Communication on Progress

Communication on Progress

Participant
Published
  • 26-Apr-2017
Time period
  • May 2016  –  April 2017
Format
  • Stand alone document – Basic COP Template
Differentiation Level
  • This COP qualifies for the Global Compact Active 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.

  • April 21, 2017

    To our stakeholders:

    Excellence is one of our values, and ensuring commitment to excellence is an inevitable goal for us to achieve. I truly believe that excellence cannot be completely obtained unless we have a sustainable vision to which we are fully committed. Therefore, we at Jubaili Brothers hold ourselves as strictly pledged to adhere to the ten principles of the Global Compact in the areas of human rights, labour, environment and anti-corruption.

    We are pleased to present our first COP – a first attempt towards sustainability by embedding a new culture through mainly focusing on two areas as labour, human rights, as well as on the environment. We ensured implementing some of the Global Compact's Sustainable Development Goals; which merely relate to Quality Education and Affordable & Clean Energy. We are also keen on sharing this information with our stakeholders through various means of communication.

    Yours Sincerely,

    Ramzi Jubaili
    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.

  • Human Rights

    Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights; and

    Make sure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.

  • Implementation

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

  • In order to protect the rights of labourers working with Jubaili Bros, it is worth noting that Jubaili Bros has created a health and safety committee to control work accidents through ensuring employees' adherence to rules and procedures.

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • Safe labor conditions

    By reducing the number of work accidents and injuries from 87 and 79 in 2014 and 2015 respectively to only 36 in 2016 (-54%).

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.

  • The elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation.

  • Implementation

  • Description of concrete actions taken by the company to implement labour policies, address labour risks and respond to labour violations.

  • Jubaili Bros does not exhibit discrimination on the basis of nationality in terms of employment. Our main aim is to provide opportunities to the Lebanese and non-Lebanese youth by offering internships and most importantly employing our star interns – 3 got employed last year-.

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • We monitor performance by preparing an annual internship report stating in it the number of enrolled applicants and we publish it on the website to share it with our stakeholders. As an illustration; In 2016, we received in total 121 applications; 68 engineering, 36 administrative and 17 technical. We enrolled 54 interns in Saida (Head Office), 3 in Beirut, and 5 in Tripoli.
    Jubaili Bros also aims to integrate inclusivity in employment by not discriminating against employees with disabilities.

    Non-Discrimination in the workplace
    Inclusion of employees with disability in the workplace (6 employees – 2 in the administration and 6 in the workshop).

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.

  • Undertake initiatives to promote greater environmental responsibility

  • Implementation

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

  • One of our activities related to the community was to collect bottle caps for recycling as a contribution to one of the Lebanese NGOs Arcenciel (who's also an NGO member of the UNGC Lebanon network) in order to manufacture wheelchairs using those bottle caps.
    We intended to involve our clients by putting bins at our premises
    We also encouraged some schools and universities in Saida by urging their students to be part of this sustainable activity where they felt happy about helping the society.
    "...the students got totally involved by not only collecting bottle caps at schools, but also influencing their parents by bringing double the amount to school". - as mentioned by one of the professors.

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates environmental performance.

  • Our aim on one level is to be environmentally friendly while undergoing more green studies such as reducing carbon emissions; and on another level to ensure healthy lives and promote well being for all of our employees. The technical departments are in charge of evaluating performance by issuing reports so that we can publish them on our website and social media in order to spread our sustainable message and lead by example.

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.

  • Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery.

  • Implementation

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

  • Jubaili Bros monitors anti-corruption by tasking our internal audit department and external auditors to perform periodic audits on our financial records in order to ascertain the validity and reliability of information.

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates anti-corruption performance.

  • Through our internal auditors who conduct auditing activities across the branches all year round; similarly, our external auditors visit us twice per year to perform audits of the financial statements.