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Protecting
human rights
We always strive to respect and Our commitment to respecting workers’ Respecting community rights Mitigating risks of modern
rights includes:
protect the rights of stakeholders slavery and human trafficking
Our commitment to human rights is equally
• Promoting good worker–management
affected by our business, including our important in relation to our host communities. We Infinity Power stands against modern slavery and
relations
people, local communities and other work to understand the complexities and social human trafficking. The construction sector and
• Protecting employees’ rights to collective
partners across our supply chain. challenges for our local communities, and we some of the regions where we operate are exposed
bargaining
work hard to engage with people around our sites to heightened modern slavery risks, especially
• Managing grievances effectively
to identify opportunities for positive impact. Some when engaging with third-party providers.
Treating our people fairly
• Prioritising local employment
of the areas in which we record and measure our
Ensuring our employees are safe, and treated • Offering fair treatment and equal opportunities impact are: To combat this, we incorporate a two-phase
fairly and with respect, is central to our ethical
• Stamping out discrimination in all its forms • Health, safety and security risk assessment into our procurement process
business approach. The Infinity Power code
• Preventing harrassment and gender based • Labour practices and undertake enhanced due diligence for all
of conduct and staff handbook set out our
violence in all forms counterparties of a significant contract value.
• Community development and investment
commitments to dignity at work, mutual respect
• Empowering women and girls
and freedom from discrimination.
In compliance with anti-discrimination practices, A Slavery and Trafficking Risk Template is applied
• Responsible land access
we offer employment based on merit, expertise in respect of all first-tier suppliers. We conduct
Our people policies draw on the International
and job fit, not personal demographics. We At Infinity Power we want to create positive an initial assessment of every provider, followed
Labour Organization (ILO) Conventions and
prioritise equal opportunities and fair treatment, change, so we consult with community by an enhanced due diligence review if the
the IFC Performance Standards. Our priority
and we also recognise we have further to go to representatives before, during and after taking assessment demonstrates a ‘high risk’ rating.
is to safeguard our workers, while fostering
improve gender diversity across our workforce any action that might affect local people. We
engagement and building motivation in the
and leadership. also implement robust community grievance Each year we publish a Transparency
workplace. We expect all our employees
mechanisms at each project site to give members Statement detailing how we mitigate these
and partners to apply and comply with our
of the community a safe and anonymous channel risks. This mechanism is underpinned by labour
labour standards.
to raise concerns. Community grievances in 2023 management plans and key performance
are reported on page 24. indicators that track and record labour and
human rights issues, and compliance is
monitored by third-party audits.
