08/06/2018

To our stakeholders:

I am pleased to confirm that Treedom 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,

Federico Garcea
CEO, Legal representative

All the Treedom activities, both related to its direct employees or external partners are based on the respect of human rights recognised by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and Charter of fundamental rights of the European Union.
For this reason, our external activities have been developed so far only with NGOs that can prove to respect and promote human rights principles.
Here’s an updated list of our partners:
COSPE (project in Senegal) AVSI Foundation (project in Haiti) Bambini nel Deserto, (project in Burkina Faso); Libera Terra and Cooperativa Sociale Resistenza
Anticamorra (projects in Italy); WRIO (project “Wirio” in Kenya);  MMO (project “Busia” in Kenya); COOPI (project in Malawi), ASIA (project in Nepal).

Here a list of the programmes that these NGOs implement:
● protection of human rights
● promotion of women's rights and equal opportunities
● support for refugee populations and victims of war
● antiracism training and support of equal-opportunity policies for citizens from
● ethnic minorities
● right to education and intercultural awareness

Treedom has drafted in 2016 an important corporate internal code related to the implementation of human rights in all its operations. Based on this document we choose all the NGOs we collaborate with or we establish new business relations. To better ensure the compliance of the new partners with our human rights code, Treedom asks possible partners to fill a questionnaire in which they inform the organization about their human rights commitment.
Furthermore, Treedom promotes human rights within the activities of our business partners and clients by advising them on human rights issues and measures to respect, protect and promote human rights.

Every employee in Treedom knows the importance that labour rights have for the company. In fact, every employee received a copy of the corporate labour rights code drafted by the company board which shows the commitments of Treedom toward the defence of their rights on the job place. Treedom conducts business in accordance with the Italian and US law, including nondiscrimination and equal opportunities, freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining, workplace health and safety, as well employment conditions and work (wages, working hours, leave, benefits etc).
In addition, Treedom develops its projects in the South of the world respecting the labour rights as indicated in the ILO Core Conventions, rejecting child labour and employment discrimination.
Treedom adheres to the Global Compact Labour principles for achieving its goals.

As already mentioned, Treedom drafted a corporate labour rights code which shows the commitments of Treedom toward the defence of their rights on the job place.
Treedom CEO discusses monthly with each employee regarding his/her work conditions and satisfaction, collecting any useful comment to improve the work environment.
Furthermore, Treedomʼs staff holds weekly meetings to discuss its activities and verifies the state of its initiatives and new ideas are proposed during the meetings.
Internally, the health and safety of all employees are ensured in accordance with the Italian and United States law requirements. Externally, in our projects across the world, Treedom operates through NGOs that involve local communities respecting human and labour rights and giving them a fair income.

Treedomʼs team is now composed of 19 employees with an average age of 32 years and it is composed of about 50% women.
Regularly, Treedom asks its employees to fill a labour rights report in order to understand their satisfaction on their job place.
Treedom also supervises how its partners carry on the projects and if there are any irregularities regarding the respect of communitiesʼ rights.
Treedom has received no grievances or complaints from employees or others in
relation to labour rights violations.
Because of the scope of our activities and the limited number of employees, an external audit of labour rights performance is not required.

Environmental protection is the reason why in 2010 Treedom was created. In fact, Treedom promotes agroforestry projects, with the goal to produce multiple
environmental benefits. For this reason, environmental issues are at the core of every Treedom’s action.
We have an environmental policy based on the principles of green procurement and energy savings.
The online CO2 calculator, by which people can calculate their emissions, is based on reference protocols and international standards, as:
- UNI ISO 14064-1
- The Greenhouse gas Protocol (World Research Institute & World Business Council for Sustainable Development)

The annual CO2 emissions of Treedom are calculated by the same methodology used to calculate the carbon footprint of its customers.
Appropriate bins, provided by the city municipality for the collection of paper, plastic, glass, cans are present in our office in order to reduce the environmental impact of our activities.
Furthermore, we also adopt the following measures:
● the use of only recycled paper in the office;
● all members of the staff go to the office by bicycle;
● recycling 100% of the waste we produce;
● Treedom’s communication material provided to clients is made by recycled paper;
● using energy- saving lights.
Finally, we encourage our team to commute by bike or public transports.

We annually consume:
• 50 reams of 100% recycled paper (A4 size);
• electricity (6000 kw/h).
We annually produce 110kg of waste, all of which flows into recycling. As each year, we plant the proper number of trees necessary to offset our carbon footprint

Transparency is one of the core Treedom’s values. Treedom repudiates any form of corruption and consequently, it is committed to the Italian and US anti-corruption laws.
The organization does not engage with business partners and clients with a track record of corruption.

As reported in the previous reports, Treedom organizes every month an anti-Corruption Training Course to enable its employees to become better acquainted with the intertwined manner in which corruption manifests itself, and the social complexities surrounding it.
To avoid a conflict of interest, the appearance of a conflict of interest, or the need for our employees to examine the ethics of acceptance, our company, and its employees do not accept gifts from vendors, suppliers, customers, potential employees, potential vendors or suppliers, or any other individual or organization, under any circumstances.
Finally, the organization only accepts assignments which are within the range of our expertise and experience and are compatible with our vision and mission.

There have been no cases of corruption over the course of the Treedomʼs existence. According to Italian law, we provide national authorities with our financial documentation and we respect the National and International procedures and law for the obtainment of grants and public funds