HEALTH AND SAFETY OF EMPLOYEES G4S expects its Suppliers to protect the health and safety of its employees in their place of work. The Supplier must comply with the relevant occupational health and safety laws and regulations, as a minimum The Supplier agrees to: Take precautionary measures to avoid occupational accidents and illnesses. Ensure that employees are trained on health and safety risks as well as safe work practices. Provide a work environment that is safe and conducive to good health. Provide the necessary equipment to work without injury. Manage cases of occupational injuries and illnesses effectively. Comply with guidance from national public health authorities in the case of an epidemic/pandemic. SUPPLY CHAIN DIVERSITY To deliver an effective and sustainable supply chain, G4S seeks to engage diverse and inclusive suppliers within the local communities where we operate. G4S expects its suppliers to demonstrate a diverse workforce composition actively embracing workforce age, gender, race, national or ethnic origin, religion, language, political beliefs, sexual orientation, physical ability and promoting supply chain inclusion throughout their own supply chains. The Supplier agrees to: Use reasonable efforts to promote among its own suppliers compliance with this Code of Conduct. Provide G4S with details of their diversity and inclusion policy and where requested provide evidence of how this policy is put into practice. Be committed to ensuring its own supplier selection processes are transparent, objective and non-discriminatory and provide fair and equal opportunities for all organisations including Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs), and organisations owned by under-represented groups. Confirm the ability to report periodically to G4S on workforce demographics and other diversity related issues as required. Give robust consideration to the economic, environmental and social consequences of its choice of design, materials, manufacture, production, logistics, service delivery, operation, maintenance, recycling and disposal and to how best to address these consequences. SCREENING OF EMPLOYEES Suppliers must undertake employee pre-employment screening in line with the relevant industry standards for all employees who provide services directly to G4S. For all employees working in security related roles including any sub-contracted employees, the provisions of the G4S Group screening policy will apply and form part of any contractual terms of supply. In line with our commitment to human rights, G4S expects those suppliers who provide armed services to only use firearms for the protection of life. G4S expects the Supplier to ensure that all armed employees are licenced and trained. The Supplier is required to have rules for the use of force in place which stipulate that force is not used for offensive purposes. Version number Version date Version expiry Version status 2.2 1 April 2020 30 March 2023 Final Document type Document ID number Document classification Uncontrolled if printed or downloaded Policy PUBLIC
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