Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG)

We, Karlsruher Versorgungs-, Verkehrs- und Hafen GmbH, are aware of our responsibility to respect human rights and protect the environment. We respect human rights and environmental concerns both in our own business operations and in our value and supply chains and expect the same from our suppliers.

With this declaration of principles, we want to give our employees and business partners clear guidance for their actions, facilitate constructive dialogue and create trust.

It is our corporate responsibility to identify risks of human rights violations and environmental damage in our supply chains and to derive effective preventive and countermeasures. In order to live up to our responsibility and fulfil our due diligence obligations in the long term, we carry out regular risk analyses with regard to our own company and our direct business partners.

1. risk analyses

As part of our risk analyses, we regularly check whether there are risks of human rights violations and environmental damage in our own business area or in our supply chains. Business partners, products and services are classified according to risk based on analyses of countries of origin and raw materials, among other things. We also liaise closely with our affiliated companies and other companies in our industry.

Based on the findings from the regular risk analyses, we develop specific measures to prevent or minimise any adverse effects of our business activities on human rights and the environment. We pay particular attention to the payment of appropriate wages, the observance of appropriate working hours, the avoidance of discrimination, the protection of freedom of association (the right of employees and employers to join together to protect and promote working and economic conditions) and occupational health and safety.

2. measures

We take the protection of our employees' human rights into account in our corporate principles and guidelines, collective labour agreements, works agreements, internal procedural instructions and in the design of our internal processes. We also prevent human rights violations by raising awareness and providing information in the form of training. Every employee has the opportunity to submit anonymous or personalised reports or complaints to our reporting office in accordance with the LkSG.

With our direct business partners, we are committed to working in partnership to improve any shortcomings. Any violations of which we become aware are rectified immediately, if possible before any damage occurs. Suitable measures are taken to prevent further offences in the future. The findings and the measures taken are integrated into our risk analyses on an ongoing basis.

We offer both internal and external whistleblowers the opportunity to report human rights violations or environmental damage anonymously or non-anonymously via the e-mail address lksg@kvvh.de as well as in writing or verbally. We guarantee confidential treatment and investigate every report conscientiously. Our complaints procedure is described in detail in our publicly accessible rules of procedure.

Transparent communication of human rights and environmental challenges is a core element of our corporate due diligence. We regularly report on material risks, preventive and countermeasures taken and progress made.

Our risk assessment, the measures taken and our complaints procedure are regularly reviewed and subjected to an effectiveness check at least once a year.