Human rights
|
|
|
2011 |
2012 |
2013 |
|
Hours of training on Human Rights |
(number) |
518 |
576 |
667 |
|
Reports received on probable Human Rights violations |
|
39 |
39 |
43 |
|
Reports on Human Rights violations closed in the year |
|
32 |
48 |
44 |
|
- groundless reports or only partially grounded reports with corrective and/or improvement actions taken |
|
13 |
15 |
20 |
|
- groundless reports |
|
19 |
33 |
24 |
|
Suppliers subjected to qualification procedures including screening on Human Rights |
|
11,471 |
12,471 |
14,833 |
|
% procurement from suppliers subjected to qualification procedures including screening on Human Rights |
(%) |
90 |
88 |
87 |
|
SA 8000 audits carried out |
(number) |
16 |
16 |
23 |
|
- of which follow-ups |
|
8 |
8 |
9 |
|
Security contracts containing clauses on Human Rights |
(%) |
50 |
65 |
84 |
|
Security personnel trained on Human Rights |
(number) |
169 |
1,008 |
235 |
|
Critical sites covered by assessments |
|
30 |
11 |
21 |
|
Sites verified by means of check list |
|
147 |
121 |
194 |
|
Countries with armed guards protecting sites |
|
12 |
10 |
11 |
|
Training hours of specific nature to security managers |
|
672 |
1,476 |
4,700 |
With reference to the management of whistleblowing concerning Human Rights topics, it is noted that during 2013:
- 43 files were opened, mainly relating to alleged abuses of workers’ rights and referring to issues of harassment, bullying and workplace safety;
- 44 files were closed, 4 of which were found to be justified and 16 of which were not, for which corrective and/or improvement actions were adopted anyway. These actions mainly focused on abuses of workers’ rights with regard to the issues of bullying, harassment and workplace safety.
The company’s commitment to carrying out audits and inspections on the conduct of suppliers has been maintained, with particular reference to the protection of Human Rights. In 2013, SA 8000 Audits were performed on 14 suppliers/sub-suppliers in Australia/East Timor, Ecuador, Congo and Pakistan, and follow-up SA 8000 audits were performed on 9 suppliers (in Congo and Ecuador) audited in 2012. Regarding the involvement of personnel in this area, SA 8000 auditor training was given to 5 procurement staff in Italy.
In 2013 Secur, in collaboration with the Sustainability Unit and the E&P Division, and with the support of ECU, continued its work on the promotion and development of two training projects on “Security & Human Rights” for Security Forces working at Eni sites in Indonesia and Algeria.
150 agents of private security forces and 2 security managers were trained through these courses, for a total of 13 training sessions. In particular:
- in Indonesia in November 2013, 10 training sessions were held for a total of 151 participants, including 99 members of the Public and Private Security Forces. These sessions were held in Jakarta (Java), Jayapura (Papua) and Balikpapan (Borneo). The training courses were targeted at Indonesian Army and Navy personnel, Indonesian police officers and members of the Indonesian Human Rights Commission. Moreover, through this training project, for the first time employees of other companies in the oil&gas industry (“Chemical Gas Indonesia” and “Vico Indonesia”) were involved as well as representatives of local NGOs;
- in Algeria in December 2013, 3 training sessions were conducted in Algiers, for a total of 57 participants, including 6 from Eni, belonging to the HR and Security departments and 51 agents of Private Security Forces.
During 2013, 7 training courses were conducted on topics of specific interest to Security staff, for a total of 4,700 hours training and 114 participants, 83 of whom were trained in Human Rights (43 in Italy and 40 in Kuala Lumpur (Malaysia) respectively). The latter staff were trained as part of a broader training project called “Security in the oil&gas Industry”.
Finally, regarding the conduct clause aimed at ensuring respect for Human Rights, this was included in 84% of the contracts concluded with Security Services providers, compared to 65% in 2012. There is, therefore, a strongly positive trend in the number of security contracts containing Human Rights clauses.
