Human Rights
In many dynamic emerging markets, labor laws and enforcement have not kept pace with the growth in global trade. Volatile and unpredictable supply chains can sometimes mean volatile and unpredictable income and working conditions for the people that are the collective engine of global commerce.
This is why, as a leader in emerging markets logistics, Agility must take the lead by setting and enforcing a high standard for the protection of human rights and wellbeing for everyone in our operations. Since 2008, we’ve been doing just that.
Our Human Rights Promise
Protection for Complainants
Protection for Complainants
No Child Labor
No Child Labor
No Forced Labor
No Forced Labor
Fair Work Hours & Wages
Fair Work Hours & Wages
Freedom of Association
Freedom of Association
No Discrimination & Harassment
No Discrimination & Harassment
Health, Safety & the Environment
Health, Safety & the Environment
Community & Stakeholder Engagement
Community & Stakeholder Engagement
Our Fair Labor Program
The Agility Fair Labor Program embeds respect for human rights into our organisation, ensuring that all employees know their rights and how to exercise them. Driven from the highest leadership in the business, the program includes a comprehensive human rights policy and implementation tools.
OUR 2025 GOALS
100% of countries identify their own human rights risks
100% of employees trained on human rights
100% of largest emerging market operations are audited every two years
HOW IT WORKS
For our largest operations in Asia and the Middle East, HR managers submit a human rights self-assessment for their country. All country management and HR employees go through a management training session, where they apply our policies through real scenarios taken from across our operations. A select group of Fair Labor trainers roll-out the program to all employees, including those hired by a 3rd party, and ensure each site has a responsible person, fair labor posters and that the anonymous grievance reporting channels are clearly posted. Once the training is complete, all non-compliance areas are addressed and an audit follows. The cycle repeats every 2 years.
Step 1.
Self-Assessment conducted within the past year
Step 2.
Management training
Step 3.
Employee roll-out
Step 4.
3rd party audit
OUR PROGRESS*
PROGRESS BY REGION*
Reporting country | Self-Assessment conducted w/n the past year | Management training conducted | Employee roll-out completed | Audit completed |
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Algeria
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Bahrain
| 2019 | |||
Egypt
| 2020 | |||
Iraq
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Jordan
| 2018 | |||
Kenya
| 2018 | |||
Kuwait
| 2019 | |||
Lebanon
| 2018 | |||
Oman
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Saudi Arabia
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South Africa
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Turkey
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United Arab Emirates, Abu Dhabi
| 2019 | |||
United Arab Emirates, Dubai
| 2019 |
Reporting country | Self-Assessment conducted w/n the past year | Management training conducted | Employee roll-out completed | Audit completed |
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Australia
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Bangladesh
| 2018 | |||
China
| 2019 | |||
Hong Kong
| 2019 | |||
India
| 2018 | |||
Indonesia
| 2018 | |||
Malaysia
| 2018 | |||
Pakistan
| 2018 | |||
Philippines
| 2018 | |||
Singapore
| 2019 | |||
Thailand
| 2018 | |||
Vietnam
| 2019 |
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*How we measure progress:
- 100% of countries understand human rights risks: 73 countries are required to conduct a self-assessment survey each year. Their human resources managers must undergo an annual training on the Fair Labor program. The denominator for this percentage is the headcount covered by the number of countries that have completed both the self-assessment and management training.
- 100% of employees trained: For full-service operations in the Middle East, Africa and Asia, human resources managers are required to conduct an employee roll-out to ensure that all employees, including subcontractors, are aware of their rights and how to report a grievance. For operations in the Americas and Europe, human rights managers are trained on the program, and are required to incorporate the fair labor training video into onboarding. The percentage here is of total headcount in countries that fulfill the requirements based on their region and scale.
- 100% of full-service emerging market operations audited: We assess human rights risk for our business on the basis of the scale of our operations, the presence of potentially vulnerable employees, including subcontracted or foreign migrant workers, and the country regulatory environment. We have identified 26 operations in the Middle East and Asia Pacific, reflected in the table above, for full participation in our Fair Labor program. For these countries, in addition to the first 2 steps, they are required to undergo a 3rd party social audit every 2 years. This audit must cover all aspects of the fair labor program. If no 3rd party audit is requested by a customer, the operations must voluntarily undergo an audit.
Case Studies
Taqdeer Award for Agility Dubai
In 2018, Agility Global Integrated Logstics was among 31 companies, from an original group of 425 applicants, which received the Taqdeer Award for providing the best working conditions for laborers. This award goes to distinguished companies operating in construction, manufacturing, services and free zones in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, recognizing and rewarding the organizations for creating and maintaining world-class working conditions.
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