HUMAN RIGHTS HUMAN RIGHTS UN principles regarding social responsibility and sustainability As a company, we should: 1. Support and respect the protection of internationally-proclaimed human rights, and 2. Ensure that we are not complicit in human rights abuses. POLICIES Danish Agro supports and respects internationally recognised human rights throughout its organisation, which means that we support and respect international agreements on human rights. We do not accept forced labour and/or child labour. We respect employees’ rights to freedom of association and to take part in collective wage bargaining. Throughout the group, we observe relevant standards regarding working hours. Finally, we ensure that wages comply with the law and industry standards in the countries in which we are active. ACTIVITIES AND RESULTS The group’s support and respect for international conventions on human rights are reflected within the company, e.g. in our HR policies, and externally via the collaborative and trading activities we engage in internationally. In 2017, the Board of Directors at Danish Agro (hereinafter referred to a “The Supervisory Board) has applied the recommendations of the Committee for Good Corporate Governance, dated 6 May 2013. ’Good Corporate Governance’ is a universal term for a number of actions and initiatives that form part of good management of large companies. The recommendations are accessible on the committee’s website at corporategovernance.dk. The Supervisory Board takes these recommendations into consideration. They are part and parcel of any Board discussion or evaluation of the need to bring in experience and expertise, and the guidelines compiled for its dealings with the Executive Board. The recommendations were applied when the 2018 general meeting considered a proposal from the Supervisory Board to amend the group’s Articles of Association. The amendment describes the setting up a delegate assembly as the company’s supreme body, which will be responsible (among other things) for electing the Supervisory Board The objective is for such a body to strengthen the democratic representation to include all regions, farm types and the competencies of the company’s members. We have also quantified targets and policies for gender equality in the management team, and reporting for the same. We operate in a male-dominated industry and we are a relatively male-dominated business. It is difficult to attract women to board and management positions within the agribu- 4
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