Human rights
We support and respect human rights consistent with the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and actively seek to ensure we are not complicit in human rights abuses committed by others. We also support a number of international commitments and are dedicated to complying with these.
The way we work, our global code of business conduct, supported by our Human rights policy and guidance note provides the framework for our approach in this area.
We train our employees and contract security personnel to be aware of what the company expects of them regarding the rights of our people and the communities in and around our operations.
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Our human rights policy determines how we are expected to respect human rights, and how we would respond if there was a breach of those rights. In implementing our policy, we are subject to the local laws of the many countries in which we operate. We build on compliance with local laws and where our policy and procedures are more stringent, we operate to these standards.
Our human rights policy and procedures are supported by an online web based ethics and compliance training system. Training on the human rights module, which is compulsory at the general manager level or above, is valid for two years.
Every year, all our businesses complete a comprehensive Internal Controls Questionnaire (ICQ) to demonstrate their compliance in the area of human rights.
