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Human Rights

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú is strongly committed to respecting human rights in our operations and throughout our global value chain.

ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú continues to stress the urgency and value of an ethical and transparent supply chain and are dedicated to the eradication of slavery and human trafficking. We partner with thousands of ingredients, packaging, and logistics suppliers and external manufacturers globally. They all share our commitment to ensuring that there is no modern slavery within our supply chain.

We continuously monitor and evaluate their compliance with our policies and local laws through our due diligence processes and audits, which are embedded in our supplier selection and contracting procedures.

Our Global Human Rights Policy is guided by internationally recognized standards, including the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the International Bill of Human Rights and the principles set forth in the International Labor Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.

As part of the Global Human Rights Policy, ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú requires all employees and related entities, suppliers, and business partners to strictly adhere to our human rights standards, which, in summary:

  • Prohibit child and underage employment;
  • Prohibit trafficking, forced, or involuntary prison labor;
  • Prohibit any and all forms of abuse, bribery, harassment, and discrimination;
  • Recognize and respect the rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining;
  • Recognize and respect fair, legal, and equitable work timeframes, working conditions (including health and safety), and wages;
  • Recognize land rights, natural resources, and ensure all workers’ rights to clean water and adequate sanitation facilities;
  • Require all labor recruitment and employment procedures to be carried out in a legal and ethical manner.

Duty of Vigilance and Modern Slavery

Here at ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú, we live our Values of We do the right thing, and We dare to do better every day. Leading with honesty and integrity, we will always do right by our customers, partners, suppliers, and the communities we serve.

In 2022, we created a taskforce on the Duty of Vigilance and Modern Slavery to share best practices across our entire organization and to deliver a coordinated response to environmental and human rights risks. The cross functional taskforce meets monthly, and includes senior representation from Procurement, Legal, Communications, and ESG teams. In the future, the ÍÃ×ÓÏÈÉú Global Vigilance Plan and Modern Slavery Statement will be published. Within this document, we will share our steps to achieve our strategic goals on these important topics. This progress is in large part thanks to the strong alliances we have built with suppliers, nonprofit partners, and our global employees.