Communication on Progress

Participant
Published
  • 12-Jul-2014
Time period
  • July 2013  –  July 2014
Format
  • Stand alone document – Basic COP Template
Differentiation 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.

  • To our stakeholders:

    I am pleased to confirm that Electronic-House 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,

    Palle Gravesen Jensen
    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.

  • Every year Electronic-House UAB is supporting Vilnius International School with scholarships for less fortunate families to enter the school. The school is a privat school introducing world wide well known school program. The International Baccalaureate® (IB) offers high quality programmes of international education to a worldwide community of schools. There are more than 817,000 IB students at 2,943 schools in 139 countries. www.ibo.org

    "Vilnius Rehabilitation Centre of the Deaf" is our partner in introducing, training deaf people into the professional labor market where they unfortunatly rearely have an acces or posibility to be accepted. We are providing training and giving them skills being able to work in our production of cable technology and assembly.

    Kids with cancer

    Healthcare sector in Lithuania is for sure underfunded and Electronic House UAB is each year looking for a good place to support directly or trough support organizations. In 2009 the support was given to support a program named “Miele”, a program helping families with kids having cancer. We sponsored 4.100 Litas as a part of a total fundraise of 34.000 Litas by auction of world class dolls.

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

  • No answer provided.
  • Measurement of outcomes
  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • No answer provided.
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.

  • No answer provided.
  • Implementation
  • Description of concrete actions taken by the company to implement labour policies, address labour risks and respond to labour violations.

  • No answer provided.
  • Measurement of outcomes
  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • No answer provided.
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.

  • The Electronic House UAB, Management is seeking to manufacture high quality products and minimize impact to environment, has decided to create, legalese in documents, implement and monitor as well as constantly improve the Environmental Management System meeting the requirements of the ISO 14001:2004 standard.
    In order to constantly improve the Environmental Management System Company‘s management undertakes:

    -to meet legal and other environmental requirements;
    -to ensure waste management in compliance with legal requirements;
    -to improve natural resource management;
    -to establish EMS goals and periodically estimate implementation;
    -to implement RoHS directive 2002/95/EC using less dangerous materials for production, including lead-free soldering;
    -to involve all levels of employees in EMS improving.

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

  • No answer provided.
  • Measurement of outcomes
  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates environmental performance.

  • No answer provided.
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.

  • he integrity of Lithuanian public, private and non-governmental sectors is viewed only as satisfactory by Lithuanian experts. According to the results of the Lithuanian national integrity system assessment study coordinated by Transparency International Lithuania and supervised by the Lithuanian Institute of Law, the Lithuanian integrity system scores 68 out of 100 possible points. Experts assess legal integrity framework as high (81 points out of 100) while their practical implementation is lagging behind (54).

    Within the research the experts studied the integrity of thirteen institutions and sectors of the country. The experts analyzed whether these thirteen pillars had enough resources to implement their activities and whether they operated in an independent, transparent, accountable and ethical manner. They also analyzed the role these NIS pillars play to support the anticorruption system of the country. Among the institutions and sectors analyzed were the parliament (the Seimas), the government, the judiciary, the public sector, law enforcement institutions, the Central Electoral Commission, Office of the Seimas Ombudsmen, the National Audit Office, anti-corruption agencies, political parties, media, civil society and business.

    Therefore Electronic-House UAB commit to follow Principle 10 of United Nations Global Compact: "Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery."

    Our valus are Trust, Quality, Respect, Safety, Tolerance.

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

  • No answer provided.
  • Measurement of outcomes
  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates anti-corruption performance.

  • No answer provided.