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Commitment 3.2 - Equal opportunities and fair treatment

We aspire to ensure equal opportunities and fair treatment of all employees, and promote diversity and inclusion

Good practices

Fulfilling the Commitment

Some examples of good practice are listed below. You can contribute specific examples by clicking the ‘Share my case study’ button.

  

> Embedding the principle of equality in policies and processes for both employees and governing bodies throughout own operations and supply chains, including recruitment and remuneration/benefits


> Establishing a zero-tolerance policy towards all forms of violence in the workplace and preventing sexual harassment


> Recognizing, preventing and reducing the root causes of labor rights violation and inequality across business functions and throughout the supply chain, and seeking to remediate adverse impacts; implementing gender audits or engaging with women to understand their barriers to employment and adapting recruitment procedures considering the specific challenges faced by them


> Ensuring non-discrimination in recruitment, remuneration and working status; assessing inequality impacts across business functions and the supply chain, and taking corrective action where needed to improve the gender balance amongst employees and executive management; explore the possibility of engaging with suppliers to address concerns and to give them time and appropriate help to comply with supplier code of conducts; establishing robust and accessible processes to prevent and prohibit discrimination, including gender specific criteria in due diligence process, and taking corrective action where incidences occur


> Bearing in mind the diversity of language, culture and family circumstances which may exist in the workplace when introducing measures to promote equality; encourage business partners to implement similar policies, paying special attention to governance structure of companies along the value chain


> Working with representatives of workers and government authorities to ensure equal access to employment

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Legal frameworks and sustainability programs

Legal/regulatory frameworks and sustainability tools/programs

A non-exhaustive list of initiatives is set out below, aiming to provide a direction for companies eager to go further on this topic:


Comply with respective national implementing regulations arising from the 8 Fundamental Conventions of International Labour Organisation (ILO):

1. Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise Convention, 1948 (No. 87),

2. Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining Convention, 1949 (No. 98),

3. Forced Labour Convention, 1930 (No. 29) (and its 2014 Protocol),

4. Abolition of Forced Labour Convention, 1957 (No. 105),

5. Minimum Age Convention, 1973 (No. 138),

6. Worst Forms of Child Labour Convention, 1999 (No. 182),

7. Equal Remuneration Convention, 1951 (No. 100),

8. Discrimination (Employment and Occupation) Convention, 1958 (No. 111);


Comply with respective national implementing regulations arising from others ILO Conventions and Recommendations related to Occupational Health and Safety


Follow the IFRA-IOFI Committee for Occupational Safety, Health & Environment (SHE) guidelines


Follow the guidance of ISO 26000 (Social Responsibility) or fulfil the requirements with guidance for use of ISO 45001:2018 (Occupational health and safety management systems)


Follow the guidelines and, eventually participate in internationally recognized multi-stakeholder initiatives such as:

> EcoVadis,

> SMETA(SEDEX Members Ethical Trade Audit) – [Ethical trade audit],

> SAI (Social Accountability International) SA8000 Standard – [Social certification standard],

> Others.

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Disclosure according to international standards

Employment and workforce

Available business disclosure: Total number and rate of new employee hires during the reporting period, by age group, gender and region. 

Unit: Number and % 

Source: GRI Standard 401-1 

 

Available business disclosure: Total number and rate of employee turnover during the reporting period, by age group, gender and region. 

Unit: Number and % 

Source: GRI Standard   401-1 

 

Available business disclosure: Percentage of employees per employee category in each of the following diversity   categories: 

(i) Gender; 

(ii) Age group: under 30 years old, 30-50 years old, over 50 years old; 

(iii) Other indicators of diversity where relevant (such as minority or vulnerable groups). 

Unit: % 

Source: GRI Standard   405-1 

 

Available business disclosure: Percentage of senior management at significant locations of operation that are hired from the local community. 

Unit: % of senior management 

Source: GRI Standard   202-2 

 

Available business disclosure: Whether a significant portion of the organization’s activities are performed by workers   who are not employees. If applicable, a description of the nature and scale of work performed by workers who are not employees. 

