Equal Employment Opportunity, Harassment and Discrimination

At VIYA, we treat each individual with respect. Everyone at VIYA is entitled to fair and respectful treatment by his or her supervisors, subordinates and peers.

VIYA is committed to providing an inclusive working environment for its directors, officers, and employees, free of bias. All directors, officers, and employees should feel safe, valued, treated fairly and empowered. VIYA does not tolerate discrimination or harassment of its directors, officers, and employees or suppliers’ workers based on race, religion, national origin, political affiliation, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age or any other relevant category.

Discrimination is treating a person less favorably with respect to his or her employment because of protected characteristic such as race, ethnicity, color, religion, gender, age, national origin, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or other characteristic protected by either applicable legal requirements or specific corporate policy.

Harassment can be physical, verbal or written and can include unwelcome physical contact, sexual advances or requests for sexual favors, disparaging or derogatory jokes, comments, gestures, graphic statements, drawings, pictures, or engaging in offensive behavior.

All directors, officers, and employees shall act in accordance with the letter and spirit of these principles.

Human Rights Compliance

VIYA will act in accordance with nationally and internationally recognized human rights, including fair working conditions and national and international labor and social standards. The respect of human rights is one of VIYA’s core values.

VIYA is highly committed to respect the human rights of its directors, officers, and employees, supply chain partners along our global value chain, the local communities in which it is operating and sourcing regions, distributors, customers, consumers, other business partners and external stakeholders.

VIYA’s commitment to human rights encompasses all internationally recognized human rights, including those covered in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the core labor standards of the ILO (International Labor Organization), the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGP) and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises. If national law in our areas of operation extends or conflicts with internationally recognized human rights, we comply with national legislation and also strive to adhere to the principles of internationally recognized human rights to the greatest extent possible.

When conducting business, VIYA will strive to prevent any adverse human rights impacts in connection with its business. As a part of its global value and supply chains, VIYA expects that its business partners (customers, supplier, and other third parties) also respect human rights as well as international labor and social standards.

VIYA does not tolerate, engage in or support child and forced labor, including prison labor, slavery and any other form of labor that poses a threat to both adults and children. VIYA is committed to prevent, mitigate and address the risks of child and forced labor in its global value chains.

Occupational Safety and Health Protection

Our Occupational Safety and Health Policy help us preserve the best possible work conditions for our employees. Every employee has a right to feel safe at work. Our company is committed to follow legal standards and create a hazard-free workplace.

Our Occupational Safety and Health Policy helps us preserve the best possible work conditions for our employees

The aim of VIYA as well as its suppliers/business partners must be to ensure and continuously improve the safety and health protection of employees at work through prevention, elimination of hazards and other occupational health and safety measures in accordance with the statutory requirements for safety and health at work. So this Policy applies to all prospective and current employees of the company as well as our suppliers, contractors and partners.

Our Occupational Safety and Health Policy has been established on the basis of 2 phases: Preventive Action and Emergency Management. Preventative action is any action we take to avoid injuries or illness related to workplace conditions. We’ll conduct periodical risk assessments and job hazard analysis to discover what is likely to harm employees. We’ll establish preventative measures accordingly.

Emergency management refers to our plan to deal with sudden catastrophes like fire, flood, earthquake or explosion. These depend on human error or natural forces. We will periodically schedule various drills to keep our personnel vigilant against hazards. We will monitor the performance of health and safety procedures and revise them to provide a higher level of protection. In addition to that our company will also keep abreast of changes and try to promote health & safety actively.

Employees should follow health and safety instructions and will be held accountable when they don’t. We’ll take disciplinary action that may extend to termination when employees consistently disregard health and safety rules. It’s everyone’s responsibility to contribute to a healthy and safe workplace.

Environmental and Climate Protection

Our company acknowledges a responsibility to the environment, and we express our commitment towards implementing practices which will promote environmental sustainability. The following policy governs the management of the environmental aspects of our company, with specific focus on the conservation of resources and the reduction of waste.

In order to protect the environment, we expect our employees as well as our suppliers and our business partners to commit to use natural resources sparingly. Products, processes and procedures should be assessed for risks to the environment and continuously improved, in order to avoid negative environmental effects.

For not only our company and employees but also for suppliers and our business partners it should be the aim to comply with the environmental requirements based on the international environmental management standards as well as legal and regulatory requirements and to improve them continuously and efficiently– to guarantee a resource and environment- friendly production.

This policy relates to how all operations in our company will be continually reviewed and improved, so that we will truly be able to integrate environmental and social considerations into our everyday practices.

The company will consistently strive to raise awareness in the community, encourage participation and train employees in environmental matters.

Our Principles are to;

To protect the environment, we expect our business partners to commit to use natural resources sparingly.
Products, processes and procedures are assessed for risks to the environment and continuously improved, in order to avoid negative environmental effects.

