This policy was approved by Repsol’s Corporate Executive Committee on May 9, 2023.
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Human Rights and Community Relations Policy
Our aim is to respect internationally recognized human rights. These rights encompass those rights set out in the International Bill of Human Rights and the principles relating to rights set out in the International Labor Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, as well as the eight Fundamental Conventions that develop them. The term "respect" implies that we will make reasonable efforts to prevent our activities from causing negative impacts on human rights and, if they do occur, we will do our best to mitigate or remedy the harm.
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Due diligence
Integrating human rights due diligence into all our activities and commercial relationships, in all the countries where we operate and in all the phases of the life cycle, including decommissioning.
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Impact remediation
Remediate those negative impacts that our activity has on human rights.
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Stakeholders
Respect the human rights of all those people who work at Repsol, as well as those of our customers. Establish solid relationships with the communities and stakeholders of the areas of influence of our projects and assets and contribute to local socioeconomic development and the preservation of their environment.
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Commercial relationships
Repsol expects its partners, suppliers, contractors, distributors and other commercial relationships to respect these commitments and human rights in the development of their activities in any part of the world and, consequently, address any negative impacts in which they are involved.
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Proceed with human rights due diligence.
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Remediate the impacts our activities, products or services may have caused.
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Maintain solid relationships with our stakeholders.
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Work with our commercial relationships to extend these commitments.
What is our aim?
Respect in all our activities and commercial relationships the human rights internationally recognized in the Treaties and international standards on business and human rights.
Our commitments
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- Employees
- Communities of the areas of influence
- Customers
- Society
Foster a culture of respect for human rights, promoting awareness and training to our personnel, suppliers, and stakeholders.
Identify and assess the risks and impacts.
Define and implement prevention, mitigation and remediation measures for the negative impacts identified.
Integrate the conclusions of impact assessments in our internal processes.
Carry out continuous monitoring of the risks and impacts identified, as well as compliance with mitigation and remediation action plans.
Establish effective grievance and protection mechanisms for potentially affected persons in our operations, from the start of our activity, so that the potentially affected people and rights holders can access and notify Repsol of any situation with a potential human rights impact.
Externally communicate all due diligence progress and always act with total transparency with public institutions, partners, and stakeholders.
Respect the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights in relationships established with public and private security forces and international humanitarian law.
Promote a remediation system designed according to the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
Collaborate with the national and/or international human rights protection systems, whether of a judicial or non-judicial nature and not hinder their normal operation.
Employees
Respect the human rights of all those people who work at Repsol, in particular health and safety, freedom of association and right to collective bargaining, as well as the standards relating to working hours.
Employees
Prevent and combat discrimination and harassment at work for any reason, as well as violence and sexual harassment. Pay special attention to ensuring equality between men and women in access to employment, working conditions and salaries.
Employees
Reject any form of child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking.
Communities of the areas of influence
Respect their human rights in all phases of the life cycle of the projects and assets.
Communities of the areas of influence
Assess and understand the socioeconomic environment where we operate and identify all the groups of the communities of our area of influence, especially vulnerable groups.
Communities of the areas of influence
Recognize and respect the identity and unique nature of communities; their cultural diversity; their aspirations and needs, and the right to maintain their customs and social practices.
Communities of the areas of influence
Promote transparent engagement in a timely, honest, and culturally appropriate manner, based on listening, open exchange of information, and shared value.
Communities of the areas of influence
Respect the ownership and use of the land and the right to natural resources, including water, according to the International Finance Corporation standards.
Communities of the areas of influence
Recognize and respect the unique nature of indigenous, tribal, and aboriginal peoples and their rights, in accordance with existing legislation in each Country (provided they aren't in conflict with international standards) and with the human rights internationally recognized through Convention 169 of the ILO (regardless of whether or not it has been ratified by the country where we operate) and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This includes, amongst others, ownership, control, and management rights over their lands, territories, and natural resources, autonomy and self-governance rights, the right to maintain their own organizational structures, the right to maintain and promote their cultures, the right to make their own development decisions, the right to take part in all decisions, projects, and profit that is generated in their territories, the right to free, prior and informed consultation and, where applicable, the right to free, prior and informed consent. Cooperating in good faith with governments to ensure that all rights of indigenous communities are guaranteed in our operations.
