Social Responsibility

Social Responsibility

Bittium’s most important assets are skilled people, a diverse and non-discriminatory work community, and well-being and expertise. The company offers employees challenging and inspiring work and is committed to supporting their development and investing in their well-being. We strive to act every day in accordance with our values ​​of trust, courage and innovation.

Improving the well-being of our own workforce

Our added value to our customers is the expertise and innovation of our committed people. Our success depends on who we have in house; what kind of ideas and solutions we develop and how good the service we provide. Our best breakthroughs have been born from the megalomaniacal dreams of individual people.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion

All employees and job applicants are treated equally, regardless of gender, age, ethnic background, political opinion or other similar background factor. The equality plan was updated during 2023. Its key measures continue to focus on equal pay and career development, transparency in recruitment and systematic support for the careers of aging employees. The implementation of equality is examined, among other things, through personnel surveys and research from the perspectives of remuneration, career development and recruitment. For Bittium, non-discrimination means equal treatment and ensuring a non-discriminatory work community culture. The company respects its employees’ right to professional organization and does not accept discrimination or harassment in any form.

Personnel development and training

Bittium’s position as a technological pioneer requires that personnel maintain and actively develop their own expertise in terms of both basic skills and related common ways of doing things, as well as the latest technologies, tools, legislation and other regulations in the rapidly changing operating environment, and that they have a view on the trends in the development of technology and the operating environment.

Bittium organizes regular development discussions, various trainings and learning platforms as activities aimed at the impacts related to the development of personnel’s expertise and training. In 2024, the number of training days was on average 1.5 days per employee. This includes external and internal trainings as well as orientation and self-study. Internal training can also be on-the-job learning or sharing of expertise, and external training can be self-study.

Health and safety

Most of the work at Bittium is research and product or software development, which is why the most significant work capacity risks are related to musculoskeletal disorders, coping at work and mental well-being. Employees mainly work on projects where schedules and workloads can vary rapidly depending on the business situation. Bittium has an early support model in place. The model is considered to be a matter for the entire work community, which makes it possible to increase openness. From the perspective of workload, it is important to be able to talk about coping, because it can help change the corporate culture to a healthier one.

• Employee satisfaction, Bittium Employee Survey (BES) -result, >3.8 in 2025

Own workforce targets:

• Employee satisfaction
  • Bittium Employee Survey (BES) -result: >3.8 in 2025

• We will make sustainability stronger part of our corporate culture and everyday activities
  • New Sustainability training , 2027: 100% of the personnel have participated in the training

• Strengthening the competence of the personnel through training
  • 2030: Amount of training completed: >5 days/employee

• We will update our equality plan based on the results of the equality
  • 2030: Share of women among the personnel 20%
  • 2030: Share of women among supervisors: 20%

Workers in Value Chain

Bittium’s value chain employees consist of suppliers’ employees, most of whom work in the manufacturing of components and products, their transportation, or indirectly related primary production.

Bittium has set a long-term goal of securing the working conditions and human rights of employees in the value chain. The planned measures for 2025 are to develop supplier relationships from a sustainability perspective. Bittium’s goal is to implement sustainability in its procurement operations and processes.

Bittium’s ethical principles and contractual terms cover upstream and downstream actors in the value chain and all geographical areas from which Bittium procures. Bittium’s ethical principles and supplier guidelines are publicly available to all stakeholders on the company’s website (Code of Conduct, Supplier Manual).

Bittium regularly audits its critical production material suppliers in accordance with the annual audit plan (Supplier Audit Plan). Supplier audits also assess the well-being, working conditions and occupational safety of suppliers’ employees (Bittium Supplier Audit Assessment Checklist).

Value chain target:

• Audits of critical suppliers
  • 2030: Total number of audited suppliers 100% of identified critical suppliers audited

Consumers and End Users

Bittium has a broad consumer and end-user customer base that utilizes the company’s defense products, communications and connectivity solutions, and biosignal measurement and monitoring solutions. Consumer and end-user health and safety risks are connected to Bittium’s business through product quality and safety. On the other hand, improving the health and safety of consumers and end-users through Bittium’s products that promote information security, communications solutions, and healthcare creates a business opportunity for the company.

Bittium’s strategy highlights the significant change in healthcare technology that is underway in-patient care. The development of early diagnostics and the increasing prevalence of earlier discharge from hospital are increasing the efficiency of healthcare processes and improving the care experience. Bittium can promote the personal health and safety of consumers and end users by enabling accurate tracking and measurement in home conditions through remote monitoring.

The development of information security in our own products and new technology affects the privacy of customers and end users through information security and protection, helping to prevent threats to information and national security.

End user target:

• Customer recommendation index (NPS): 2030: Customer satisfaction NPS >45