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ESRS disclosure: ESRS S2 \ DR S2-1 \ Paragraph 17
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- Provide a comprehensive description of your company's human rights policy commitments that pertain to value chain workers. Include details on the processes and mechanisms implemented to ensure compliance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. Focus on material matters and outline the general approach adopted by your company in this context.
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Question Id: S2-1_01
Our commitment to respect human rights, including labour rights, and protect value chain workers is outlined in our 'Global human rights policy', 'Stakeholder engagement policy', 'Just transition policy', and 'Code of conduct for business partners'. Our 'Global human rights policy' explicitly highlights our dedication to ensuring freedom of association, the right to collective bargaining, the elimination of forced, trafficked, or compulsory labour, the effective abolition of child labour, and the elimination of discrimination in employment and occupation, among other critical issues. In addition, our 'Code of conduct for business partners' is an integrated part of our agreements with our suppliers and contractors. It is further integrated in the evaluation process for our joint venture partners and other strategic partners.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 85%
- 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
We work closely with key suppliers to monitor issues raised and addressed while also assessing the effectiveness of these grievance channels, ensuring they are consistently available and trustworthy resources for value chain workers. However, currently we do not have a formal process in place to assess the effectiveness of our mechanisms and communication channels specifically for value chain workers. We are actively working to establish a global methodology for aggregating feedback and grievance management, which will also enable us to systematically track and monitor the effectiveness of our efforts. Specifically, we aim to implement a standardised process for receiving, addressing, resolving, and providing remedies to value chain workers where necessary. We plan to pilot a grievance reporting channel for a select supplier to collect workers’ grievances via a digital solution by 2025.
Report Date: 4Q2024Relevance: 65%