GN’s whistleblower hotline, which is available to all employees, external parties, and value chain workers, further bolsters our work in this area. All investigations are managed internally by GN employees and the hotline can be used to report concerns and experienced or perceived misconduct.

GN’s whistleblower hotline, which is available to all employees, external parties, and value chain workers, further bolsters our work in this area. All investigations are managed internally by GN employees and the hotline can be used to report concerns and experienced or perceived misconduct.

The targets have been set directly relating to value chain workers, such as aiming to reduce negative or advancing positive impacts, or to manage our material risks and opportunities. We have defined a process for setting targets relating to human rights due diligence, but we have not engaged directly with value chain workers, their legitimate representatives, or credible proxies, in setting them, nor in tracking the performance, or in identifying lessons or improvement as a result of our performance.

We have defined a process for setting targets relating to human rights due diligence, but we have not engaged directly with value chain workers, their legitimate representatives, or credible proxies, in setting them, nor in tracking the performance, or in identifying lessons or improvement as a result of our performance.

All complaints are treated with the required confidentiality, ensuring that value chain workers are aware of and trust these processes to raise their concerns and have them addressed. GN is also committed to dealing with any employee who takes action and/or participates in an investigation in a fair and respectful manner. This is emphasized in GN’s non-retaliation policy to protect individuals against retaliation when raising concerns.

All complaints are treated with the required confidentiality, ensuring that value chain workers are aware of and trust these processes to raise their concerns and have them addressed. GN is also committed to dealing with any employee who takes action and/or participates in an investigation in a fair and respectful manner. This is emphasized in GN’s non-retaliation policy to protect individuals against retaliation when raising concerns.

GN is committed to ensuring that human rights are safeguarded and that they manage material sustainability matters related to value chain workers. GN's human rights policy commitments cover all value chain workers across all geographies in which they operate to enable identification, assessment, and management, or remediation of material IROs. GN has introduced a number of initiatives and due diligence processes to ensure engagement with value chain workers or their proxies to take measures in enabling remedy of negative impacts. GN's approach to human rights due diligence is informed by OECD guidance, focusing on engagement initiatives with suppliers based on material negative impacts relating to working conditions and equal treatment of value chain workers. Key actions include audits and site visits with tier 1 and 2 suppliers, and a focus on child labor and forced labor in the upstream value chain. GN tracks effectiveness by reviewing material findings from due diligence processes and engaging with affected stakeholders and suppliers to mitigate impacts.

GN addresses relevant concerns and grievances because of impacts on workers in their value chain. They continuously improve ways of working to identify situations where actions may have caused or contributed to a negative impact and how to support affected workers with suitable remediation. GN outlines expectations about grievance mechanisms being available to all workers in the value chain as part of their Supplier Code of Conduct. Their due diligence approach seeks to achieve that suppliers' processes relating to grievance and any limitations in their ability to effectively identify cases where workers are impacted negatively are addressed. GN cooperates with suppliers on other human rights issues to improve their work with instituting effective remedies. GN's whistleblower hotline is available to all employees, external parties, and value chain workers, ensuring confidentiality and addressing concerns in a fair manner.

GN has implemented several initiatives aimed at delivering positive impacts for value chain workers. These include managing IROs on working conditions and equal treatment through 46 supplier audits across China and Southeast Asia in 2024. Major findings related to occupational health and safety, excessive overtime hours, overuse of dispatched workers, and inadequate parental leave have been resolved or are subject to mandatory corrective action. GN also uses the FRDM platform to monitor suppliers who pose a high risk of forced or child labor violations. The EcoVadis supply chain data platform has been implemented to onboard suppliers and request data on social indicators, allowing GN to gain insights connected to policy commitments. These actions are assessed for effectiveness by tracking progress and ensuring compliance with policy objectives.

GN tracks the effectiveness of their actions by reviewing material findings from due diligence processes and engaging with affected stakeholders and suppliers to mitigate impacts. They conduct supplier audits and site visits, particularly with tier 1 and 2 suppliers, to identify any related negative impacts on value chain workers. The FRDM platform is used to monitor suppliers who pose a high risk of forced or child labor violations, requiring comprehensive assessments and documentary evidence to substantiate the absence of abuses. GN also uses the EcoVadis supply chain data platform to gain insights into policy commitments and track progress in strengthening human rights due diligence processes.