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1Compliance. Save Your Business!

HOCHTIEF Code of Conduct for Business Partners

Our requirements to youCompliance. Save your Business!


• As an international construction group in a globalized and networked world, we work together with numerous business partners.

• Our expectations regarding respect for and compliance with the law, human rights and our corporate rules are grounded in the HOCHTIEF Vision, the HOCHTIEF Code of Conduct and other corporate guidelines.

• These expectations are our requirements to you. They are a basic standard for a good and long-term cooperation. The following points of view must always be respected.


What does our

HOCHTIEF Code of Conduct for Business Partners contain and what does this mean for our cooperation?


• Combining corporate activity with ethical principles is an essential factor for long-term success.

• For this reason, we are convinced that ethical and economic values are interdependent and that the business world must strive to treat each other fairly and act within the framework of the given standards.


To realize this, the

HOCHTIEF Code of Conduct for Business Partnersprovides minimum standards which we expect you to comply with.


We expect from you:• Business integrity

• Safety at work

• Health protection

• Environmental protection

• Respect for labor and human rights throughout the supplychain

• Promoting social integration

• Measures for responsible procurement


Business Integrity• Faithfulness of the law

• Avoiding conflicts of interest and corruption

• Ensuring fair competition

• Protection of intellectual property

• Protection of assets

• Responsible procurement of goods and materials


Prices

Quality

Fair competition

Diversity

Fair competitionAll activities must comply with antitrust and competition law and regulations.

In dealing with competitors, these regulations prohibit in particular agreements and other activities that influence prices or conditions, allocate sales territories or customers, or impede free and open competition in an unlawful manner.


Environmental protection• Pollution prevention

• Conservation of natural resources

• Safe handling of hazardous materials and sewage

• Safe disposal of solid waste


What are human rights and what do you have to do with them?


Every person has rights that apply without restriction, always and everywhere. These rights apply regardless of factors such as gender, age, country of origin or religion. In order to safeguard these elementary rights of everyone involved, companies must ask themselves for the following exemplary questions:

• Are all those involved in a project treated fairly?

• Are there everywhere decent working conditions?

• Is everyone's health protected?


The UNITED NATIONS GENERAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS (UDHR), adopted in 1948 with the support of all member states, is considered the most important international instrument in the field of human rights.

In its 30 articles, it sets out the fundamental human rights that must be protected everywhere in the world.


1. Cultural rights and intellectual property

2. Data protection

and privacy

3. Decent employment and working conditions

4. Freedom to express

concerns

5. Health and well-being of

the communities

6. Land use and property

rights

7. Protection from

discrimination & harassment

8. Security and physical

integrity

9. Severe forms of labor exploitation,

including modern slavery

10. Transparency

and fight against

corruption

10 KEY CATEGORIES from the UDHR that apply to the construction industry:


These include:• Prohibition of forced and child labor

• Fair working conditions

• Fair remuneration

• Humane treatment

• Prohibition of discrimination

• Freedom of association

• Protection of privacy

• Ensuring safe work processes through appropriate controls


Everyone is called to look!• Whenever you suspect a violation, please do not hesitate to

contact us using the following contact options.

• Only if we are vigilant, we all can take active action against human rights violations and breaches of laws and regulations. Let's look together for a fair coexistence!


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0800 886 2525 (calls from Germany free of charge)

+49 30 88625254(calls from abroad)

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