Communication on Progress

HENT COP 2015

Participant
Published
  • 06-Apr-2015
Time period
  • April 2014  –  April 2015
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.

  • 2014.12.30
    To all staffs:
    I am pleased to confirm that HENT 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.
    Sincerely yours,
    YiPeng Zhou
    Director

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.

  • Principle 1: Businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights.
    ·Human Rights policy and public statement adopted by our company when our company set up in 1998.
    ·Human Rights considerations embedded in internal protocol for deciding where we should have business activities.
    ·Active participation in international organizations and workshops seeking to promote business awareness and support for human rights.
    ·Human Rights are expanded in risk review process for projects, as well as in supply chain questionnaire and mergers and acquisitions process.

    Principle 2: Make sure 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.

  • ·Training of management teams since 1998, attempts are being made to strengthen awareness of human rights risks and opportunities among sustainability experts and key business unit members. In 2013, we have updated internal management system.
    ·Employees were organized to learn about the spirit of human right annually since 2009. And now Human Rights has gained for everyone.
    ·In 2014, there are some new employees, who are attend to learn what's Human Rights after they come to Hent company.

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • We have a paper testing annually for all our management on Human rights that defined by labor law, the passman will win some scores that included into the Year-Assessment.
    ·We also do a yearly questionnaire to everyone in our company to estimate their satisfaction status about Hent, and also absorbing their advices that are useful to Hent.

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.

  • We try to improve workers’ working condition all the time. E.g. in the 2010, we have equipped our workers with anti-dust mask in our painting workshop, and earplugs in our punching workshop, and a physical inspection is implemented for all our employees each year since 2010. This year our company send more staffs to learn high education in the training school to strength their ability.

  • Implementation

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

  • The CPI index rise up in the past year in China, in order to improving our workers’ life condition, we have adjusted the wage by increasing 30% at the beginning of 2010.
    ·In 2014, our company has raised 5% salaries for everyone again, and recruiting more than 20 new staffs in all kinds of position.
    ·In 2014, Hent provide the skills training for all of new employees

  • Measurement of outcomes

  • Description of how the company monitors and evaluates performance.

  • ·The principle of “no child labor” is included in our company protocol for supplier audits.
    ·Hent has a procedure to distinguish the real age of each applicant for job, and rejected 2 applicants in the past year due to this principle.
    ·All of staff of Hent is over the legal age.

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.

  • We have reduced our carbon-emission by 30% in the past year via purchasing Intermediate frequency furnace,and by using hydropower instead of thermal power.
    · We organized our staff to plant trees on Arbor Day, and our company purchase some plants to improve the environment in 2014.

  • Implementation

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

  • ·We have been modifying our work procedures according to the standards of ISO14000 system.
    ·We implemented a new and strengthened protocol for auditing of suppliers’ environmental performance.
    ·Our company promote energy-saving production.

  • Measurement of outcomes

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

  • Our purchasing activities is concept with “Green, Clean”, and we prefect to purchase devices or equipments with these characteristics.

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.

  • Hent developed a severe punishment rules for any corruption.

  • Implementation

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

  • We keep transparency in every cooperation with our clients and supplier, and win the contract only by excellent quality, good service and favorable price. We believe that only fair competition will bring us more profits in the future.

  • Measurement of outcomes

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

  • Our sales policy require us to complain to the superior of client once their purchasers or relevant persons ask for an unreasonable fee.