In 2009 MVV decon GmbH joined the UN Global Compact and committed itself to the 10 Principles. This means for us to integrate Human Rights, Labor and Environmental Standarts as vital elements into our company philosophy. Based on this commitment and on our continued support for the UN Global Compact it is our aim to set high standards in these areas within our company and in the relations to our business partners.

Peter Korak, Managing Director of MVV decon GmbH

We hold the Declaration of Human Rights and the International Labor Standards set by ILO in high regard . This is, among others, reflected by our Code of Ethics, which is binding for all employees as an integral part of our employment contracts.

Additionally all employees have undergone an inhouse training concerning anti-discrimination provisions in accordance with German law.

Our core business is focussed on services for international organisations and financing institutes. Our commitment to the Ten Principles of the UN Global Compact facilitates our compliance with the high level requirements of our clients.

Every employee (including management) of our company is obliged to participate in an inhouse training concerning anti-discrimination provisions.

In case of any infringements of human rights or labor standards the employees have the the possibility to contact the Workers´council of our company. Due to the high priority given to these standards the responsibility remains with the management.

During the reporting period no incidents were reported.

It is the policy of MVV decon to comply with all applicable laws, to act fairly, impartially, in an ethical and proper manner. The management of MVV decon will act as an example and will ensure appropriate and reasonable working conditions for its employees as far as this is within the company’s control. Therefore we fully agree with the ILO Core Conventions and observe and implement their standards in our daily work.

We also underscore the Core Labour Standards in the implementation of our projects abroad and always undertake to comply with the Core Labour Standards ratified respective country and inform the staff about their obligations accordingly.

We insure the health of our employees by regular checks carried our by a doctor specialised in labour medicine. In the scope of these regular checks he controlls the working consitions and give instructions for improvements, if required.
Due to our worldwide activities he carries out vaccinations for staff members working abroad and checks the suitability for travelling and informs about special health risks in the respective country.

Our worldwide activities are concentrated on developing countries. It has turned out that increasing safety problems require a more intensive safety management. To meet these requirements we intend to appoint an international safety officer, who will have the task to coordinate our international safety measures.

MVV decon has not established a monitoring an evaluation system for these issues.
We see the nessecity of such a monitoring system with a growing staff number in future.

We apply a number of practices that aim to reduce the environmental impact of our company, as of better waste and recyclables management and reducing levels of energy consumption.
Being a non-producing, medium-sized company we see our major contribution to environmental protection in the nature of our projects, dealing with a number of environmental issues, such as: Innovative energy technologies, renewable energies, energy efficiency, wastewater treatment, water supply, waste management, biomass, emission reduction and climate protection.

As an example we would like to highlight our activities in the field of wind energy were MVV decon planned and developed nu-merous multi-megawatt projects (with a to-tal capacity of about 1,000 MW) and prepared studies for wind energy projects with capacities of up to 3,000 MW. We also supported more than 30 wind park projects through all project phases.

In an other sector we presently work in an EBRD-financed project which provides a credit line, available exclusively to private companies, who wish to invest in energy efficiency and renewable energies. Closer information please find on the KAZSEFF-website http://www.kazseff.kz/En/.

There were no incidents in the reporting period.

We strongly support the UN Convention Against Corruption.

According to our Code of Ethics it is the policy of MVV decon to reject bribery in all its forms. No employee will knowingly engage in, or be associated with, dishonest or fraudulent practices. In order to ensure this policy we have committed our employees and management to comply with the following provisions:
All employees shall associate only with reputable persons or organisations.

Employees shall not knowingly associate with or permit the use of their names or the company’s name in business ventures by any person or firm which they know, or have reason to believe, are engaging in business or professional practices of a fraudulent or dishonest nature.
Employees must not solicit or accept gifts, sponsorships, hospitality or service which would compromise, or give the appearance of compromising, their position or any business decision taken by or on behalf of their employer. They shall not accept compensation, financial or otherwise, from more than one party for services on the same project, or for services pertaining to the same project, unless the circumstances are fully disclosed to, and agreed to, by all interested parties.

Employees should not have any financial or other business relationships with clients or competitors that might impair, or even appear to impair, the independence of any judgement they may need to make on behalf of the company. Therefore, it is company policy that employees may not perform outside work or otherwise engage in any outside activity or enterprise that may interfere in any way with job performance or create a conflict with the company's best interests without the knowledge of their employers.

As our experts are fequently involved in the evaluation of bids as members of evaluation committees, they are prohibited from offering their services to help bidders succeed in obtaining contracts in return for favours, gifts or financial rewards either for themselves or for another person.

It is essential that the highest standards of conduct be observed in all contacts made by company employees with clients, partners, consultants, beneficiaries of projects, governmental officials, fellow employees and the general public. All employees will act with professional responsibility, confidentiality and integrity and show courtesy and consideration to others.

MVV decon GmbH has established a strong anti-bribery policy laid down in a code of ethics and which is reflected in the following measures taken to ensure its compliance:
•Anti-bribery policy is an essential part of company policy and ethics and by showing strong leadership qualities, the company management guarantees a high commitment to anti-bribery throughout the whole company staff.
•Each newly employed staff-member shall sign this code of ethics, thus making it an integral part of his/her employment contract. By this measure a strong commitment to the company’s anti-bribery policy and the awareness of the importance of this policy is increased.
•The company’s policy of requiring two signatures for all major decisions guarantees transparency of decisions and actions.
•The company keeps an accounting, controlling and auditing system according the to highest national and international standards guaranteeing transparency of all financial transactions.

There were no incidents in the reporting period