Human Right Policy
According to the UN, Human Rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of race, sex, nationality, ethnicity, language, religion, or any other status. Human Rights include the right to life and liberty, freedom from slavery and torture, freedom of opinion and expression, the right to work and education, and many more. Everyone is entitled to these rights, without discrimination.
Objectives
The objective of Averex’s policies is to provide an overview of expectations for employees and business partners. The Human Rights policy exists to: –
- Inform employees, business partners and customers of Averex’s commitment to human rights.
- Establish Averex’s commitment to showing its respect for human rights through on-going human rights due diligence.
- Maintain Averex’s ethical standards in accordance with the organization’s values.
- Contribute to the realization of human rights globally.
Commitment
- Anti-Discrimination
We seek to protect our personnel from all forms of discrimination (including those made against gender, race, ethnicity and physical ability) across our business and operations. - Forced, Bonded and Child Labour
We do not condone forced, bonded and child labour within our business and operations. - Diversity and Inclusion
We believe in equitable recruitment practices based on our business and operational requirements. We continuously promote a diverse workforce and inculcate an inclusive workplace. - Harassment and Bullying
We do not tolerate any forms of harassment and bullying. We reserve the right to protect our personnel from acts of harassment and bullying carried out by other personnel, customers and all parties dealing with us.
We consider harassment as any unwanted conduct sexual or non-sexual in nature. Types of harassment include physical, verbal, and non-verbal harassment, i.e.: –
- Physical harassment, e.g. touching an individual without consent, violent attacks such as hitting, pushing, destruction of individual’s property, etc.
- Verbal harassment, e.g. inappropriate, offensive or suggestive remarks, comments, jokes, sounds, etc.
- Non-verbal / gestural harassment, e.g. leering or ogling with suggestive overtones, etc.
We define bullying as any act that may lead to fear, intimidation, emotional, physical, or psychological harm. This may also include cyberbullying.
- Women Rights and Empowerment
We seek to manage and grow socially responsible businesses where women participate on an equal basis. - Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining
We recognize the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining. - Grievance Mechanism
We strongly encourage reporting of cases of improper conduct without fear of retaliation or reprisal. We believe in providing appropriate grievance mechanisms for our personnel, customers and parties we engage to work with, to voice out human rights concerns. - Treatment of Migrant Workers
We believe in fair treatment of migrant workers. - Wages, Benefits, Working Hours, Rest Periods and Leave
We believe in providing equitable wages and benefits to our personnel, in accordance with applicable laws and regulations. This includes appropriate length of working hours, rest periods and leaves. - Anti-Bribery and Corruption
We adopt zero-tolerance on all forms of bribery and corruption. We shall continue to uphold our anti-bribery and corruption principles throughout our business and operations. - Workplace Health and Safety
We are committed to maintaining a productive workplace by minimizing the risk of accidents, injury and exposure to health risks and will engage employees to improve health and safety in our workplace.
Implementation
We aspire to hold up good Human Rights practices and recognize that this is a continuous journey of improvement that we need to undertake in Averex.
We commit to periodic reviews and assessments of our business activities to identify both positive and negative impacts on human rights; and subsequently to integrate the mitigating outcomes into our internal control systems where appropriate.
Through awareness and training & communication initiatives, we shall engage and educate all levels of the workforce within Averex to enable them to understand their responsibility in respect of human rights.
Last updated on 15th January 2024
