The Executive Board holds overall accountability for compliance with human rights within their respective entities. Responsibilities for contractor HSSE management are shared among Business, Procurement, and HSSE, ensuring that all aspects of our HSSE regulations are integrated and upheld throughout the contractor management process. All the key policies that are relevant for managing our impacts, risks, and opportunities with regard to workers in our value chain are endorsed by the OMV Executive Board. There is a shared responsibility between the Group Sustainability department (for human rights) and the Group Procurement, OMV Value Chain Optimization and Legal departments related to the workers in our value chain. Group Sustainability defines human rights commitments through the Code of Conduct, the Human Rights Policy Statement, and the Human Rights Responsibility Matrix. Sustainability requirements related to value chain workers for suppliers managed by OMV Group Procurement are integrated into activities such as supplier pre-qualification, sourcing, supplier monitoring and engagement. Regarding impacts on contractors’ health and safety, the HSSE department has developed and oversees the implementation of the Contractor HSSE Management Standard. For more details, refer to Human Rights, Health, Safety & Well-Being, and Business Conduct.
