Adoption of Revised Code of Basic Working Conditions

In 2006, we revised our CBWC to add provisions that we felt were important to strengthen our efforts in this area, based on our experience implementing and assessing compliance with the CBWC. Reflecting our increasingly integrated approach to managing human rights and community issues, the revisions articulated our commitments on several key issues that extend beyond the fenceline of our facilities and those of our suppliers to include our impacts on the communities in which we operate. Specifically, we added commitments on "community engagement and indigenous populations," "bribery and corruption" and "environment and sustainability." We also added explicit reference to – and our general endorsement of – several human rights frameworks and charters.

The revised CBWC was approved and formally rolled out to employees and suppliers as Policy Letter #24 in 2007.