The Novozymes Touch - Vision, values and fundamental principles
- Support for the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights
- Support for the United Nations Global Compact
Social responsibility policy
People policy
Position on human rights
Position on diversity and equal opportunities
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Please refer to Principle 1 for scope and general approach regarding Novozymes’ support to human rights and labor rights.
Novozymes’ social responsibility minimum standards cover freedom of association, non-discrimination, working hours, salary and benefits, disciplinary measures, child labor and forced labor.
Responsibilities and activities
Regional presidents within Novozymes are overall responsible for human rights and labor rights aspects in the particular regions, whereas the person responsible for a particular site has the operational responsibility. Part of the latter responsibility is to raise awareness and train employees in the minimum standards at the site. Responsibilities are delegated to regions and sites to allow for emphasis on the most relevant standards locally.
Novozymes’ business units’ annual self-assessments up against the minimum standards make it possible to identify better practices and share experiences between business units and thereby improve performance locally.
As well as ensuring compliance with global minimum standards, Novozymes' largest business units have annually developed local strategies for social responsibility strategies since 2004.
Audits of business units' compliance with internationally recognized human rights and labor standards have been an integrated part of the internal auditing program since 2006. Annually, Novozymes’ internal audit panel selects business units that are audited with regard to their compliance with human rights and labor standards. Audit findings are reported internally to executive management, and follow-up on corrective actions is integrated into our audit procedures/system, which is verified by our external auditors. Novozymes does not report audit findings externally.
Again in 2007, new suppliers of raw materials for enzyme production carried out self-assessments to document compliance with the same minimum standards that form the basis for internal self-assessment at Novozymes' business units.
See also:
Financial, environmental and social discussion
Environmental, social and knowledge data
Combined global and local efforts at www.novozymes.com
Responsible purchasing at www.novozymes.com |
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