FGV Annual Report 2016

FELDA GLOBAL VENTURES HOLDINGS BERHAD 76 REPORTING ON WHAT MATTERS Our culture embraces the diversity of people in our organisation and promotes equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, age, marital status and nationality. RIGHTS OF OUR FOREIGN GUEST WORKERS We strongly abide to a zero tolerance of harassment and abuse at the workplace and our collective bargaining agreement includes insurance for all our foreign guest workers. Our culture embraces the diversity of people in our organisation and promotes equal employment opportunity regardless of race, religion, age, marital status and nationality. All foreign guest workers employed by FGV are accorded the same rights and privileges as their local counterparts, grounded on standardised labour policies under Malaysia's labour legislation. These are also in line with the ILO's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. Our sustainability commitment to our workforce is not limited by nationality or boundaries and is extended to our cohort of over 26,000 foreign guest workers in FGV estates across Malaysia. In recognition of their contribution and sacrifice for our business, we have gone to great lengths to ensure that they are provided access to various facilities including housing and health services in their area of residence. We are presently constructing new housing to accommodate 1,836 foreign guest workers over a period of eight (8) years. We have also started a pilot project to allow foreign guest workers full access to their passports. As of 31 December 2016, 1,150 safety boxes* for passport keeping were successfully installed in five (5) estates. The pilot phase was conducted in Krau 4, Besout 6, Besout 7, Bukit Sagu 4 and Tenggaroh 11 estates. These passport lockers, located in the plantation office, enable our guest workers to safely secure their passports whilst they are out in the field thereby providing them with greater peace of mind. Further to that, we have translated our employment contract into five (5) different languages — Bengali, Tamil, Nepali, Tagalog and English — to ensure that our foreign guest workers fully understand their rights while working with FGV. SUSTAINABILITY STATEMENT SOCIAL * This data point has been independently audited. Please refer to our Independent Assurance Report on pages 355-356.