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1. Material Human Rights Aspects and Risk Identification:**

- Siemens conducts a periodic human rights impact review process to identify material human rights aspects and human rights risk issues.

- The process likely involves a comprehensive analysis to understand and assess the impact of the company's operations on human rights.

 

2. Transactional Human Rights Due Diligence Process:

- Siemens ensures awareness of human rights issues through its risk identification, risk assessment, and mitigation processes.

- This implies that employees are educated and informed about potential human rights risks in the course of their duties.

- Siemens embeds its commitment to respecting human rights in its policies and circulars.

- Siemens develops target group-specific human rights training programs.

- Siemens discloses its human rights activities and issues through reporting and external communications.

 

3. Stakeholder Engagement

- Siemens builds an open dialogue with external and internal stakeholders to address human rights concerns and gather insights.

 

4. Risk Management along the Value Chain

- Risks along the value chain are identified by Siemens, and effective prevention and mitigation measures are implemented. This reflects a proactive approach to addressing human rights issues throughout the entire value chain.

 

5. Protected Reporting Channels:

- Siemens offers protected channels for reporting violations of external and internal rules, including human rights violations.

 

8. Engagement with External Advisors and Stakeholders:

- Siemens engages with external human rights advisors, peers, think tanks, investors, shareholders, customers, journalists, rating agencies, and NGOs.

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'Risk-based questionnaires', 'Use of risk management tool or software', and 'Conducting desk research including information from third parties/NGO's' de-selected. With respect to the previous comment, the scope of the research is limited to content within the company's modern slavery statement only (e.g. the "Our high risk areas" section), and not other materials such as the company website or sustainability report (the latter selected as the source for this question). Noted also that the scope of the research is specific to modern slavery risk practices, not human rights due diligence (these are interrelated, but different).

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"A guide entitled ‘Human Rights in product and solutions businesses’ promotes discussion within relevant business operations. A company-wide tool (ESG Radar) was implemented during fiscal 2021 to further support the management of ESG risks."

"Prior to selection all suppliers undergo various due diligence checks including a Corporate Responsibility Self-Assessment (CRSA). This questionnaire enables suppliers to assess whether they meet the requirements of our Code of Conduct. This process raises awareness of these requirements, identifies potential risks in connection with sustainability at an early stage, and ensures that appropriate steps are taken."