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ESRS disclosure: ESRS S2 \ DR S2-1 \ Paragraph 17 c
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- Provide a detailed description of your organization's human rights policy commitments concerning value chain workers. Include an explanation of the processes and mechanisms in place to ensure compliance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, or the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. Focus specifically on the material aspects and the general approach to implementing measures that provide and/or enable remedies for human rights impacts.
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Question Id: S2-1_04
Our approach to managing our negative impacts on value chain workers and our processes for identifying what is needed and appropriate to respond to these impacts emphasise responsible sourcing, the promotion of labour rights, and address environmental and social impacts and risks. To achieve this, we conduct regular assessments, risk-based audits, and stakeholder engagements, enabling us to monitor and ensure compliance across the supply chain. Our approach to addressing concerns and grievances within our value chain is built on the principles of transparency, trust, and effective remediation that is proportionate to the grievance that has occurred. We continuously work to strengthen our processes for providing or contributing to appropriate remediation to value chain workers who have been harmed, where we have identified that we have caused or contributed to a negative impact.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 85%
- Does the undertaking assess whether value chain workers are aware of and trust the structures or processes available for raising their concerns or needs, and how is this assessment conducted? Additionally, disclose whether there are policies in place to protect individuals who utilize these channels from retaliation. If this information has already been provided in accordance with ESRS G1-1, please reference that disclosure.
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Question Id: S2-3_05
As part of our ongoing commitment to transparency and accountability, we assess whether value chain workers are aware of and trust the grievance mechanisms available to them during our onsite supplier assessments where we conduct interviews with workers. However, our assessments in this area are still a work in progress. While we can evaluate workers’ awareness during these interviews, we do not yet have sufficient comprehensive assessments to fully assess their trust in these channels. We are actively working to strengthen our approach to ensure greater transparency regarding value chain workers’ grievances.
Further to this, it is our aim to ensure that our Whistleblower Hotline is widely available to value chain workers, although we cannot be certain that all value chain workers are aware of the channel and know how to access it. However, we ensure individuals who use these grievance mechanisms are protected from retaliation, and that all whistleblower reports are handled confidentially, in line with our 'Good business conduct policy' and 'Whistleblower policy'. For more information on how we protect whistleblowers against retaliation, see ESRS 'G1 Business conduct'.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 85%