Progress Report 2012 - Lego

Code of Conduct
highlights
Child labour must not be engaged in or benefited from.
Forced or compulsory labour must not be used or
benefited from.
Physical punishment, threats of violence or other
forms of mental or physical coercion or abuse must
not be used.
Employees must at a minimum be paid the local
minimum wage for a standard working week, or the
industry benchmark, whichever is higher.
The rights of the employees to choose to be a
member of a trade union and to bargain collectively
as permitted by local laws and regulations must not
be interfered with or restricted.
Discrimination, directly or indirectly, in hiring and
employment practices on grounds of race, colour,
sex, language, religion, political or other opinion,
age, national, social or ethnic origin, property, sexual
orientation, birth or other status must not be engaged
in or supported.
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The LEGO Group Progress Report 2012 Outside the LEGO Group
In 2012 we developed a working hours control tool
and we also seek to solve social issues by improving
the effectiveness of our suppliers through a more
LEAN manufacturing process. Better utilisation of
the production hardware improves the business of
our supplier and allows them to adjust, for example,
working hours.
The 2012 edition of the Code of Conduct
In 2012, the fifth edition of the LEGO Group’s Code
of Conduct was published. It features a stronger
emphasis on ensuring that our suppliers live up
to the highest local legislation and international
standards and recommendations from, for
example, United Nations and International Labour
Organisation (ILO).
The Code also extends and formulates more precise
requirements towards our sub-suppliers and ensures
that all employees, including migrant workers and
other vulnerable populations such as home-workers,
are secured a respectable work environment. One
example is the requirement that no worker works
more than 60 hours a week.
As an addition to the 2012 Code of Conduct all
suppliers should set specific targets in relation to
environmental improvements and set specific targets
to drive down waste, energy usage and emissions,
alongside recycling products and embedding new
environmental friendly technologies.
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