ID ® IDENTITY CODE OF CONDUCT In accordance with the ILO conventions, The United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the UN conventions on the rights of the child and the abolition of all forms of discrimination against women, the UN Global Compact and OECD guidelines for mul- tinational enterprises and other international agree- ments, the purpose of ID® Identity’s Code of Conduct is to ensure compliance with certain social and environ- mental standards. Suppliers to ID® Identity who sign ID® Identity’s Code of Conduct within their area undertake to recognise the social and environmental standards that have been set for their area, and are obliged to implement measures to ensure that, through their corporate policy, they are able to comply with the above-mentioned require- ments and conventions. ID® Identity expects suppliers to be transparent, mean- ing there are no secrets regarding material/compo- nent/ or garment origin or processing. Transparency is not only expected from direct suppliers, but also the chosen supply chain behind any product that is made for ID®. Suppliers should have no secrets about any details reading their production for ID®. Moreover, companies that deliver to ID® Identity are to ensure that any of their suppliers who are involved in the production processes abide by ID® Identity’s Code of Conduct when working on assignments on behalf of ID® Identity’s suppliers. Companies that deliver to ID® Identity undertake, as far as possible, to aim to implement the following criteria: 1. Legislation and laws All legally applicable laws and regulations must, as a minimum, comply with the ILO and UN conven- tions as well as other relevant legal requirements, where the most far-reaching standards are to be followed. 2. Forced labour •The suppliers and subsuppliers of ID® Identity must ensure that force, threats and/or disciplinary meas- ures are not used for the purpose of compelling peo- ple to work. •The suppliers and subsuppliers of ID® Identity oppose the use of bonded labour or the transportation of people with the objective of forcing them to perform work that infringes on fundamental human rights. •ID® Identity does not work with companies that use bonded labour, withhold identity papers or pay from employees for the purpose of forcing the employees to work. Neither the company as a whole, nor any unit that supplies labour to the company, shall par- ticipate in or support human trafficking. •Employees at ID® Identity’s suppliers and subsup- pliers are free to leave the workplace without fear of restraint and are free to terminate their working relationship providing they notify their employer in reasonable time. •The suppliers and subsuppliers of ID® Identity must treat all employees with dignity and respect. Suppli- ers and subsuppliers must not participate in or toler- 4
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