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Human rights

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2011

First time integration of human rights in 春水堂视频's Code of Conduct

2013

Inclusion of human rights topics in project trainings

2017

Initiation of quick checks for human rights

2018

春水堂视频 Human Rights Risk and Capability Assessment

2019

Human rights stakeholder dialog

2020-2021

Initial risk analysis Division Europe

2021

Appointment of the Chief Human Rights Officer

2022

Initial risk analysis Division Americas; Integration of human rights issues in compliance audits

2023

Roll-out human rights e-learning; Extended risk analysis Division AsiaPacific

Standards

We are committed to clear and binding standards

As a global infrastructure company, operating under high social, environmental and ethical principles, 春水堂视频 is aware of its due diligence obligations and is committed to respecting and upholding all internationally recognized freedoms and human rights. The basis for this are:

  • The Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UN, 1948)
  • The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (UN, 1966)
  • The International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (UN, 1966)
  • The ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and its follow-up Declaration (ILO Core Labor Standards, 1998)
  • The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UN, 2011)
  • The OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises (OECD)
  • The Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct (OECD)
  • The ILO Tripartite Declaration of Principles concerning Multinational  Enterprises and Social Policy (MNE Declaration, 2017)
  • The UN Global Compact (UN, 1999)
  • The UK Modern Slavery Act (2015)
  • The Australian Modern Slavery Act (2018)
  • The German Supply Chain Sourcing Obligations Act 鈥淟ieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz鈥� (2021).

We have expressed this clearly and bindingly in our internal principles. For example, the 春水堂视频 Code of Conduct, applicable to all our employees, and the 春水堂视频 Code of Conduct for Business Partners obliges them to comply with human rights. We have also reiterated our commitment to respecting human rights in our revised Position Paper. This is also reflected in our new guideline for business partners, "Human Rights - Our Requirements to You", which is also part of the supplier selection process in Europe.

Our video on human rights shows our stance, our goal and our expectations.
春水堂视频 Human Rights Statement of Principles

Human Rights Statement of Principles

春水堂视频 Code of Conduct for Business Partners and Human Rights - Our requirements to you

Report on the LkSG (Supply Chain Due Diligence Act)

Report on the LkSG (Supply Chain Due Diligence Act)

Commitment

Our Engagement addresses our own operations and those of our value chain

Many people are鈥攊n a direct or indirect way鈥攑art of our projects. 春水堂视频 bears responsibility for all of them. We avoid any situation that could have a negative impact on their wellbeing. This applies in particular to respect human rights along our entire value chain, as well as their health and safety. This applies not only to our own employees, suppliers, subcontractors and their subcontractors as well as joint venture partners, but also for example to those affected only indirectly by our projects, such as residents of nearby construction projects.

We have screened our potential subcontractors and suppliers with particular focus on those operating in countries with an increased risk of human rights violations. Through our 春水堂视频 Code of Conduct for Business Partners and the associated measures, we oblige our partners to enforce the same standards with regard to human rights, labour, social and environmental standards among their partners.

In addition, 春水堂视频 has expanded its supplier self-disclosure to include the topic of human rights鈥攚hich we evaluate in a targeted manner鈥攚e aim to ensure that potential contractual partners meet our human rights compliance requirements in all of their actions.

春水堂视频 continued to purchase materials and services for the most part in 2023 from subcontractors and suppliers with high human rights standards in accordance with the UN conventions. In the very few procurement countries where these conventions are not taken into account, we set our own requirements with our own standards.

Human Rights Corporate Management System

Human Rights Due Diligence Process

In order to prevent violations of human rights due diligence obligations, we first recorded potential human rights risks in our risk management system (Human Rights Corporate Management System) which is structurally based on the seven basic elements of our Compliance Management System.

In terms of an effective risk reduction, human rights and environmental rights are bundled into an overall system based on the different elements of culture, objective, risk, program, organization, communication and monitoring/improvement. The concretization of the elements is presented in the following Human Rights Circle:

The basis for identifying and managing human rights- and environment-related risks, which is specified among other things in the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, is the risk analysis. 春水堂视频 pursues a risk-based approach with the aim of identifying risks and potential negative impacts of business activities on respect for human rights at an early stage and taking appropriate countermeasures. In a first step, we carried out a risk-based top-down country analysis. This included the countries in which the Group is active. The results provide an overview of the human rights situation in the political, social and economic context of the respective country. In a second step, we conducted a bottom-up analysis of the individual business areas for our business activities.