Unit: N/A 

Source: GRI Standard   102-8 

 

Available business disclosure: Total number of permanent vs temporary workers (m/w) along the value chain. 

Unit: Number by gender   

Source: UN Global   Compact-Oxfam Poverty Footprint PF – 2.1 

 

Available business disclosure: Considering contractual workers only, the approximate proportion of those who are   employed on an annual basis, on a seasonal basis, on a daily basis, and on a piece/task basis. 

Unit: % 

Source: UN Global Compact-Oxfam Poverty Footprint PF – 2.1 

Equal opportunities

Available business disclosure: Total number of employees by employment contract (permanent and temporary), by gender. 

Unit: Number of employees 

Source: GRI Standard 102-8 

 

Available business disclosure: Total number of employees by employment contract (permanent and temporary), by region. 

Unit: Number of employees 

Source: GRI Standard 102-8 

 

Available business disclosure: Total number of employees by employment type (full-time and part-time), by gender. 

Unit: Number of employees 

Source: GRI Standard 102-8 

 

Available business disclosure: Does the company system have policies/programs promoting equal opportunities (regardless of gender and other diversities) that explicitly extends to the entire value chain?

Unit: N/A

Source: UN Global Compact-Oxfam Poverty Footprint PF – 20.10

Remuneration and benefits

Available business disclosure: Benefits which are standard for full-time employees of the organization but are not provided to temporary or part-time employees, by significant locations of operation. These include, as a minimum: 

(i) Life insurance; 

(ii) Health care;   

(iii) Disability and invalidity coverage; 

(iv) Parental leave; 

(v) Retirement provision; 

(vi) Stock ownership; 

(vii) Others. 

Unit: N/A 

Source: GRI Standard 401-2 

 

Available business disclosure: Ratio of the basic salary and remuneration of women to men for each employee category, by significant locations of operation. 

Unit: Ratio 

Source: GRI Standard 405-2 

 

Available business disclosure: When a significant proportion of employees are compensated based on wages subject to minimum wage rules, report the relevant ratio of the entry level wage by gender at significant locations of operation to the minimum wage. 

Unit: Ratio of the entry level wage by gender 

Source: GRI Standard 202-1 

 

Available business disclosure: When a significant proportion of other workers (excluding employees) performing the organization’s activities are compensated based on wages subject to minimum wage rules, describe the actions taken to determine whether these workers are paid above the minimum wage. 

Unit: N/A 

Source: GRI Standard 202-1 

 

Available business disclosure: Whether a local minimum wage is absent or variable at significant locations of operation, by gender. In circumstances in which different minimums can be used as a reference, report which minimum wage is being used. 

Unit: $ currency 

Source: GRI Standard 202-1 

Parental leave

Available business disclosure: Total number of employees that were entitled to parental leave, by gender. 

Unit: Number of employees 

Source: GRI Standard 401-3 

 

Available business disclosure: Total number of employees that took parental leave, by gender. 

Unit: Number of employees 

Source: GRI Standard 401-3 

 

Available business disclosure: Total number of employees that returned to work in the reporting period after parental leave ended, by gender. 

Unit: Number of employees 

Source: GRI Standard 401-3 

 

Available business disclosure: Total number of employees that returned to work after parental leave ended that were still employed 12 months after their return to work, by gender. 

Unit: Number of employees 

Source: GRI Standard 401-3 

 

Available business disclosure: Return to work and retention rates of employees that took parental leave, by gender. 

Unit: % 

Source: GRI Standard 401-3 

 

Available business disclosure: What is the business' policy on maternity, paternity and family leave length and entitlements and to what extent does this go above the statutory provisions in the regulatory regime where the business is operating? Do these policies   apply throughout the operations in each country? Are sex-disaggregated statistics kept and tracked? 

Unit: N/A 

Source: The Women's Empowerment Principles 2: Reporting on Progress (aligned with GRI G4) 

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