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HUBER+SUHNEROccupational health and safety Anti-corruption Responsible Customer relations Community procurement involvement Environment 24 and development value 2021 12 % 9 % 8 % 4 % s and benefits) gs) d depreciation) axes) Human rights and labour practices In its Code of responsible business conduct, HUBER+SUHNER has committed to fully respect human rights within its sphere of influence. The company does not tolerate any form of child labour or forced labour and is committed to equal and non-discriminatory treatment of employees and their protection from harass- ment in the workplace. To increase the focus on compliance and the possibility for employees to speak up, HUBER+SUHER implemented Trustline, a secure whistle-blowing platform, in 2021. The platform is accessible around the clock in all lo- cal languages of key HUBER+SUHNER countries. This anonymous way of reporting breaches is available in addition to the possibility to directly reach out to superiors, country managing direc- tors, the corporate the legal counsel, or local Human Resources business partners. The company constantly monitors to ensure that no form of child labour 2 or forced labour 3 , according to the International Labour Organiza- tion (ILO) definition, is occurring at any of its sites of operation. Since June 2020, HUBER+SUHNER has been a signatory to the UN Global Compact adhering to its ten principles 4 of which princi- ples 1 through 6 are related to human rights and labour practices. (See “The Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact” on the last page of this report.) HUBER+SUHNER Sustainability Report 2021Seite 47Seite 49