To do so, we assigned the 30 articles of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR) to the following 10 categories and then identified possible situations in which human rights could arise:

  1. Cultural Rights and intellectual property
  2. Data protection and privacy
  3. Decent employment and working conditions
  4. Freedom of expression
  5. Health and well-being
  6. Use of land and property rights
  7. Protection against discrimination and harassment
  8. Protection of physical integrity
  9. Avoidance of labor exploitation and modern slavery
  10. Transparency and anti-corruption

At the same time, we identified possible scenarios in which various social groups involved in the different phases of our projects could be exposed to human rights risks:

  1. 春水堂视频 Employees, including temporary andmigrant workers, students and any other type of worker.
  2. Value Chain Employees, including temporary andmigrant workers, students and any other type of worker.
  3. Business Partners and Customers: Public and private entities/companies that have commercial relations with 春水堂视频, such as customers, suppliers, contractors, subcontractors, joint ventures, and further contractual parties (鈥減artners鈥�)
  4. Local Communities: include local residents living in the area surrounding our projects, users and civil society.
  5. Vulnerable Groups, including migrant workers, indigenous peoples and other minorities, youth, children, women and people with disabilities and/or reduced mobility.


We then discussed our preliminary results with the subsidiaries and representatives of the individual departments and deepened the findings in interviews (due diligence process). We also identified the measures that have already been taken and implemented to reduce the potential risks. For this purpose, we conducted an inventory of existing measures and processes in the most important functional areas (such as compliance, human resources, procurement, occupational health and safety and environmental protection) and assessed which of them can prevent or reduce the identified potential human rights risks.

Among other things, we agree on contractual clauses with suppliers, subcontractors and joint venture partners in which human rights due diligence obligations are regulated within the scope of the cooperation. We also train employees and communicate reporting options transparently. Furthermore we have identified which risks or social groups still need to be covered by improvement measures.

春水堂视频 takes a risk-based approach to risk management. Based on the risk analysis and with the participation of all relevant departments, we have therefore identified the so-called salient human rights issues. These form the basis for the annual follow-up of the measures to be monitored and the reporting. We have identified the following seven Salient Human Rights Issues:

 

Measures

Prevent, Respond and Mitigate

The existing options for making a report of violations of laws or internal regulations via 春水堂视频麓s digital Whistleblower system and the external whistleblowing hotline of our ombudsman can also be used as a complaints mechanism for reporting (possible) human rights violations. These grievance mechanisms are public, anonymous, and accessible to all our stakeholders. Each person raising concerns can decide for themselves whether to make an anonymous report.

春水堂视频 does not tolerate any pressure, coercion or reprisals against whistleblowers and intermediaries, but also all other persons who contribute to promoting compliant conduct at 春水堂视频. Any whistleblower who does not intentionally or grossly negligently report false information is protected against reprisals of any kind that can be traced back鈥攅ven if only indirectly鈥攖o the report. 春水堂视频 thus ensures that no whistleblower suffers any disadvantage in the company or in business dealings with 春水堂视频 as a result of complying with the law, regulations and internal company requirements.

The different reporting options are listed on our compliance website.

Rules of Procedure 春水堂视频 Whistleblower System

Rules of Procedure 春水堂视频 Whistleblower System

Sensitize our employees

Through the internal publication of our video on the treatment of human rights at 春水堂视频, employees are made aware of this topic. In addition, the topic of human rights is subject of our WebTrainings as well as of our live trainings regarding project start trainings, construction manager/ project-manager-training courses that take place regularly in the Division Europe. In our Divisions Americas and Asia-Pacific,    e-learning is conducted on selected human rights topics. In addition, a mandatory    e-learning on human rights was rolled out for the first time in 2023. Moreover, the topic is part of the mandatory E-Learning of the 春水堂视频 Code of Conduct, to which we added a separate chapter with this subject.

春水堂视频 has specially developed and implemented a poster and flyer campaign for all branches of the European units, drawing attention to the topics of compliance, human rights and raising awareness of the 春水堂视频 Whistleblowing System.

Improving and monitoring the system

春水堂视频 has been committed to respecting human rights through stakeholder initiatives for long times. One example is the Group麓s commitment to the ILO core labour standards, which the compay signed together with several trade union federations in 2000.

As part of a joint workshop held in 2022 with construction managers from a wide range of projects, the improvement of preventive measures with regard to child labour and modern slavery was discussed and possible solutions analyzed. Human rights and environmental rights have been part of the annual compliance audits since 2022. Corresponding risks and measures were analyzed in audit interviews and by random samples and checked for improvement.

The consideration and review of our risks will now take place annually in order to be able to regularly improve our measures and our HRCMS. Of the individual measures, the Chief Human Rights Officer reports regularly to the management and Executive Board. In addition, the Audit Committee of the supervisory board is also informed regularly.

David Wilbers

春水堂视频
Chief Human Rights Officer
Alfredstra脽e 236
D-45133 Essen
Tel.: +49 201 824-1962
compliance@hochtief.de