Communities of the areas of influence
Recognize the rights of women and apply a gender-based approach that promotes the protection of their rights and their participation in engagement spaces.
Communities of the areas of influence
Recognize the rights of the child and respect the Rights of the child and business Principles.
Communities of the areas of influence
Respect and not hinder the peaceful leadership work of human rights defenders. Not tolerate or contribute to threats or aggressions and, when the situation requires, collaborate with these people to create safe engagement environments.
Customers
Respect the human rights of our customers.
Customers
Reject any type of discrimination against customers and product and service users.
Customers
Respect at all times the right to their privacy, protecting and correctly using the personal data entrusted to us by our customers and users.
Society
Identify opportunities to optimize the positive impacts of our activity and promote the shared value and the sustainable development of communities.
Society
Contribute to local socioeconomic development and the environmental preservation of the areas of influence of our projects and assets, in line with our commitment to the United Nations 2030 Agenda.
Promote knowledge and compliance with the commitments of this policy.
Work with our partners and suppliers in any activity to foster the compliance with the human rights due diligence and to remediate the adverse impacts related to our operations, products, or services.
In the case of significant risk suppliers, request objective evidence of the integration of human rights due diligence in their activities. Moreover, Repsol expects said suppliers to work with their supply chains to respect human rights.
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- Due diligence
- Impact remediation
- Stakeholders
- Commercial relationships
Foster a culture of respect for human rights.
Identify and assess the risks and impacts.
Prevent, mitigate, and remediate negative impacts.
Integrate the impact assessments in our internal processes.
Continuous monitoring of risks and impacts, and of action plans.
Establish grievance and protection mechanisms for affected persons.
Communicate progress externally and act with transparency.
Respect the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights.
Promote a remediation system.
Collaborate with the human rights protection systems.
Respect the human rights of the people who work at Repsol.
Prevent and combat discrimination and harassment and ensure equality.
Reject child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking.
Respect their human rights in all phases of the life cycle.
Assess the socioeconomic environment.
Recognize and respect the identity of communities.
Promote transparent engagement.
Respect the ownership and use of the land and the right to natural resources.
Recognize and respect the unique nature of indigenous peoples.
Recognize the rights of women and apply a gender-based approach.
Recognize the rights of the child.
Respect the work of human rights defenders.
Respect the human rights of our customers.
Reject discrimination against customers and users.
Respect the right to privacy of our customers and users.
Identify opportunities to optimize the positive impacts of our activity.
Contribute to local development and environmental preservation.
Promote knowledge of this policy.
Work with our partners and suppliers to foster due diligence.
Request evidence of due diligence in risk suppliers.
Our commitments
Our commitments
Establish solid relationships with the communities where we are present, based on recognition, trust, mutual respect, and shared value through proactive engagement and responsible and transparent management of social impacts and opportunities.
- Proceed in accordance with international reference standards, including but not limited to the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, the International Finance Corporation (IFC) performance standards, and the 10 Principles of the Global Compact.
- Proceed with human rights due diligence in all our activities. That is: identifying and assessing the potential impacts on human rights of our activities before undertaking a new activity or entering into a business relationship and when relevant operational changes occur; integrating the findings of impact assessments into our internal processes and taking appropriate measures to prevent and mitigate potential impacts; monitoring the effectiveness of the measures taken and communicating them externally.
- Establishing effective grievance and protection mechanisms for potentially affected persons in our operations, from the start of our activity, so that the potentially affected people and rights holders can access and notify Repsol of any situation with a potential human rights impact.
- Externally communicating all due diligence progress and always acting with total transparency with public institutions, partners, and stakeholders.
- Respecting the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights in relationships established with public and private security forces and international humanitarian law.
Remediate the impacts our activities, products or services may have caused:
Remediating those negative impacts that our activity has on human rights. To this end, Repsol is committed to:
- Promoting a remediation system designed according to the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.
- Collaborating with the national and/or international human rights protection systems, whether of a judicial or non-judicial nature and not hinder their normal operation.
