Communication on Progress 2014

Participant
Published
  • 07-Apr-2014
Time period
  • April 2013  –  April 2014
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.

  • “I am pleased to confirm that CMC di Ravenna affirms 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 our first annual Communication on Progress, we describe our actions to integrate the Global Compact and its principles into our business strategy, culture and daily operations. We are also committed to share this information with our stakeholders using our primary channels of communication.”
    Yours sincerely,
    Dario Foschini
    Chief Executive Officer

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.

  • CMC is an Italian Co-operative Company founded in 1901 and presently operating as International Construction Contractor.
    As a Co-operative Company, CMC is based on the values of self-help, self-responsibility, democracy, equality, equity and solidarity, working for the sustainable development of the communities through policies approved by her members.
    CMC co-operative members believe in the ethical values of honesty, openness, social responsibility and caring for others, they are all entitle to acquire the responsibilities of membership, without gender, social, racial, political or religious discrimination.
    Accordingly with the Co-operative Principles by wich the Company is inspired, CMC supports the Universal Declaration of Human Rights inside his business and encourages the acquaintance between the employees and the commercial partners.

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

  • The rights of the member and the employees of CMC are established by the Corporate Charter and the relevant Articles of Association, several internal Relegulations.
    The Company standard is published on the CMC Website and the Communication Portal.

  • Measurement of outcomes
  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • Human Resources Corporate and Regional Departments verify that Company Standards are correctly applied and the business comply with the human rights principles commitment, specific KPI are being considered but not yet set.

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.

  • CMC supports the UNGC labour principles and complies with any local labour laws and regulation in force in any different Country where the construction activities take place.
    CMC rejects any form of labour exploitation and child labour.
    CMC requires commercial partners and suppliers to comply with the same standard.
    CMC has a separate Health and Safety Policy directly stated by the CEO of the Company.

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

  • CMC employs national expatriate personnel, third country nation personnel, local personnel without any gender, social, racial, political or religious discrimination.
    Personnel is selected and managed in accordance with Company Procedures approved by the Executive Management or Human Resources Manager on employee’s designation basis, so to avoid the adoption of self-made and arbitrary criteria.
    The personnel without exception is employed by legal collective or individual agreements defining compensation and work’s conditions; wage levels are established on “comparable pay for comparable work” principle basis.
    CMC promotes the growth of employee’s skills in order to a safer and best practiced approach to the work by educational plan and on-the-job training.
    CMC adopts a third party certified Management System in compliance with OHSAS 18001 to ensure safe and healthy work conditions to all the personnel employed.

  • Measurement of outcomes
  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • Annual Audit and Inspection Plans are carried out by external and internal qualified Auditors and Inspectors, the results are submitted to the Executive Management for relevant evaluations and actions.
    Incident Indexes are periodically calculated according with Italian and OHSA Standards and the trend is evaluated in order to define possible preventive or corrective actions.

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.

  • CMC complies with the UNGC environmental principles and any local environment laws and regulation in force in any different Country where the construction activities take place.
    CMC has a separate Environment Policy directly stated by the CEO of the Company.

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

  • An environment risk assessment is arranged on start stage of each Project construction, environment control measures and responsibilities are pre-established to prevent the environment incident or minimize the effects.
    Specific procedures are issued to manage the possible environment emergency, the assigned personnel is appropriately qualified.
    CMC promotes the growth of employee’s skills in concerning the environment issues by educational plan and on-the-job training.
    CMC adopts a third party certified Management System in compliance with ISO 14001 to mitigate/minimize all environmental impacts identified for the construction phase of the Projects.

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

  • Annual Audit and Inspection Plans are carried out by external and internal qualified Auditors and Inspectors, the results are submitted to the Executive Management for relevant evaluations and actions.

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.

  • CMC complies with the UNGC anti-corruption principles and strongly rejects any corruption form in business as unequivocally contrary the common good of the community, the stakeholders, his own members.
    CMC has a specific anti-corruption Policy as foundation of the Company Ethic Code stated by the Chairman of the Board of Directors.

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

  • CMC provides a corruption risks assessment on the business processes identified as “sensitive” on an independent analysis base.
    Formal procedures are issue to control the activities related to the “sensitive” processes to prevent any possible incorrect behavior by the people acting on behalf of the Company.
    A Watch Body independent from the Company Management, directly appointed the Board of the Directors controls the observance of the Company Ethic Code.
    A permanent Ethic Committee referring to the Vice-Chairman is established by Corporate Charter provision.

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

  • Ethic Code and relevant procedures are audited by external and internal qualified Auditors on directly account of the Watch Body wich report to the Company Ethic Committee.