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- Provide a detailed description of your approach to addressing specific material negative impacts on value chain workers. Include any actions related to your purchasing or internal practices, capacity-building initiatives, engagement with entities within the value chain, or collaborative efforts with industry peers or other relevant parties. Additionally, outline how these actions manage material risks and pursue material opportunities related to value chain workers, and assess the effectiveness of these measures.
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Question Id: S2-4_06
We may indirectly have negative impact on supply chain workers through the business relationships we maintain with our suppliers as explained above. Our actions to address these potential indirect negative impacts are centered around our supply chain due diligence and assurance practices deployed through our Procurement function. Our supply chain policies described above are supported by a detailed set of internal procurement standards setting out requirements that our procurement and supplier engagement process must comply with. At the core is our risk categorisation of our suppliers. Our risk categorisation considers the type of goods and services provided, the environment in which goods and services are delivered as well as geographical risks and potential customer impact. From these criteria suppliers are grouped in high, medium and low risk categories, which determines activities undertaken during each supplier lifecycle phase: Vetting, Contracting, On-boarding, Operations and Off-boarding.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 65%
- How does the undertaking ensure that processes to provide or enable remedy in the event of material negative impacts on value chain workers are available and effective in their implementation and outcomes?
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Question Id: S2-4_07
Our process for managing and addressing concerns raised by supply chain workers will follow the principles laid down in our Speak-Up Policy with the adjustments required from the need to involve the member of our supply chain in the investigation and remediation process. The fundamental safeguards provided by our Speak-Up Policy in regard to 'no retaliation' and confidentiality applies also to concerns raised by supply chain workers. Through our commitment to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and our ISS Supplier Code of Conduct we promote the establishment of suppliers' own relevant channels through which supply chain workers can raise concerns with relevant suppliers.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 80%
- Provide a detailed account of the actions currently planned or being implemented to mitigate material risks associated with impacts and dependencies on value chain workers. Additionally, explain the methods employed to monitor and assess the effectiveness of these actions in practice.
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Question Id: S2-4_08
Our baseline audit program conducted by our Group Internal Audit function provides internal assurance around the application and effectiveness of key elements of our vetting and contracting requirements. Further, we track LTIF (Lost Time Injury Frequency) for our subcontractors as the key indicator for the effectiveness of our actions to mitigate potential negative health & safety impact to supply chain workers. LTIF is the frequency of incidents relative to the activity level measured as worked hours by subcontractors.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 85%
- Provide a detailed description of the actions planned or currently underway to pursue material opportunities concerning value chain workers, as required by Disclosure Requirement S2-4. Include information on how these actions address material impacts, manage material risks, and assess the effectiveness of the undertaken measures.
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Question Id: S2-4_09
Our baseline audit program conducted by our Group Internal Audit function provides internal assurance around the application and effectiveness of key elements of our vetting and contracting requirements. Further, we track LTIF (Lost Time Injury Frequency) for our subcontractors as the key indicator for the effectiveness of our actions to mitigate potential negative health & safety impact to supply chain workers. LTIF is the frequency of incidents relative to the activity level measured as worked hours by subcontractors.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 65%
- Does the undertaking disclose the measures and strategies implemented to prevent or mitigate material negative impacts on value chain workers caused or contributed to by its own practices? This includes detailing the approaches taken in areas such as procurement, sales, and data use, and addressing any tensions between these preventative or mitigative actions and other business pressures.
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Question Id: S2-4_10
In our Supplier Code of Conduct and our Supply Chain Policy, we lay down a set of minimum requirements, including on working conditions and equal treatment, that all suppliers must adhere to by signing up to ISS Supplier Code of Conduct or by having in place own policies of at least the same standard as the ISS Supplier Code of Conduct. It also defines our expectations and requirements towards suppliers in terms of human rights emphasising our expectation that suppliers comply with international standards such as the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. Human trafficking, forced labour and child labour are explicitly addressed in our Supplier Code of Conduct and our Supply Chain Policy and are subject to requirements to establish and maintain due diligence processes for these severe human rights areas.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 65%
- Has the undertaking reported any severe human rights issues and incidents connected to its upstream and downstream value chain? If applicable, disclose the details of these incidents.
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Question Id: S2-4_11
We have not during 2024 received reports of severe human rights issues in our supply chain.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 75%
- What resources has your undertaking allocated to manage its material impacts on value chain workers, and how do these allocations enable users to understand the management of these impacts?
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Question Id: S2-4_12
Our baseline audit program conducted by our Group Internal Audit function provides internal assurance around the application and effectiveness of key elements of our vetting and contracting requirements. Further, we track LTIF (Lost Time Injury Frequency) for our subcontractors as the key indicator for the effectiveness of our actions to mitigate potential negative health & safety impact to supply chain workers. LTIF is the frequency of incidents relative to the activity level measured as worked hours by subcontractors.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 65%
- Does the undertaking disclose the process for setting targets related to managing material negative impacts, advancing positive impacts, and managing material risks and opportunities, specifically in relation to value chain workers? Furthermore, does the undertaking provide information on whether and how it engages directly with workers in the value chain, their legitimate representatives, or credible proxies with insight into their situation? Additionally, considering material negative impacts affecting value chain workers that may be linked to entities or operations outside the undertaking's direct control, does the undertaking disclose whether and how it seeks to use leverage in its business relationships to manage these impacts? This may involve the use of commercial leverage, such as enforcing contractual requirements or implementing incentives, other forms of leverage within the relationship, such as providing training or capacity-building on workers’ rights, or collaborative leverage with peers or other actors, such as initiatives aimed at responsible recruitment or ensuring workers receive an adequate wage.
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Question Id: S2-4_13
Our actions to mitigate negative impacts to supply chain workers described above are applicable across our operations and the metrics used for tracking are considered appropriate. We have therefore not adopted or plan to adopt specific targets in this regard.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 30%
- Provide a detailed account of the process your organization employs for setting targets related to managing material negative impacts, advancing positive impacts, and managing material risks and opportunities. Specify whether and how your organization has engaged directly with workers in the value chain, their legitimate representatives, or credible proxies with insight into their situation. Additionally, when disclosing participation in an industry or multi-stakeholder initiative as part of actions to address material negative impacts, elucidate how the initiative and your organization's involvement aim to address the material impact concerned. Include any relevant targets set by the initiative and the progress made towards achieving them, as per Disclosure Requirements S2-4 and S2-5.
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Question Id: S2-4_14
Our actions to mitigate negative impacts to supply chain workers described above are applicable across our operations and the metrics used for tracking are considered appropriate. We have therefore not adopted or plan to adopt specific targets in this regard.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 30%
- Provide a detailed account of the process by which your organization establishes targets related to managing material negative impacts, advancing positive impacts, and addressing material risks and opportunities. Specifically, disclose whether and how your organization has engaged directly with workers within the value chain, their legitimate representatives, or credible proxies who possess insight into their circumstances. Additionally, describe the role these value chain workers, representatives, or proxies play in decision-making concerning the design and implementation of initiatives or processes aimed at addressing their needs, and evaluate the progress and effectiveness of such initiatives or processes.
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Question Id: S2-4_15
Our actions to mitigate negative impacts to supply chain workers described above are applicable across our operations and the metrics used for tracking are considered appropriate. We have therefore not adopted or plan to adopt specific targets in this regard.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 30%