"Human rights

Respect for human rights encompasses a broad range of issues and we know this is an area of considerable interest to both our customers and investors.

Our policy draws from ArcelorMittal’s existing policies and procedures, such as those dealing with communities, security, human resources, procurement, and health, safety and the environment. When it comes to identifying and managing human rights issues, the processes are embedded into the relevant departments – human resources, purchasing, health and safety, security, compliance, environment, and community relations.

The language used to discuss human rights can vary enormously from context to context. We need to ensure such discussions are relevant and accessible to all our employees. This can be a challenge, particularly given the need to work across functions and countries on these issues. This is also true when we are engaging with host governments on human rights issues, and needs to be managed with sensitivity.

Our work on human rights is increasingly driven through the working groups for our individual outcomes, and country dashboard assessments against the 10 outcomes. For example, outcome 1 covers human rights in relation to our employees, while in outcome 7 we detail our work on conditions for tin miners in Indonesia."

Barbara LEPERRE.....2017-12-02 01:56:56 UTC