The
Human Rights Policy states that Italcementi Group and its subsidiaries support internationally proclaimed human rights as inalienable rights of all individuals, based on the recognition of inherent dignity, freedom and equality of human beings, including those rights set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, its associated Covenants and the ensuing international agreements, and in the International Labour Organization standards.
The Group is also committed to making sure that it is not complicit in human rights abuses in any of the businesses and countries in which it operates and that it respects indigenous rights.
Contents of the policy are fully in line with the two first principles of the UN Global Compact.
| The Group celebrates the Human Rights Day with a series of local initiatives and events carried out around the world through the active support of all subsidiaries. It is the occasion to highlight once more how human beings are at the core of the Group values, as confirmed by the signature of the BWI Agreement. |
Further information is availbale in the 2012 Annual report, page 320.