Human Rights

Policy

Human Rights Policy

ビンゴ 5 確率 MOL Group issued its Human Rights Policy statement based on ビンゴ 5 確率 MOL Group Corporate Principles, Group Vision, and Group Values (MOL CHARTS). ビンゴ 5 確率 group respects human rights in all business activities based on ビンゴ 5 確率 items stipulated in ビンゴ 5 確率 policy statement, and contributes to realizing a sustainable global society. ビンゴ 5 確率 policy statement was approved by ビンゴ 5 確率 Board of Directors on March 31, 2022, and has since been reviewed and revised, as necessary.

MOL Group Human Rights Policy[232KB]

In addition, we work to communicate ビンゴ 5 確率 MOL Group human rights policy to our business partners and ask them to conduct their business activities in line with human rights concerns. We also established "Suppliers Procurement Guidelines" that include a human rights perspective. For more information on ビンゴ 5 確率 Suppliers Procurement Guidelines, please refer to ビンゴ 5 確率 Responsible Procurementpage.

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System

To promote initiatives to respect human rights, mainly ビンゴ 5 確率 Sustainability Committee, a subordinate under ビンゴ 5 確率 Executive Committee, deliberates issues related to human rights. ビンゴ 5 確率 committee is chaired by ビンゴ 5 確率 Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) and vice-chaired by ビンゴ 5 確率 Chief Sustainability Officer (CSuO). As ビンゴ 5 確率 responsible organization, ビンゴ 5 確率 Board of Directors also has supervisory responsibility for human rights initiatives. ビンゴ 5 確率 Corporate Sustainability Division implements specific initiatives in cooperation with other concerned divisions.

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Initiatives

Human Rights Due Diligence

Overall view

ビンゴ 5 確率 MOL Group will establish a human rights due diligence framework based on "ビンゴ 5 確率 United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights," "ビンゴ 5 確率 International Bill of Human Rights," "ビンゴ 5 確率 International Labour Organization Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work"(it provides for ビンゴ 5 確率 fundamental rights to work, including freedom of association and ビンゴ 5 確率 recognition of ビンゴ 5 確率 right to collective bargaining, ビンゴ 5 確率 elimination of forced labor, ビンゴ 5 確率 abolition of child labor, ビンゴ 5 確率 elimination of discrimination in employment and occupation, and safe and healthy working environment), ビンゴ 5 確率 OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, and "ビンゴ 5 確率 2006 Convention on Maritime Labour," which stipulates ビンゴ 5 確率 fundamental right of seafarers to work.
In conducting human rights due diligence, we will proceed with a document-based survey and on-site interviews to grasp ビンゴ 5 確率 current situation regarding
In our due diligence process conducted before mergers and acquisitions, we assess sustainability-related aspects, including human rights, labor practices, and environmental issues.

Identify Human Rights Issues

Desk Analysis

Starting in FY2022, MOL identifies human rights risks that should be taken into account when conducting ビンゴ 5 確率 group's business, based on advice from external experts and international indicators including country-specific human rights risks. We also conducted desk analysis with ビンゴ 5 確率 relevant business division. In ビンゴ 5 確率 desk analysis, we conducted risk mapping by evaluating both ビンゴ 5 確率 likelihood and potential impact of human rights risks, taking into account ビンゴ 5 確率 specific situations of potentially affected stakeholders.
As a result, we have identified "Shipping (Seafarers)", "Logistics" and each potential human rights risks as business fields we will prioritize in future investigations. We will periodically review them, as necessary.

Major human rights risks by identified business field

• *1  Employees, business partners, local communities, etc. (including employees of business partners, direct and indirect employees, women, children, indigenous peoples, immigrants, etc.) are considered.
• *2  35 items, including forced labor, child labor, human trafficking, harassment and abuse, discrimination, violations of freedom of association and collective bargaining rights, equal pay for equal work, and violations of ビンゴ 5 確率 rights of indigenous and local people, are considered.

Written Surveys and Interviews

In ビンゴ 5 確率 "Shipping (Seafarers)" and "Logistics," we conducted written surveys of group companies and interviews with employees to identify key human rights issues.
For ビンゴ 5 確率 "Shipping (Seafarers)", we identified "working hours," "discrimination and harassment," and "access to remedy" as key human rights issues.
For ビンゴ 5 確率 "Logistics", we identified "working conditions," "discrimination," "occupational health and safety," and "access to remedy" as key human rights issues.
We plan to conduct periodic review of ビンゴ 5 確率 human rights risk mapping and key human rights issues.

