Communication on Progress
- Participant
- Published
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- 01-Jun-2022
- Time period
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- June 2021 – June 2022
- Format
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- Stand alone document – Basic COP Template
- Differentiation Level
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- Self-assessment
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- 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
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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.
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São Paulo, 30 de maio de 2022
Para nossas partes interessadas:
Tenho o prazer de confirmar que a Orizon Valorização de Resíduos reafirma seu apoio aos Dez princípios do Pacto Global das Nações Unidas sobre direitos humanos, trabalho, meio ambiente e combate à corrupção.
Nessa Comunicação do progresso anual, descrevemos nossas ações para melhorar continuamente a integração do Pacto Global e seus princípios em nossa estratégia de negócios, cultura e operações diárias.
Também nos comprometemos a compartilhar tais informações com nossas partes interessadas usando nossos principais canais de comunicação.Atenciosamente,
Milton Pilão
CEO
- Human Rights
- Assessment, policy and goals
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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.
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Orizon Valorização de Resíduos has its code of ethics, available to all employees, where our values, principles and commitments are established.
Our premise is valuing society, sustainability, valuing ESG concepts and training and valuing employees.
Our code of ethics establishes conduct commitments for all employees, suppliers and anyone else who may have a relationship with the company.
Among these commitments are:
An integrated work environment, which always seeks unity among its employees, in addition to trust, transparency and dignity between the employee's relationship and the company.
The relationship with third parties in order to ensure that they identify themselves and are committed to the values, principles and commitments of the Company's code of ethics.
- Implementation
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Description of concrete actions to implement Human Rights policies, address Human Rights risks and respond to Human Rights violations.
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The COMPANY has an Ethics Channel for all employees and third parties who wish to file complaints related to violations or suspected violations of this Code, as well as other policies and procedures adopted by the COMPANY, or any applicable law or regulation.
The Ethics Channel is managed by an independent outsourced company and consists of a safe, confidential and impartial tool, available to the COMPANY's external and internal audiences.
The Compliance Officer is responsible for ensuring that the analyzes and recommendations are submitted to the competent bodies for the application of sanctions.
Periodic training is carried out under the company's code of ethics, in addition to the availability of informative booklets.
In 2021, the Company consulted its stakeholders (internal and external) for the construction of its materiality matrix, which will guide our ESG actions for the coming years.
- Measurement of outcomes
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Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.
- No answer provided.
- Labour
- Assessment, policy and goals
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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.
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The company has Policies and procedures that govern the following processes: recruitment/selection, integration of personnel, compensation, granting vacations, job descriptions, granting benefits, hiring suppliers, establishing partnerships, among others, which establish the rules for employees and external partners with regard to labor rights.
For the next year, Orizon aims to implement a systematic organizational climate survey and carry out a safety culture mapping.
- Implementation
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Description of concrete actions taken by the company to implement labour policies, address labour risks and respond to labour violations.
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The COMPANY has an Ethics Channel for all employees and third parties who wish to file complaints related to violations or suspected violations of this Code, as well as other policies and procedures adopted by the COMPANY, or any applicable law or regulation.
In relation to health and safety, the company has procedures to ensure the integrity of its employees. Among these procedures are Health and Safety Monitoring and Measurement, health and safety inspections, management of aspects, impacts and damages and incident management.
The company has Policies and procedures that govern the following processes: recruitment/selection, integration of personnel, compensation, granting vacations, job descriptions, granting benefits, hiring suppliers, establishing partnerships, among others, which establish the rules for employees and external partners with regard to labor rights.
- Measurement of outcomes
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Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.
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Orizon manages diversity factors, however, one of the company's goals for the next year is to implement self-declaration for gender and ethnicity.
The company has a legal and human resources department that handles all labor issues, in addition to an ethics committee and a compliance officer .
- Environment
- Assessment, policy and goals
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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.
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Orizon Valorização de Resíduos is a company focused on environmental solutions that cause a positive impact on the environment, services of proof of valorization of solid resources, generation of renewed gases and reduction of the emission of greenhouse gases.
The company has specific policies and procedures for the prevention and management of environmental risks and incidents.
For the next year, the company foresees a 20% increase in the reduction of the reduction of greenhouse gases.
- Implementation
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Description of concrete actions to implement environmental policies, address environmental risks and respond to environmental incidents.
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The company's operating sites have environmental licenses for operation, which are inspected by competent environmental bodies.
Orizon has a corporate sector focused on monitoring compliance with licenses, in addition to people allocated to the sites who are responsible for monitoring and controlling the environmental performance of the respective sites.
- Measurement of outcomes
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Description of how the company monitors and evaluates environmental performance.
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An external audit of compliance with the environmental licenses of all the company's operating sites is carried out annually.
There is a procedure for the management of environmental incidents, which establish the responsibilities and actions to be taken according to the severity, communication of the incident, communication to Organs competent bodies, establishment of a commission to investigate the incident and record the incident.
- Anti-Corruption
- Assessment, policy and goals
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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.
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Orizon has Compliance policies that aim to eliminate the risk of corruption and associated practices, a policy for contracting suppliers, a policy for establishing partnerships.
- Implementation
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Description of concrete actions to implement anti-corruption policies, address anti-corruption risks and respond to incidents.
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The COMPANY has an Ethics Channel for all employees and third parties who wish to file complaints related to violations or suspected violations of this Code, as well as other policies and procedures adopted by the COMPANY, or any applicable law or regulation.
The COMPANY promotes training, at least annually, to all its employees for qualification and awareness of the values, principles, conduct and concepts provided for in the code of ethics and anti-corruption policies.
Attendance at training is mandatory and attendance is controlled through appropriate means.All Company Employees must be familiar with the principles and rules contained in the Code of Ethics, as well as in the Compliance Policies, observing them anywhere in the world.
Managers have an obligation to ensure that their team observes these rules and principles, thus ensuring that, within their area of responsibility, there are no misconduct that could have been avoided with proper supervision.
- Measurement of outcomes
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Description of how the company monitors and evaluates anti-corruption performance.
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The governance structure of Orizon VR is formed by the Board of Directors, Executive Board, Audit Committee and Ethics Committee.
AUDIT COMMITTEE
Non-statutory collegiate advisory body, with operational autonomy, is established by the Board of Directors
and acts independently from the Board of Executive Officers. It is made up of three members, including an independent member and one with recognized experience in corporate accounting matters. Its objectives are to supervise the quality and integrity of financial reports, compliance with legal, statutory and regulatory standards, the adequacy of processes related to management
risk management, internal audit and internal controls
and the activities of independent auditors.ETHICS COMMITTEE
It is an independent, autonomous and permanent collegiate body, defined by the Board of Directors in elections and which can be removed at any time. It is composed of three members elected for one-year terms, with reelection permitted.The company performs external audits of commercial, legal, financial, information technology risk management
(IT), environmental, compliance and regulatory