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Merck is committed to upholding human rights within its sphere of influence and welcomes the "Guiding Principles for Business and Human Rights" adopted by the UN Human Rights Council in 2011. This set of principles creates a global framework for countries to fulfill their duty to protect human rights, as well as for businesses to respect them, illustrating how to do so. Countries are obliged to establish a regulatory framework for the protection of human rights. For global companies, it is important that this be implemented across all countries in order to create uniform competitive conditions for all companies. The duty of companies is to uphold and respect human [...]
[...] filed, addressed, and resolved through formal grievance mechanisms Management Suppliers Compliance Human Rights DMA* and Indicators Comment Link External Assurance Aspect: Investment G4-DMA Management Approach Responsible care Compliance G4-HR1 Total number and percentage of significant investment agreements and contracts that include human rights clauses or that underwent human rights screening Compliance Management Suppliers G4-HR2 Total hours of employee training on human rights policies or procedures concerning aspects of human rights that are relevant to operations, including the percentage of employees trained Human rights Aspect: Non-discrimination G4-DMA [...]
2014 Communication on Progress regarding the implementation of the Global Compact Principles The Global Compact (GC) is a United Nations (UN) initiative founded in 2000. Signatories of the initiative commit themselves to ten principles based on key UN conventions regarding human rights, labor standards, environmental protection, and anti-corruption. At the same time, the compact obliges the signatories to actively engage themselves in propagating the principles within their own sphere of influence. Merck has been a Global Compact participant since 2005. The following table presents the key measures that Merck took in 2013 and 2014 to implement the principles of the [...]
[...] ethically – not only in their interactions with one another, but also outside the company. The Merck Human Rights Charter supplements the Code of Conduct with global human rights principles, such as the core labor standards of the International Labour Organization (ILO). In July 2014, we furthermore adopted a new anti-corruption guideline for the Merck Group. We expect our business partners worldwide to adhere to our guidelines and principles as well. While Supplier Management ensures that suppliers conduct their business according to the rules and regulations, Global Business Partner Risk Management handles the relationships with distribution-related associates [...]
As of December 31, 2014, a total of 39,639 employees worked for Merck across 66 countries. In accordance with the Merck Values , we live a culture of mutual esteem and respect. Through workplace provisions defined in the “Merck Human Rights Charter ”, we commit ourselves to complying with fundamental labor and social standards, as well as the International Labour Organization’s (ILO) core labor standards, the UN Global Compact and the Responsible Care® program of the chemical industry. We have put global policies and guidelines in place to ensure that these standards are implemented at our sites, often going beyond the legal requirements. Distribution of [...]
