policy, health and safety policy, diversity and equal opportunity, digital processes, and energy transition.

We work with and according to the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals 4,5,7,8 and 16 and have signed the Global Compact in 2022. Our servers run by 100 % green electricity and is environmentally certified according to ISO 14001.