SUPPLIER CODE OF CONDUCT HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR The KMD Group believes that all employees deserve a fair workplace. We therefore expect our suppliers to treat employees with the utmost dignity and respect. Human Rights The supplier must support and respect internationally proclaimed human rights. Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining The supplier must respect the employees’ right to form and join associations of their own choosing and their right to collective bargaining. Forced and Compulsory Labor The supplier must support the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labor and must ensure that it does not occur in any part of its supply chain. If the supplier is subject to UK Modern Slavery Act 2015, the supplier must ensure compliance with the requirements therein. Child Labor The supplier must respect children’s right to development and to receive education, and the supplier must never support or make use of child labor. Child labor is defined as work performed by young people under the age for completing compulsory education, and work may not in any case be performed by young people of less than 15 years of age (14 years of age where this is permitted in pursuance of the ILO convention 138, cf. note 3). Where local laws and regulations provide for a higher age limit, this must be respected. Non-discrimination The supplier must ensure equal rights and opportunities for its employees and the supplier must not discriminate based on race, ethnicity, gender, age, marital status, religion, political affiliation, union membership or sexual orientation. HEALTH AND SAFETY Workers’ health, safety and wellbeing are important to the KMD Group. The supplier must ensure sufficient working conditions for its employees that comply with applicable laws and regulations. The KMD Group requires the supplier to integrate sound health and safety practices and to ensure that all workers have the right to refuse unsafe work and to report unhealthy working conditions. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION In KMD we continuously work to minimize our negative environmental impact. We expect our suppliers to share this commitment and join forces with us to increase sustainability across the value chain. As a pre-requisite we require our suppliers to comply with all applicable environmental laws and regulations at the local, national, and international levels. Ideally, suppliers should also implement and follow an internationally recognized Environmental Management System, such as the ISO 14001. In any case, suppliers must seek to prevent, minimize, and attend to any adverse environmental impact of it ’ s own activities, products, and services. Suppliers must also aim to develop their activities in accordance with the EU’s “Sustainable” Taxonomy principles, as defined in the regulation (EU) 2021/2139, and in special to the Do No Significant Harm (DNSH) principle (See Appendices A-D). According to which the company must not be supporting or carrying out activities that make a significant harm to any of the six environmental objectives defined in Article 17: Climate Change Mitigation, Climate Change Adaptation, Sustainable Use & Protection of Water & Marine Resources, Public - KMD A/S TOGETHER WE DEVELOP SOCIETY 4
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