80 years of public procurement
The year 2021 was successful. This was despite the prolonged coronavirus pandemic, which was challenging to us as well. Hansel celebrated an anniversary: The state procurement centre was established in 1941, which was the inception of the now 80-year journey of the agency and later limited liability company.
Operations
Our range became even more versatile. The implementation of the integration strategy was promoted with a discussion on values that strengthened our business culture as well. Our professionals talked at the webinars that had good numbers of listeners, showing that our partners value our expertise.
Read the section articlesFinances
We achieved our financial goals in all service areas. Even though the coronavirus pandemic affected some of the sectors significantly, the use of joint procurement was generally at a good level. We supported this by offering new digital tools to help the purchasing bodies.
Read the section articlesRenewing procurement
The development of procurement is strongly included in the agenda of the national procurement strategy. The renewal is based on management with knowledge, setting goals, and monitoring. We are at the frontline of development.
Read the section articlesResponsible procurement
Responsibility requirements for public procurement are on the rise. We will answer this with long-term responsibility work and joint procurement that help our customers achieve their own responsibility goals.
Read the section articlesHansel as an employer
The year passed mostly with remote work, but there were times when we were able to see each other more often at the office and even in events organised by the personnel club. This was a particularly positive change for our 12 new colleagues that started working with us in 2021.
Read the section articlesGRI
Hansel reports on its responsibility efforts in compliance with the GRI standards, and the reporting is based on a materiality matrix. The responsibility report that is part of the annual report is verified by a third party.
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