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Hallvard has become known as someone who gets things done. Demonstrated with his assertiveness, and working hard to show what good looks like, he has engaged people from within Givaudan and their supplier network. His example has empowered his team to intervene when projects stall: “when in doubt, execute” as the cost of inaction is usually higher than the cost of intervening.
By making sustainability desirable, functional and long-lasting, Hallvard and his team have spearheaded positive change in many areas. One such area is responsible sourcing, and Hallvard is proud of his company’s inclusive approach to responsibly and sustainably sourcing nearly 12’000 raw materials. For example, in North America, Givaudan sources goldenseal, a medicinal herb and protected species which thrives in natural habitats threatened by urban expansion and facing unsustainable harvesting practices. Working together with local suppliers and conservation organizations, Hallvard and his team are supporting the training of harvesters in sustainable harvesting practices and regeneration. Meanwhile, in the Mediterranean basin, they have developed a domestication program for rosemary, traditionally harvested from the wild, to alleviate pressure on the resource.
St. Hallvard
Feast day: May 15
In the small army of Scandinavia’s saints, one of the most appealing is St. Hallvard. He was a seafarer who traded furs, walrus ivory and amber along the Baltic Sea ports. One day Hallvard was about to sail across Oslo’s Drammenfjor, when he heard a cry. Looking up he saw a pregnant woman stumbling down the dock toward his ship. As she climbed aboard, she begged Hallvard to help her. Three men had accused her falsely of theft and were out to kill her.
This desperate woman must have ranked at the bottom of Norse society. A free-born wife and mother accused of a crime would have seen her kinsmen rally around to protect her. The fact that the woman had to turn to Hallvard, a complete stranger, for help is a pretty clear indication that she was either a slave or the poorest of the poor. And her life truly was in danger – under Norwegian law at the time, the penalty for thievery was death.
Hallvard, on the other hand, was the son of a well-to-do Christian family of landowners and merchants. On his mother’s side he was a close relative of…