The Path Walked 2014 We strengthened our commitment to respect Human Rights with the creation of Grundfos Human Rights Policy. 2015 We conducted a high-level corporate mapping in collaboration with Business for Social Responsibility (BSR) to identify our salient Human Rights issues at a global scale. This included our external supply chain and focused on assessing potential impacts. Freedom of Association Discrimination Health and Safety Wages & benefits Some of our salient Human Rights issues Working hours Forced Labour Child Labour During this exercise we identified that there is a potential risk of some forms of forced labour in our external supply chain, including the retention of important original identification documents. In order to mitigate the inherent risks, we decided to further assess gaps between our current systems and the requirements of the United Nations Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights (UNGP). This prepared the ground to significant changes in the approach to supplier audits, which would be further developed in 2016 and commenced in 2017. The Way Forward We will roll out a series of local HRIA with India and Serbia being the candidates for 2018. We will map modern slav This document has been approved by the members of the board of Grundfos Group Companies in the United Kingdom. Peter Reynolds Mark Lister Gary Chance General Manager Grundfos Pumps Limited (GB) Plant Director Grundfos Manufacturing Limited (GBW) General Manager DAB Pumps Limited North European Region (DUK)
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