Corporate Social Responsibility Policy

Responsibility for our customers and partners

Business Ethics

Integrity shapes how Fr. Meyer’s Sohn deals with shareholders, business partners and the general public. This fundamental statement is the basis for our Code of Conduct Guidelines. These Guidelines are binding for all employees and form an integral part of each individual employment agreement.
They define how to perceive the ethical and legal responsibility as a company and also contain specific requirements for instance for

• complying with competition law and anticorruption laws,
• handling donations,
• avoiding conflicts of interests when carrying out the work,
• complying with the prohibition of insider trading,
• protecting company assets, and
• data and information management.

The Code of Conduct Guidelines are regularly reviewed and updated – when deemed necessary – by the Compliance Officer.

Supply Chain Management Partners

CSR aspects are part of our everyday supply chain management. We expect our suppliers to comply with all applicable laws and regulations. We adequately monitor suppliers’ CSR performance within our sphere of influence and expect from our partners to comply with human rights, wage and working hours laws and to improve sustainability across our supply base.
 

Responsibility for our environment

We will ensure delivery of sustainability objectives by

• Promoting environmental benefits through reduced energy and water consumption and implementation of waste reduction programs.
• With our solutions, we enable sustainable and energy-efficient services and applications, and thus contribute to meet the challenges of our global society such as climate protection and resources consumption.
• We will seek to reduce unnecessary travel and encourage the use of alternative means of communication where practicable.
• We continuously work to further increase our ecological net benefit with our services and solutions on the one hand, and with our efficient processes on the other hand.
• We promote the support of our objectives and targets in environmental protection, safety and health as well as energy management as to our employees.

Responsibility for our society

Corporate Citizenship
Fr. Meyer’s Sohn recognizes its responsibility to be a good citizen for the societies which we directly interact with.
As a global company, we firmly believe that the trust, credibility, and goodwill that we have built in our communities help creating a positive social, working, and business environment.
Our principal global citizenship efforts are focused in three primary areas which are described in our Corporate Citizenship and Sponsoring Rule:

• Environmental Sustainability
• Education for Future Generations
• Local Social Needs

Employees are free to make suggestions on this topic on the basis of the Corporate Citizenship and Sponsoring Rule mentioned above.
 

Our reputation

is decisive for our collective success.
This policy is therefore binding for the management, executives, and employees of FMS in the day-to-day business.

According to the United Nations Global Compact Initiative we voluntary address our commitment to communicate our policies and expectations to suppliers and partners as an integral part of our CSR understanding.

Our principles

We expect our stakeholders to support the 10 principles of the UN Global Compact Initiative.

Human Rights
Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights; and
Principle 2: make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.

Labor
Principle 3: Businesses should uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining;
Principle 4: the elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labor;
Principle 5: the effective abolition of child labor; and
Principle 6: the elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.

Environment
Principle 7: Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges;
Principle 8: undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility; and
Principle 9: encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies.

Anti-Corruption
Principle 10: Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.

More about the Nations Global Compact Principles

Following these principles
we believe to contribute
to a better world.

¹ The term “child” refers to any person under the age of 15. Exceptions apply to employment relationships in developing-countries operating under the International Labor Organization (ILO) Convention 138 (minimum lowered to 14) or to governmental authorized job trainings or apprenticeship programs that would clearly benefit the persons participating.