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aging its activities with the highest regard for the
wellbeing of people, places and the environment.
The Committee has a general responsibility for
oversight of the Company’s relevant HSSE programs, policies and procedures; as well as to
advise upon similar measures within the Group’s
various holdings and assets.
ance Officer, or reported to the company’s ethic’s
hotline (either by email or phone). The company
has in place a clear policy of no retaliation for any
issues reported in good faith. Mercuria’s Compliance and Management team are committed to
ensuring any issues reported are taken seriously,
and are followed through to resolution
With this action Mercuria is further strengthening its commitment to the Group’s publically announced core principles HSE Principles which
state:
To ensure we remain compliant with the many
laws and regulations applicable to us, Mercuria
has an extensive Compliance Programme which
is mandated and endorsed by Mercuria’s Management Team, and implemented and overseen
by Mercuria’s Compliance Team.
Mercuria fully supports the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights
which were developed by John Ruggie and his
team in consultation with many stakeholder
groups (the UNGP’s or ‘Ruggie Principles’). We
also welcome the decision of the Legal Affairs
Committee of the Council of States to propose an
indirect counter project to the Swiss Responsible
Business Initiatives.
• Mercuria seeks to provide a safe and
healthy workplace for all (employees, contractors
and the public).
• Mercuria is committed to ensuring ongoing compliance with all applicable rules, laws and
regulations.
• Mercuria is committed to conducting
business with high standards relating to health,
safety and the environment.
• Mercuria commits to measure, record and
review the company’s performance in terms of
its Health, Safety and Environmental metrics; and
use that information to guide its future efforts.
• Mercuria is committed to contributing to
the development of the local communities where
it operates.
• Mercuria will continually strive to improve
its Health, Safety and Environmental procedures
and performance metrics on an ongoing basis.
Code of Conduct and other guiding
Policies
Our Code-of-Conduct presents Mercuria’s objective to work in a proactive, open and cooperative
manner with all authorities and regulators around
the globe, thereby ensuring we conduct our activities in compliance with applicable local and
international laws and regulations. We hold that
our well founded reputation for integrity and excellence is one of our biggest assets.
As part of its operating structure, Mercuria has
a whistleblowing policy and procedure which
allows any individual within the organization to
raise a concern (as well setting out the expectation for them to do so) about a situation that
might represent a breach of our Code of Conduct
or any other company policy. Concerns can be
brought to the person’s immediate supervisor,
another appropriate manager, the local Compli-
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Further, the United Nations has set out 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). These goals
frame a global 15-year agenda to “mobilize efforts
to end all forms of poverty, reduce inequality and
tackle climate change.” In formulating the SDGs,
the U.N. acknowledge “the role of the diverse private sector, ranging from micro-enterprises to
cooperatives to multinationals” in supporting the
goals.
With a full voice, openly and repeatedly, Mercuria
has expressed both its support for and commitment to these principles and goals; and looks to
ensure they are an integral part of its day-to-day
decision making processes.
Market Monitoring – Trade and
Communications Surveillance
Mercuria is committed to maintaining the integrity of the markets in which it trades. As part of its
commitment to insure this is achieved, Mercuria
has implemented and continues to build out it’s
framework for market monitoring and trade surveillance analysis. In doing so, we have committed to implementing a trading compliance culture
that keeps market integrity at the forefront.
Our market surveillance tools play a key role in expanding our ability to detect potential rule, regula-
