Communication on Progress

Communication on Progress

Participant
Published
  • 09-Jan-2013
Time period
  • January 2012  –  January 2013
Format
  • Stand alone document – Basic COP Template
Differentiation Level
  • This COP qualifies for the Global Compact Active level
Self-assessment
  • Includes a CEO statement of continued support for the UN Global Compact and its ten principles
  • Description of actions or relevant policies related to Human Rights
  • Description of actions or relevant policies related to Labour
  • Description of actions or relevant policies related to Environment
  • Description of actions or relevant policies related to Anti-Corruption
  • Includes a measurement of outcomes
 
  • Statement of continued support by the Chief Executive Officer

  • Statement of the company's chief executive (CEO or equivalent) expressing continued support for the Global Compact and renewing the company's ongoing commitment to the initiative and its principles.

  • 9/1/2013

    To our stakeholders:

    I am pleased to confirm that OTS Assembly Srl reaffirms its support of the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact in the areas of Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anti-Corruption.

    In this annual Communication on Progress, we describe our actions to continually improve the integration of the Global Compact and its principles into our business strategy, culture and daily operations. We also commit to share this information with our stakeholders using our primary channels of communication.

    Sincerely yours,

    Marco Michelone
    Sales & Marketing Engineer

Human Rights
  • Assessment, policy and goals

  • Description of the relevance of human rights for the company (i.e. human rights risk-assessment). Description of policies, public commitments and company goals on Human Rights.

  • OTS Assembly continues its activity of awareness about respect of human rights.
    No distinction in terms of race, sex, language or religion is applied or tolerated.

  • Implementation

  • Description of concrete actions to implement Human Rights policies, address Human Rights risks and respond to Human Rights violations.

  • As in the past years, communication and example are considered the best ways to implement and integrate a proper culture of respect of human rights.
    Organization chart of the company is vertical from a functional point of view related to the productive process, but it's horizontal in terms of values and respect of human being.

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • All the results are direclty observed by the management of the company.
    Small dimensions of this family driven company permit to have unfiltered and very quick feedbacks.

Labour
  • Assessment, policy and goals

  • Description of the relevance of labour rights for the company (i.e. labour rights-related risks and opportunities). Description of written policies, public commitments and company goals on labour rights.

  • The base idea is that work is above all a right and that no kind of exploitation can be implemented rather tolerated.
    Of course workers are free to organize to find a proper representative to communicate with the management. Even if this is not necessary cause every worker has the right and freedom to express his proper opinion.

  • Implementation

  • Description of concrete actions taken by the company to implement labour policies, address labour risks and respond to labour violations.

  • All workers have a proper salary and no one of them is forced to overwork.

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • The results of this policy are, as for the previous and following point, observed directly by the management who has a continuous and useful confront with all the members of the company.

Environment
  • Assessment, policy and goals

  • Description of the relevance of environmental protection for the company (i.e. environmental risks and opportunities). Description of policies, public commitments and company goals on environmental protection.

  • Respect and preservation of environment are considered foundamental from an ethic point of view, but also for the business itself.

  • Implementation

  • Description of concrete actions to implement environmental policies, address environmental risks and respond to environmental incidents.

  • The inscreasing attention to the environment is moving the company in the direction of "green applications". All devices are not over, but properly dimensioned to avoid excessive energy consumptions.
    Garbage and materials disposal is managed with attention and in full respect of actual laws.

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates environmental performance.

  • Disposal of garbage is monitored by the responsibles of each function.
    Consumptions of each equipment is directly measured.

Anti-Corruption
  • Assessment, policy and goals

  • Description of the relevance of anti-corruption for the company (i.e. anti-corruption risk-assessment). Description of policies, public commitments and company goals on anti-corruption.

  • Ethic and morality are the bases of OTS Assembly business.

  • Implementation

  • Description of concrete actions to implement anti-corruption policies, address anti-corruption risks and respond to incidents.

  • An ethic behaviour is mandatory both with customers and suppliers.
    No form of corruption is admitted.
    Every function of the company must operate in complete transparency.

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates anti-corruption performance.

  • The top management of the company directly control the behaviour of the responsibles of functions who operate with customers and suppliers.