GN has implemented several policies for managing material impacts related to its own workforce. As a member of the UN Global Compact since 2010, GN is committed to safeguarding human rights and labor rights principles in its own workforce. Accordingly, GN operations and business activities are guided by the UN guiding principles on Business and Human Rights, ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. GN upholds human rights principles through the implementation of policies and procedures which prevent discrimination, harassment, advances diversity, and ensure fair and equal treatment of its workforce.

Reflecting that GN is a global company with blue and white-collar employees spread across different geographies, we have six IROs related to our own workforce, all of which are impacts (see pages 52-53). Three of the IROs are related to working conditions, specifically addressing negative impacts in terms of working time, adequate wages, and health & safety. The other three IROs relate to equal treatment and opportunities, including equal pay, harassment, and diversity. The IROs are considered in terms of all GN employees, however negative impacts related to health and safety are particularly relevant for blue-collar employees at our major manufacturing sites. Disclosures on employee engagement and remediation and channels for raising concerns are relevant to all IROs, while the disclosures on human and labor rights refer to the material impacts linked to health & safety, diversity and anti-harassment.