Act ethically
The company has an opportunity to disclose a policy on bribery and corruption and include anti-bribery and anti-corruption clauses in its contractual agreements with business relationships. Furthermore, it could disclose its processes for identifying and addressing bribery and corruption and a grievance mechanism allowing stakeholders to raise related concerns.
Furthermore, the company also has an opportunity to disclose its approach to lobbying and political engagement in a public policy document, state that it does not make political contributions, and divulge its lobbying expenditures.
Provide and promote decent work
The company has the opportunity to disclose a policy commitment to respecting the health and safety of workers in its operations and supply chain and provide evidence of how it monitors its suppliers’ performance on health and safety standards.
Additionally, it could set a time-bound target for paying all workers a living wage or state that it has achieved this goal. It should also describe how it determines a living wage for the regions where it operates and how it supports its suppliers in paying this wage standard.
Furthermore, the company could commit to gender equality and women’s empowerment and disclose related targets. It should also reveal the representation of women on the highest governance body and the ratio of the basic salary and remuneration of women to men.
Respect human rights
The company has an opportunity to disclose a policy statement committing to respecting human rights and the fundamental rights at work declared by the ILO in its operations and supply chain.
Additionally, it could describe a comprehensive process for assessing and identifying human rights risks and impacts in its operations and supply chain. It could also outline its process for determining its salient human rights issues, disclose how relevant factors such as geographical, economic and social factors are considered, and reveal a global system to prevent, mitigate or remediate its salient human rights issues.