Indicators under the Corporate Human Rights Benchmark (CHRB)
| Indicator | Section/comment |
|---|---|
| A: Governance and policy commitments | |
| A.1 Policy commitments | |
| A.1.1 Commitment to respect human rights | section “Commitment to human rights” |
| A.1.2.a Commitment to respect the human rights of workers: ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work | section “Commitment to human rights” For more details, please see MMC Norilsk Nickel’s Human Rights PolicyMMC Norilsk Nickel’s Human Rights Policy is available on the Company’s official website |
| A.1.2.b Commitment to respect the human rights of workers: Health and safety and working hours | section “Commitment to human rights” For more details, please see the Working Conditions PolicyPolicy is available on the Company’s official website |
| A.1.3.a Commitment to respect human rights particularly relevant to the sector: Land, natural resources and indigenous peoples' rights | section “Rights of local and indigenous communities”, subsection “Free, Prior and Informed Consent” For more details, please see MMC Norilsk Nickel’s Indigenous People s' Rights PolicyIndigenous Peoples' Rights Policy is available on the Company’s official website |
| A.1.3.b Commitment to respect human rights particularly relevant to the sector: Security | section “Nornickel's approach and commitments” |
| A.1.4 Commitment to remedy | The Company is working on remedies to be included in the updated grievance mechanism |
| A.1.5 Commitment to respect the rights of human rights defenders | section “Stakeholder engagement” |
| A.2 Board level accountability | |
| A.2.1 Commitment from the top | section “Governance, responsibilities and oversight” |
| A.2.2 Board responsibility | section “Governance, responsibilities and oversight” |
| A.2.3 Incentives and performance management | section “Governance, responsibilities and oversight” |
| A.2.4 Business model strategy and risks | section “Governance, responsibilities and oversight” |
| B: Embedding respect and human rights due diligence | |
| B.1 Embedding respect for human rights in company culture and management systems | |
| B.1.1 Responsibility and resources for day-to-day human rights functions | section “Governance, responsibilities and oversight” For more details on the allocation of responsibilities as regards human rights commitments, please see MMC Norilsk Nickel’s Human Rights PolicyMMC Norilsk Nickel’s Human Rights Policy is available on the Company’s official website. |
| B.1.2 Incentives and performance management | section “Governance, responsibilities and oversight” |
| B.1.3 Integration with enterprise risk management | section “Identification and assessment of human rights risks and impacts” |
| B.1.4.a Communication/dissemination of policy commitment(s): Workers and external stakeholders | Through the Company’s official website, Nornickel’s by-laws are made available to a wide range of stakeholders. The HR Department makes sure that the Company’s employees are informed about, and comply with, its policies |
| B.1.4.b Communication/dissemination of policy commitment(s): Business relationships | section “Requirements for suppliers to respect human rights as part of supply chain responsibility commitments” |
| B.1.5 Training on human rights | section “Human rights training” |
| B.1.6 Monitoring and corrective actions | The Company implements the following measures to monitor and assess the implementation of MMC Norilsk Nickel’s Human Rights Policy:
MMC Norilsk Nickel’s Human Rights Policy was updated in 2021 |
| B.1.7 Engaging and terminating business relationships | section “Requirements for suppliers to respect human rights as part of supply chain responsibility commitments” |
| B.1.8 Approach to engaging with affected stakeholders | section “Stakeholder engagement” |
| B.2 Human rights due diligence | Human rights due diligence has been implemented by the Company since 2022 |
| B.2.1 Identifying human rights risks and impacts | section “Identification and assessment of human rights risks and impacts” |
| B.2.2 Assessing human rights risks and impacts | section “Identification and assessment of human rights risks and impacts” |
| B.2.3 Integrating and acting on human rights risks and impact assessments | The Company currently manages health and safety and environmental risks (for more details, please see Nornickel’s 2022 Sustainability Report). Going forward, Nornickel plans to streamline its processes for integrating and acting on human rights risks and impact assessments |
| B.2.4 Tracking the effectiveness of actions to respond to human rights risks and impacts | As at the end of 2022, the Company monitors compliance with regulatory and procedural guidelines on human rights. The other monitoring elements are to be adopted and implemented |
| B.2.5 Communicating on human rights impacts | As at the end of 2022, the Company maintains the human rights section of its website, cooperates with analytical agencies and searches for and selects partners and associations. The other communication elements are to be adopted and implemented |
| C: Remedies and grievance mechanisms | |
| C.1 Grievance mechanism(s) for workers | The principal grievance and claim mechanism for employees is the Corporate Trust Line launched in 2010 |
| C.2 Grievance mechanism(s) for external individuals and communities | External stakeholders can contact the Corporate Trust Line and use an additional grievance mechanism for external stakeholders implemented in 2022 |
