P.45: "HUMAN RIGHTS AND LABOR RIGHTS
Because of the nature of our business, we rarely face human rights and labor rights issues in our own operations. In situations where this is nevertheless the case, our people have the possibility to address these through our compliance systems (as discussed below).
Our changing geographical spread of recent years has introduced new risks in human rights and labor rights issues, especially in those projects where we work with subcontractors. We address these issues through our general purchasing principles. In relation to high risk countries and for the purposes of post-merger/ acquisition activities Arcadis has soft controls in place, which amongst other things focus on corruption. The ‘In Control’ statement filed annually by all of the operating companies and subsidiaries to attest to the level and application of controls in their business, also includes information related to corruption."