Maintain solid relationships with our stakeholders:
Respecting the human rights of all those people who work at Repsol, in particular, health and safety, freedom of association and right to collective bargaining, as well as the standards relating to working hours. Additionally, Repsol is committed to:
- Preventing and combating discrimination and harassment at work for any reason, as well as violence and sexual harassment. Paying special attention to ensuring equality between men and women in access to employment, working conditions and salaries.
- Rejecting any form of child labor, forced labor, and human trafficking.
Establishing solid relationships with the communities and stakeholders of the areas of influence of our projects and assets, based on the principles of mutual respect, trust, recognition, cultural sensitivity, integrity, responsibility, transparency, good faith, and non-discrimination, through proactive engagement and responsible and transparent management of social impacts and opportunities. To this end, Repsol is committed to:
- Respecting their human rights in all phases of the life cycle of the projects and assets.
- Assessing and understanding the socioeconomic environment where we operate and identifying all the groups of the communities of our area of influence, especially vulnerable groups.
- Recognizing and respecting the identity and unique nature of communities; their cultural diversity; their aspirations and needs, and the right to maintain their customs and social practices.
- Promoting transparent engagement in a timely, honest, and culturally appropriate manner, based on listening, open exchange of information, and shared value.
- Respecting the ownership and use of the land and the right to natural resources, including water, according to the International Finance Corporation standards.
- Recognizing and respecting the unique nature of indigenous, tribal, and aboriginal peoples and their rights, in accordance with existing legislation in each Country (provided they aren't in conflict with international standards) and with the human rights internationally recognized through Convention 169 of the ILO (regardless of whether or not it has been ratified by the country where we operate) and the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples. This includes, amongst others, ownership, control, and management rights over their lands, territories, and natural resources, autonomy and self-governance rights, the right to maintain their own organizational structures, the right to maintain and promote their cultures, the right to make their own development decisions, the right to take part in all decisions, projects, and profit that is generated in their territories, the right to free, prior and informed consultation and, where applicable, the right to free, prior and informed consent. Cooperating in good faith with governments to ensure that all rights of indigenous communities are guaranteed in our operations.
- Recognizing the rights of women and applying a gender-based approach that promotes the protection of their rights and their participation in engagement spaces.
- Recognizing the rights of the child and respecting the Rights of the child and business Principles.
- Respecting and not hindering the peaceful leadership work of human rights defenders. Not tolerating or contributing to threats or aggressions and, when the situation requires, collaborating with these people to create safe engagement environments.
Respecting the human rights of our customers. Rejecting any type of discrimination against customers and product and service users. Respecting at all times the right to their privacy, protecting and correctly using the personal data entrusted to us by our customers and users.
Identifying opportunities to optimize the positive impacts of our activity and promote the shared value and the sustainable development of communities through contribution to local socioeconomic development and the environmental preservation of the areas of influence of our projects and assets, in line with our commitment to the United Nations 2030 Agenda.
Work with our commercial relationships to extend these commitments:
Repsol expects its partners, suppliers, contractors, distributors and other commercial relationships to respect these commitments and human rights in the development of their activities in any part of the world and, consequently, address any negative impacts in which they are involved. To this end, it is committed to:
- Promoting knowledge and compliance with the commitments of this policy.
- Working with our partners and suppliers in any activity to foster the compliance with the human rights due diligence and to remediate the adverse impacts related to our operations, products, or services.
- In the case of significant risk suppliers, requesting objective evidence of the integration of human rights due diligence in their activities. Moreover, Repsol expects said suppliers to work with their supply chains to respect human rights.
It is the responsibility of all Repsol employees to comply with this policy.
1 International treaties on human rights: International Bill of Human Rights, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women, Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment, Convention on the Rights of the Child.
ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and the eight conventions that develop them: Freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining (Convention No. 87 and No. 98), Elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour (Convention No. 29 and No. 105), Effective abolition of child labour (Convention No. 138 and No. 182) and Elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation (Convention No. 100 and No. 111) .
Convention number 169 of the ILO. Humanitarian law in conflict areas. Furthermore, Repsol shall also respect all International Treaties in regional human rights protection systems in whose countries it operates.
2 International standards on business and human rights: UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises, International Finance Corporation (IFC) Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability, and the 10 principles of the Global Compact.
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