Hellenic Dairies – Code of Conduct
Principles governing our attitude towards the environment and society Human rights We respect and protect human rights throughout our business activities. This reflects the company’s support for both the UN objectives and the international conventions and principles contained in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child, the United Nations Global Compact and the International Labor Organization (ILO) Conventions and Recommendations. We prohibit the following practices in the course of our activities and will not engage in business deliberately with any person or company involved in the following: • Exploitation of children, including child labor • Corporal punishment • Violence against workers, of any kind • Forced or compulsory work • Illegal discrimination in employment and recruitment practices, including discrimination based on gender, origin, religion, sexual orientation, political beliefs or any other diversity parameter • Providing unsafe working conditions • Wage payments (or reductions) which place workers’ wages illegally below minimum wage. In case you have reason to believe that either within the company or one of our partners does not comply with applicable laws and regulations aimed at the protection of human rights, you are requested to share this matter with the staff department.
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