DSV's Human Rights Policy addresses forced labour, human trafficking, and child labour. The undertaking maintains a Supplier Code of Conduct.

DSV's commitment to a safe workplace is anchored in their Global Health & Safety Policy, which covers all entities in DSV and applies to everyone working at their locations, whether their own workforce or workers in the value chain. The policy is approved by the Executive Board. The Health & Safety Policy is supported by their global Occupational Health and Safety Management System (OHSMS), which establishes health and safety standards across all locations worldwide. These are developed in line with best practices and based on investigations and consultation with relevant stakeholders. However, there is no explicit mention of alignment with the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the ILO Declaration, or the OECD Guidelines, nor any instances of non-compliance with these principles in the provided text.

In 2024, as part of the alignment with CSRD, DSV introduced new global reporting on incidents and fines related to human rights incidents and discrimination for their own workforce. No cases of severe human rights violations encompassing DSV employees were reported. In 2024, local HR functions across their global operations reported a total of 146 confirmed cases of work-related cases of discrimination and harassment. In addition, six confirmed cases of other work-related social and human rights incidents were reported. Fines, penalties, or compensations were paid in 13 of the reported confirmed cases of work-related discrimination and harassment and other work-related social and human rights incidents. The sum amounted to roughly DKK 4.8 million. The 13 cases were reported in DSV’s US and Sweden entities.

DSV is committed to ensuring that the rights of our employees, the employees of our suppliers and their sub-contractors are protected. In combination with our Codes of Conduct, DSV’s Human Rights Policy defines the rights of workers and our responsibility, standards and commitments for respecting and promoting these rights in our own operations and in the value chain. We are committed to adhering to the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Children’s Rights and Business Principles.

The scope of the programme considers both DSV’s own workforce and the management of risk related to value chain workers. Any findings and breaches of DSV’s policies are documented and reported and appropriate corrective action plans and remediation action are created, in our operations or in relation to management of risks for workers in our supply chain.

Specific audit requirements were set in 2024 for manpower suppliers in higher risk countries, where migrant workers are employed via these suppliers. This includes ensuring that passports are not withheld and employees are not requested to pay recruitment fees among other risks common to workers who are in a vulnerable position.