Corporate Social Responsibility

Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) company policy refers to our responsibility toward our environment. Our company’s existence is not lonely. It’s part of a bigger system of people, values, other organizations and nature. The social responsibility of a business is to give back to the world just as it gives to us

Our Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) company policy outlines our efforts to give back to the world as it gives to us.

This policy applies to our company and its subsidiaries. We also expect our suppliers and business partners to comply. We want to be a responsible business that meets the highest standards of ethics and professionalism.

Our company’s social responsibility falls under two categories: compliance and proactiveness. Compliance refers to our company’s commitment to legality and willingness to observe community values. Proactiveness is every initiative to promote human rights, help communities and protect our natural environment.

Transparency in the Business Relationship

VIYA is a fair and responsible market player and abides by its contractual obligations. It is expected that the suppliers and business partners ensure that their employees, subcontractors or representatives act in the same way. In this context, we have determined our Transparency Policy in Business Relations in line with the following main principles.

Fair Market Behavior

VIYA is dedicated to practicing fair market behaviour; its activities on the market must be conducted in accordance with the norms of fair competition and the spirit and letter of applicable competition law.

Fully complying with competition law is not only a legal obligation but is related to attitudes and cultures that can positively impact a company’s business. The aim of our Compliance Program is to raise the awareness of our employees and to eliminate legal risks, thus supporting the effective implementation of business strategies in a legal way.

VIYA fully respects and complies with the respective competition laws of all those countries where VIYA companies are active.

We adhere to the principle not to enter into any anti-competitive agreements with competitors, our business partners, suppliers or customers and do not abuse any possibly prevailing market position.

We ensure compliance with the respective laws which apply to the import and export of goods, services and information

In addition, we ensure that we and our business partners do not violate the legal provisions against money laundering.

We ensure that our business activities are truthfully in accordance with applicable laws. We expect the same from our suplliers and business partners.

Corporate Anti Bribery Policy

VIYA is committed to conducting business in an ethical and honest manner, and is committed to implementing and enforcing systems that ensure bribery is prevented. VIYA has zero-tolerance for bribery and corrupt activities. We are committed to acting professionally, fairly, and with integrity in all business dealings and relationships, wherever in the country we operate.

VIYA will constantly uphold all laws relating to anti-bribery and corruption in all the jurisdictions in which we operate. We are bound by the laws of the Germany, in regards to our conduct both at home and abroad.

This anti-bribery policy applies to all employees (whether temporary, fixed-term, or permanent), contractors, suppliers, partners or any other person or persons associated with us (including third parties), or any of our subsidiaries or their employees, no matter where they are located (within or outside of Germany).

In the context of this policy, third-party refers to any individual or organisation our company meets and works with. It refers to actual and potential clients, customers, suppliers, distributors, business contacts, agents, advisers, and government and public bodies – this includes their advisors, representatives and officials, politicians, and public parties.

Bribery refers to the act of offering, giving, promising, asking, agreeing, receiving, accepting, or soliciting something of value or of an advantage so to induce or influence an action or decision. A bribe refers to any inducement, reward, or object/item of value offered to another individual in order to gain commercial, contractual, regulatory, or personal advantage. Bribery is not limited to the act of offering a bribe. If an individual is on the receiving end of a bribe and they accept it, they are also breaking the law.

Bribery is illegal. Employees must not engage in any form of bribery, whether it be directly, passively (as described above), or through a third party (such as an agent or distributor). They must not bribe a foreign public official anywhere in the world. They must not accept bribes in any degree and if they are uncertain about whether something is a bribe or a gift or act of hospitality, they must seek further advice from the company’s compliance manager.

Data Protection

Our Company Data Protection Policy refers to our commitment to treat information of employees, customers, stakeholders and other interested parties with the utmost care and confidentiality.

With this policy, we ensure that we gather, store and handle data fairly, transparently and with respect towards individual rights

This policy refers to all parties (employees, job candidates, customers, suppliers etc.) who provide any amount of information to us. Employees of our company and its subsidiaries must follow this policy. Contractors, consultants, partners and any other external entity are also covered. Generally, our policy refers to anyone we collaborate with or acts on our behalf and may need occasional access to data.

As part of our operations, we need to obtain and process information. This information includes any offline or online data that makes a person identifiable such as names, addresses, usernames and passwords, digital footprints, photographs, social security numbers, financial data etc.

Our company collects this information in a transparent way and only with the full cooperation and knowledge of interested parties. Once this information is available to us, the following rules apply

Our data will be:

1. Accurate and kept up-to-date
2. Collected fairly and for lawful purposes only
3. Processed by the company within its legal and moral boundaries
4. Protected against any unauthorized or illegal access by internal or external parties

Our data will not be:

All principles described in this policy must be strictly followed. A breach of data protection guidelines will invoke disciplinary and possibly legal action.

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