In Equinor, it is important for us to pay close attention to the health, well-being and rights of everyone our business touches. This is reflected in our vision towards zero harm, our efforts towards building an inclusive culture and our name change.
Respecting human rights is essential for our licence to operate as a company and these fundamental principles have been embedded in Equinor’s corporate values, Code of Conduct and human rights policy, adopted by the board of directors of Equinor ASA in 2015 and renewed on 6 May 2020. Our human rights efforts are a journey where we strive for continuous improvement in our performance and behaviour.
Priority areas
Our human rights policy tells us how to behave to ensure we respect human rights, as well as setting out what we expect from our suppliers and other business partners. Below are the four priority areas we have identified in this policy.
Unsafe working conditions
Working to respect safe, healthy and secure working conditions in our operations and supply chain.
Unethical recruitment of migrant workers in the supply chain
Working to respect ethical recruitment of migrant workers within the supply chain, including addressing the prevalence of recruitment fees, deception, document retention and restrictions to freedom of movement.
Wage-theft and excessive working hours in the supply chain
Working to respect that workers in the supply chain are paid what they are entitled to, including addressing wage withholding and managing fatigue and work-life balance.
Adverse impacts on local communities and indigenous peoples resulting from the use of land
Working to respect affected communities in proximity to our operations, including preventing and mitigating impacts on local resources, indigenous rights, economic displacement and physical displacement resulting from land use.
Raise a concern
In Equinor we have several ways of raising a concern or grievance.
If your enquiry is urgent or related to a safety issue, please call us immediately at +47 51 99 00 00.
We also have an independently hosted helpline available for anyone involved in or affected by our activities to raise a concern. We call this the Ethics helpline, as it is related to our efforts to act in an ethical, sustainable and socially responsible manner, which includes the respect of human rights. All information provided into this helpline is confidential and anonymous and is available in six different languages.
Our performance
Equinor produces several reports which are linked to our efforts to continuously to embed human rights and implement adequate human rights due diligence processes into the way we conduct our business. The following reports support these efforts:
