Communication on Progress

Communication on Progress - Koninklijke Van der Most

Participant
Published
  • 14-Nov-2022
Time period
  • December 2022  –  December 2023
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.

  • 01-11-2022

    To our stakeholders:

    I am pleased to confirm that Koninklijke Van der Most reaffirms its support of the Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact in the areas of Human Rights, Labour, Environment and Anticorruption.

    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,

    M.O. van der Most
    CEO

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.

  • Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights
    Principle 2: Make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses

  • Implementation

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

  • Our contribution - It is important for our company that all of our employees and business partners respect the human rights of people. Activities implemented:

    1. We ensure safe working places for all of our employees.
    2. More than 90% of all our paper we use, is FSC certified. FSC is a trademark for good forest
    management, including the employees.
    3. We are certified for the NEN-ISO 45001. Here we are checked if we are constantly improving our
    health and safety management system.
    4. We implemented a code of conduct. Three key concepts are central to every decision. Namely:
    People, Profit and Planet

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • The safeguarding of the above measures takes place as follows: On the one hand, through the external audits associated with our certifications. On the other hand, our quality and sustainability manager (1FTE) periodically checks by means of internal audits whether agreements as recorded in this CoP are being met.

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.

  • Principle 3 - Businesses should uphold freedom of association & effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining
    Principle 4 - The elimination of all forms of forced and compulsory labour
    Principle 5 - The effective abolition of child labour
    Principle 6 - Eliminate discrimination in respect of employment and occupation

  • Implementation

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

  • All of our new employees will receive a ‘information magazine’ about Koninklijke Van der Most. In this
    magazine there are policies about environment and labour. All of our employees do have a contract. This contract meets the minimum requirements of the graphic collective labor agreement. In the graphic collective labor agreement have been rules drawn up about child labour, forced and compulsory labour.

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • The safeguarding of the above measures takes place as follows: On the one hand, through the external audits associated with our certifications. On the other hand, our quality and sustainability manager (1FTE) periodically checks by means of internal audits whether agreements as recorded in this CoP are being met.

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.

  • Principle 7 - Businesses should support a precautionary approach to environmental challenges
    Principle 8 - Undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility
    Principle 9 - Encourage the development and diffusion of environmentally friendly technologies

  • Implementation

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

  • Our contribution - As said before one of our three pillars about sustainability is planet. We do a lot of things to reduce the impact on the environment. We are certified for FSC, NEN-ISO 14001, MVI (Dutch trademark for socially responsible purchasing), ClimateCalc (calculation tool for our CO2 footprint).
    We have done a lot to reduce our footprint:

    - We have replaced our fluorescent lamps for LED lighting.
    - We re-use the heat that is released by our compressor.
    - 80% of our machines run IPA free.
    - 40% of our cars run on electricity.
    - We are using certified green power.

    We compensate the last bit of CO2 that we produce through the Kariba, Zimbabwe project.

  • Measurement of outcomes

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

  • The safeguarding of the above measures takes place as follows: On the one hand, through the external audits associated with our certifications. On the other hand, our quality and sustainability manager (1FTE) periodically checks by means of internal audits whether agreements as recorded in this CoP are being met.

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.

  • Principle 10 – Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion
    and bribery.

  • Implementation

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

  • Our contribution: We’ve mapped the risks of human rights violoations. Suppliers are assessed by country of origin. Based on the Corruption Perception Index (CPI) of the organization “Transparency International”. Depending on the score, it is partly determined whether Koninklijke Van der Most B.V.
    does business with the relevant organization. We expect all our stakeholders to recognize and comply
    with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).

  • Measurement of outcomes

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

  • The safeguarding of the above measures takes place as follows: On the one hand, through the external audits associated with our certifications. On the other hand, our quality and sustainability manager (1FTE) periodically checks by means of internal audits whether agreements as recorded in this CoP are being met.