For more information about MOL Group activities to identify and mitigate sustainability risks, including human rights across ビンゴ 5 確率 value chain, please visit ビンゴ 5 確率 Responsible Procurementpage.

<Shipping (Seafarers)>

ビンゴ 5 確率 Maritime Labour Convention, 2006 (MLC 2006), which establishes ビンゴ 5 確率 fundamental rights of seafarers, also addresses basic human rights such as ビンゴ 5 確率 elimination of forced labor and ビンゴ 5 確率 abolition of child labor. Our group is committed to strict compliance with them. For example, our vessels adhere to onboard compliance guidelines, prohibit discrimination by religion, nationality, age, and gender, and establish procedures to address complaints of harassment. They also hold monthly onboard compliance committee meetings to implement and evaluate efforts on human rights issues, discrimination, and harassment through dialogues between crewmembers and onboard compliance officers.
To further promote these initiatives, we conduct human rights due diligence as outlined below.

Conducting written surveys and interviews with ship management companies
In ビンゴ 5 確率 first half of FY2023, we conducted written surveys to comprehensively understand human rights risks across all 11 of our group's in-house ship management companies. Additionally, we conducted interviews with two companies in Japan and one in ビンゴ 5 確率 Philippines.

Conducting direct interviews with seafarers
In ビンゴ 5 確率 second half of FY2023, we conducted interviews with our group's seafarers. To ensure objectivity and neutrality, we collaborated with third-party experts specializing in business and human rights. We gathered feedback from 28 Japanese seafarers and 60 Filipino seafarers, considering their job types, positions, and hierarchical relationships. By maintaining anonymity and conducting interviews in ビンゴ 5 確率 local language in ビンゴ 5 確率 Philippines, we were able to obtain honest and candid opinions. Based on ビンゴ 5 確率 results of ビンゴ 5 確率 written surveys from ビンゴ 5 確率 first half of ビンゴ 5 確率 year, we discussed topics such as working hours, wages, health and safety, workplace communication, and ビンゴ 5 確率 use of grievance mechanism, while also checking for risks specific to foreign seafarers.

Priority Human Rights Issues
Through this written surveys and interviews conducted, we have identified "working hours," "discrimination and harassment," and "access to remedy" as key areas of human rights issues that should be given more importance.
We are continuing to consider and implement specific measures to further promote initiatives to address existing human rights issues.

For more information on other initiatives related to seafarers, please refer to ビンゴ 5 確率 following pages:

• Safety Vision
• Human Capital Vision
• DX Vision

<Logistics>

We conduct human rights due diligence as outlined below.

Conducting written surveys with eight operating companies in Asia
In ビンゴ 5 確率 first half of FY2023, we conducted written surveys to comprehensively understand human rights risks across eight operating companies in Asia.

Conducting value chain desk analysis workshop
In ビンゴ 5 確率 first half of FY2024, we conducted a desk analysis workshop with employees of MOL Logistics Co., Ltd., who have experience residing abroad to identify ビンゴ 5 確率 major stakeholders in ビンゴ 5 確率 logistics business value chain and potential human rights risks.

Conducting direct interviews with employees
In ビンゴ 5 確率 second half of FY2024, we conducted interviews with employees of MOL Logistics (Thailand) Co., Ltd., and its contractors. To ensure objectivity and neutrality, we collaborated with third-party experts specializing in business and human rights. We gathered feedback from 33 employees of MOL Logistics (Thailand) Co., Ltd. and 5 employees of contractors. By maintaining anonymity and conducting interviews in ビンゴ 5 確率 local language in Thailand, we were able to obtain honest and candid opinions. Based on ビンゴ 5 確率 results of ビンゴ 5 確率 written surveys and value chain desk analysis workshop, we discussed topics such as working hours, occupational health and safety, and ビンゴ 5 確率 use of grievance mechanism.

Priority human rights issues
Through these written surveys, desk analysis, and interviews conducted, we have identified "working conditions," "discrimination," "occupational health and safety" and "access to remedy" as key areas of human rights issues that should be given more importance.
We are continuing to consider and implement specific measures to further promote initiatives to address existing human rights issues.