| C.3 Users are involved in the design and performance of the mechanism(s) | section “Stakeholder engagement”, subsection “Grievance policy” |
| C.4 Procedures related to the grievance mechanism(s) are equitable, publicly available and explained | section “Stakeholder engagement”, subsection “Grievance policy” |
| C.5 Prohibition of retaliation for raising complaints or concerns | section “Stakeholder engagement”, subsection “Grievance policy” |
| C.6 Company involvement with state-based judicial and non-judicial grievance mechanisms | section “Stakeholder engagement”, subsection “Grievance policy” |
| C.7 Remedying adverse impacts | The Company and operations forming Nornickel Group take measures to prevent and eliminate violations of human rights at all units |
| C.8 Communication on the effectiveness of grievance mechanism(s) and incorporating lessons learned | section “Stakeholder engagement”, subsection “Grievance policy” |
| D: Company human rights practices | |
| D.3.1 Living wageIn own extractive operations. | section “Labour rights”, subsection “Fair remuneration and working hours” |
| D.3.2 Transparency and accountabilityIn own extractive operations. | In 2022, the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) informed Nornickel that the process of the Company’s joining was suspended. Nornickel discloses production results and accounting statements prepared under the RAS and IFRS on the Company’s website. The Company also discloses public data on its tax payments broken down by type and country (for more details, please see Nornickel’s 2022 Sustainability Report) |
| D.3.3 Freedom of association and collective bargainingIn own extractive operations. | section “Employee right to freedom of association and collective bargaining” |
| D.3.4 Health and safety: Fatalities, lost days , injury, occupational disease ratesIn own extractive operations. | section “Employee right to safety, including occupational health and safety” |
| D.3.5 Indigenous peoples’ rights and Free, Prior and Informed ConsentIn own extractive operations. | section “Rights of local and indigenous communities”, “Rights of indigenous peoples” |
| D.3.6 Land rights: Land acquisitionIn own extractive operations. | The Company lends and acquires land plots for production and administrative buildings and its operations in general. Nornickel focuses on the rehabilitation of all land affected by construction, mining and emissions caused by its operations, and carries out regular audits of plant and mine closure plans (for more details, please see Nornickel’s 2022 Sustainability Report) |
| D.3.7 SecurityIn own extractive operations. | section “Employee right to safety, including occupational health and safety” |
| D.3.8 Water and sanitationIn own extractive operations. | In 2022, no major impact of Nornickel’s operations on water bodies was identified; water withdrawal was within the pre-approved limits. The Company has in place water stewardship goals for the future (for instance, keeping water recycling and reuse rates above 80%). To reduce its environmental impact, the Company implements environmental initiatives and programmes (for example, the maintenance and operation of the auxiliary fleet which serves to prevent river water contamination) For more details, please see Nornickel’s 2022 Sustainability Report |
| D.3.9. Women’s rightsIn own extractive operations. | section “Labour rights”, subsection “Employment, headcount by location and gender” |
| E: Response to serious allegations | |
| E.1 The company has responded publicly to the allegation | In 2020, a backup diesel fuel storage tank at HPP-3 of NTEC failed due to unsealing. Following the completion of all measures to mitigate the consequences of the fuel spill, the Company developed its White Paper on NTEC’s HPP-3 Incident Clean-Up and Response, which is intended for a wide range of stakeholders and aims to present the official position of the Company on the causes of the incident, the clean-up and compensatory measures taken, as well as organisational changes implemented to prevent similar incidents in the future |
| E.2 The company has investigated and taken appropriate action | Immediately after the incident at HPP-3, Nornickel and its partners initiated a technical investigation into the causes of the fuel spill, which included technical, organisational, and other causes. The incident mainly resulted from flaws in the design (1981) and construction (1984) of tank No. 5. Based on the investigation into the causes of the incident, the Company launched a set of measures aimed at improving industrial safety and mitigating physical risks as well as the odds of environmental incidents going forward |
| E. The company has engaged with affected stakeholders to provide for or cooperate in remedy(ies) | The incident did not affect the city and other local settlements, or involve any human casualties. The Company initiated an ethnological expert review to assess the impact on indigenous Northern minorities. The key impact was on the soil and water bodies near the tank farm |
| For more details, please see the White Paper on NTEC’s HPP-3 Incident Clean-Up and Response. For more details and video content on the clean-up operation following the incident at HPP-3, please see the Company's official website | |