Human rights issues in emerging economies
Transcript of Human rights issues in emerging economies
Human rights issuesin emerging economies:case studies from Italcementi
Italcementi Group 1Benvenuto in Italcementi - 8 settembre 2008 1
EABIS Colloquium 2010
St. Petersburg, 19-21 September 2010
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� Our World
� Sustainability at Italcementi Group
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� Human Rights
� Cases
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� Our World
� Sustainability at Italcementi Group
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� Human Rights
� Cases
Sustainability management
� Public commitment through high-level memberships: World Business Council for Sustainable Development, Cement Sustainability Initiative, United Nations Global Compact
� Policy : a set of dedicated Policy, periodically updated
� Governance: SD Department at Corporate level, quarterly SD meeting with CEO and COO, bimonthly SD Steering Committee, country SD Steering Committee
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Committee
� Standard : an increasing number of Group standard, beyond locally enforced legislations
� Monitoring, auditing and reporting : extended, also through third parties
� Disclosure : SD Report, website, investor relations, ....
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� Our World
� Sustainability at Italcementi Group
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� Human Rights
� Cases
Which are the SD priorities?
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Health and Safety
Not limited to Group’s boundaries but to beupheld within the Group’s sphere ofinfluence
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Environment
Stakeholder engagement
Core business activities : the greatest level of control in affecting environmental, social and governance performance
Supply chain : control is weakened, but the influence is still significant.
Community interaction : social investment, philanthropy activities and engagement can work quite significantly
Public policy & Advocacy : the weakest circle of influence
What is our sphere of influence?
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We have a much stronger power to positively influence the behaviour of suppliers, contractors, customers and other business partners than to change laws or policies
Approach to human rights
� Commitment : the Group is signatory of the UN Global Compact
� Policy : a dedicated Human Rights Policy is being issued
� Management : subsidiaries are receiving specific guidelines on how to assess and prioritise Human Rights Issues
� Audit : a basic check-list to assess potential incidents is distributed to all sites
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� Reporting : incident are accounted, reported and discussed during periodic Country meeting (almost monthly)
� Disclosure : in last SD Report we reported around 200 critical situations in 11 countries
42% of Group EBIT generates from operation in countries of concern for human rights, as identified by the Freedom House.
Further improvement of the management system are ongoing.
Monitored issues
� Risk of child labour in workforce
� Lack of protection of welfare of workers (employees, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, customers)
� Lack of protection of labour rights
� Risk of discrimination in workforce
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� Insufficient promotion of equal opportunities
Each category is further detailed
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� Our World
� Sustainability at Italcementi Group
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� Human Rights
� Cases
Egypt
Major risks :� child labour in the contracted or third party workforce� women issue� discrimination employees/contractors � conditions of workers’ facilities� access to drinking water
Actions:
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Actions:� awareness and training campaigns� hosting facilities for accompanying persons at the entrance of the plant� separated facilities for women� supply of drinking water� progressive renewal of workers’ facilities� free access of contractors to some basic facilities
Critical points:� full understanding from local management and contractors/third parties
Egypt: pictures
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Thailand
Major risks :� child labour in the contracted or third party workforce entering the plant
Actions:� hosting facilities for accompanying persons at the entrance of the plant,
including the headquarters
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Critical points:� full understanding from commercial management and contractors/third
parties
Thailand: pictures
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India
Major risks :� Sanitary issues, due to the high distance from major hospital
Actions:� Improvement of the local hospital, serving also the plant colony and a large
number of surrounding villages
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Critical points:� Support to local doctors
India: pictures
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