Transparency Act
Røros Metall’s work with human rights and ethical trade
- General information, guidelines and routines
Ventilation and kitchen hoods have carried Røros Metall through an 80-year history. Røros Metall started as a copper and tinsmith workshop in 1946. Production has been diverse over the years and always with a clear vision of delivering solid craftsmanship of high quality. Røros Metall now has a wide range of products within kitchen hoods and ventilators. Consisting of imported goods produced in Europe and in-house produced goods from the factory in Røros. We are particularly proud that we can offer Norwegian-made tailoring.
Røros Metall AS also took over the distribution of Franke kitchen sinks, waste sorting, mixer taps and accessories in June 2024.
The factory, with production and administration, is in Røros. The company is also represented by its own representatives in Sweden, Denmark and the UK.
Røros Metall is covered by the Transparency Act. In this regard, we are obliged to carry out due diligence assessments and define areas of our operations that may involve a risk of violations of fundamental human rights and decent working conditions.
The work has been carried out in line with PwC’s 5-step model.
- Step 1 – Analysis of the business and anchoring of responsibility in governing documents
- Step 2 – Overall analysis of business relationships
- Step 3 – Risk classification of third parties
- Step 4 – Risk-based background investigations and controls
- Step 5 – Systematize and report
The 5-step model follows the OECD guidelines and the requirements of the Transparency Act.
We have conducted a survey of our own operations and conducted a risk assessment of all suppliers. We are continuously working on our routines for purchasing, entering into and following up on contracts. Ethical guidelines are communicated and are part of the agreement entered into with suppliers and business partners.
In our further work with the Transparency Act and due diligence process, we use Factline’s digital solutions for efficient collection of information from suppliers and subcontractors.
Røros Metall information collection is done from suppliers in the form of self-reporting and contract signings. The questions in the self-reporting cover the requirements of the UN Global Compact, the suppliers’ chain insight and follow-up practices, in addition to their assessment of risk related to violations of ethical guidelines in the relevant production countries. The collection provides a basis for analysis of whether good practice has been established.
Our suppliers have been made aware of our ethical guidelines and are required to act in accordance with them, including that they must ensure their own production, purchasing and deliveries. If self-reporting or other indicators indicate deviations, these are followed up by contacting the supplier. Depending on the extent and risk, deviations may result in the establishment of an improvement project to create changes in collaboration with the supplier and other actors in the chain.
- Findings from our due diligence assessments
Røros Metall is committed to having good relationships with both customers and suppliers. We have written and long-term agreements with our main suppliers. We regularly visit our largest suppliers to confirm good working conditions and routines. We have a complex value chain, with many links and suppliers. This in itself is a risk, because it makes it more difficult to have a full overview of the flow of materials, goods and services. The suppliers are selected based on size, geography and industry.
Through Røros Metall’s due diligence assessments, no negative conditions have been identified.
These are areas where particular risks related to Røros Metall’s direct or indirect influence through our value chain have been identified:
Raw materials (steel, paint, etc.)
Components (electronics, engines, etc.)
Packaging
Transport
The 2025 survey includes 17 selected suppliers, and shows;
13 with low or small risk
1 with medium risk
3 have not responded
The findings have been reviewed and assessed without any basis for further action being found.
- Our actions
Based on the above prioritization, Røros Metall has chosen an approach that involves both internal and external measures to follow up on the risk of violations of human rights and decent working conditions.
Røros Metall considers effective internal measures to be crucial to ensuring a sustainable and proportionate approach to the Transparency Act in the long term.
We use the system provider Factlines for ongoing mapping, information gathering and dialogue with selected suppliers. We follow the follow-up suggestions that suppliers receive based on their self-reporting.
The main objective of the external measures is to obtain more information about the risk picture and possibly uncover actual violations and/or measures that exist in the supply chain.
- Contact
People who want further information or insight into the work being done can send a written request to Røros Metall post@rorosmetall.no
Røros, 19 December 2025
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