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Initiatives for individual human rights issues

Prevention of child labor and forced labor

We do not engage in child labor or forced labor, and carry forward initiatives aimed at preventing such abuses. In particular, in terms of preventing child labor, we conduct recruitment activities in compliance with ビンゴ 5 確率 Labor Standards Act and thoroughly implement ビンゴ 5 確率 initiatives by confirming ビンゴ 5 確率 age of employees by means of ID cards, etc., at ビンゴ 5 確率 time of hiring. We also believe it is important to educate our employees and provide human rights training programs including education on child labor and forced labor.
In our value chain initiatives, when selecting a ship recycling yard to dismantle an end-of-life ship, we actually conduct on-site interviews and inspections of recycling yards and confirm that they make sufficient efforts to ensure human rights such as eliminating child labor and forced labor.

Initiatives related to wages

ビンゴ 5 確率 MOL Group ensures compliance with labor laws, including minimum wages in each country where we do business. We have also established a competitive wage structure that not only exceeds national and local minimum wage levels, but also guarantees a living wage allowing employees to work with peace of mind, and is necessary to secure highly qualified personnel.
Furthermore, we apply a unified compensation system for ビンゴ 5 確率 same qualifications and ビンゴ 5 確率 same job level.

Actions on LGBTQ issues

We strive to create a comfortable working environment for LGBTQ (sexual minorities). We provide training programs to prevent unintentional harassment due to discrimination or lack of understanding, and renovations are underway at ビンゴ 5 確率 Head Office to build more LGBTQ-friendly facilities.

Reduction of Overtime Work

ビンゴ 5 確率 MOL Group strives to optimize working hours from ビンゴ 5 確率 perspective of preventing physical and mental health problems among employees.
For more information on our measures, please see ビンゴ 5 確率 section "Health and Productivity Management: Reduction of Overtime Working Hours." We have taken various measures to reduce overtime work.

Harassment Prevention

ビンゴ 5 確率 MOL Group is undertaking initiatives to prevent any kind of workplace harassment, since this is detrimental to mutual respect. Besides training related to ビンゴ 5 確率 prevention of harassment, we have formulated a Group declaration on harassment prevention that expresses our non-tolerance of such forms of behavior. We are redoubling our efforts to create harassment-free workplaces.

MOL Group Declaration of Harassment Prevention

ビンゴ 5 確率 Mitsui O.S.K. Lines Group will take ビンゴ 5 確率 following measures to promote ビンゴ 5 確率 creation of healthy and dynamic workplaces free from harassment.

• We will foster an organizational culture in which each and every employee on land and at sea, will respect each other regardless of position and will be able to freely and energetically demonstrate diverse individuality, values, and viewpoints.
• Employees and ビンゴ 5 確率 Company will work together to build an organizational culture that enhances knowledge and awareness of harassment prevention and deters or stops any form of harassment.
• We shall establish a system in which anyone can feel safe about reporting harassment issues, and in ビンゴ 5 確率 event of harassment, we shall take fair and appropriate measures in a resolute manner and establish an organizational structure to prevent recurrence.

Established in December 2020

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Access to Remedy

ビンゴ 5 確率 MOL Group provides several advisory and reporting service desks to promptly address human rights-related concerns.
ビンゴ 5 確率 group is also a regular member of ビンゴ 5 確率 Japan Center for Engagement and Remedy on Business and Human Rights (JaCER), which supports effective grievance handling in compliance with ビンゴ 5 確率 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. ビンゴ 5 確率 "Dialogue Remedy Platform" provided by JaCER accepts a wide range of human rights-related complaints and reports from all external stakeholders, including customers and business partners in ビンゴ 5 確率 group value chain. In receiving reports, we will ensure ビンゴ 5 確率 anonymity of whistleblowers and ビンゴ 5 確率 confidentiality of ビンゴ 5 確率 content of reports. We will ensure ビンゴ 5 確率 legitimacy of complaint handling and respond appropriately with fairness and transparency by accepting complaints through a third party in a professional position. We will also analyze ビンゴ 5 確率 factors and frequency of cases received and endeavor to prevent and mitigate future human rights risks by reflecting ビンゴ 5 確率 results as necessary in our human rights due diligence, which is promoted under ビンゴ 5 確率 supervision and direction of ビンゴ 5 確率 Sustainability Committee.
Information on ビンゴ 5 確率 progress of ビンゴ 5 確率 case will be disclosed anonymously on ビンゴ 5 確率 JaCER website regularly.

List of Advisory and Report Service Desks

For details on JaCER, please click here.
Click here to learn more about ビンゴ 5 確率 MOL Group’s compliance activities.

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Human rights Education

MOL holds human rights and harassment prevention training programs every year. These programs are designed to provide a deeper understanding of not only legal compliance related to human rights and harassment of course, but also relevant systems and actual events including background issues, such as how people are affected by human rights abuses and harassment, with ビンゴ 5 確率 aim of creating a foundation for responsible actions by all MOL Group employees. In addition, these programs are intended to help employees act as good citizens, not only in corporate activities, but also in their everyday lives.

Human rights training programs

Online training programs help all MOL Group executives and employees in Japan and overseas understand ビンゴ 5 確率 importance of our initiatives to respect human rights (participation rate in FY2024 : 96.2%). Besides giving staff a deeper understanding of ビンゴ 5 確率 fundamental human rights risks that can arise in businesses within ビンゴ 5 確率 MOL Group value chain, such as forced and child labor, ビンゴ 5 確率 programs aim to underline ビンゴ 5 確率 Group's commitment to enforcing our human rights policy.
For ビンゴ 5 確率 performance of e-learning participation rates, please refer to ビンゴ 5 確率 Sustainability Data Collection page.
In addition, we provide rank-specific training programs for managers, general employees, and new employees to prevent various human rights violations.

Harassment prevention training programs

We conduct training programs for staff in both managerial and non-managerial roles that are designed to prevent harassment to ensure workplaces across ビンゴ 5 確率 entire MOL Group are harassment-free and to cultivate a work culture that reassures and supports everybody.
In particular, we have tried to make managerial training more effective by adding content relating to anti-harassment laws; distinguishing between guidance and power-based harassment; and ビンゴ 5 確率 risks of not tackling workplace harassment. We also organize group training sessions to look at actual examples of harassment in ビンゴ 5 確率 workplace and consider responses to it.

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Dialogue with stakeholders

Participating in ビンゴ 5 確率 2024 Stakeholder Engagement Program

MOL participated in eight stakeholder engagement programs from June 7 to August 7, 2024, sponsored by ビンゴ 5 確率 non-profit organization Japan Committee of ビンゴ 5 確率 Caux Round Table.
ビンゴ 5 確率 program is designed to discuss a wide range of human rights issues with companies from various industries, NPOs and NGOs, academics, and experts, to provide opportunities for companies to understand and put into practice ビンゴ 5 確率 UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
ビンゴ 5 確率 discussions in FY2024, which were not specific to certain industrial sectors, looked at developments in supply chain laws and regulations related to business and human rights in Japan and abroad, labor issues in overseas supply chains and Japanese companies, and issues raised by civil society regarding climate change and ビンゴ 5 確率 green economy. These discussions included ビンゴ 5 確率 impact on businesses and related responses.
With transportation and logistics companies participating in ビンゴ 5 確率 program, we worked to identify "key human rights issues for each industry" using a tool developed by ビンゴ 5 確率 United Nations Environment Programme Finance Initiative (UNEP FI) to deepen their understanding of human rights issues in transportation and logistics.
See below for ビンゴ 5 確率 final report.

Stakeholder Engagement Program Final Report
[Human Rights Issues by Sector v.13]

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Support for International Initiatives

Participating in ビンゴ 5 確率 UN Global Compact

With business activities spread across ビンゴ 5 確率 globe, ビンゴ 5 確率 MOL Group believes that building good relationships with various stakeholders worldwide and contributing to ビンゴ 5 確率 realization of sustainable growth of society are vital as it seeks to realize ビンゴ 5 確率 ideas set forth in ビンゴ 5 確率 MOL Group Corporate Principles. In order to contribute to an international framework for realizing these goals, MOL became ビンゴ 5 確率 first Japanese shipping company to participate in ビンゴ 5 確率 United Nations Global Compact in 2005.
Since then, MOL has worked to support and practice ビンゴ 5 確率 10 principles in 4 areas of ビンゴ 5 確率 UN Global Compact, which shares ビンゴ 5 確率 same values as MOL's Rules of Conduct, which were established as a set of guidelines for executives and employees.

Modern Slavery Statement

As part of our efforts to eliminate any form of forced labor, modern slavery or human trafficking within our business and ビンゴ 5 確率 MOL Group value chain, we publish a "Modern Slavery Statement" on our website in line with ビンゴ 5 確率 UK Modern Slavery Act 2015.

• Modern Slavery Statement 2024[217KB]
• Modern Slavery Statement 2023[216KB]
• Modern Slavery Statement 2022[182KB]