Johnson Matthey Plc and our group companies (JM) are committed to respecting and upholding human rights throughout our operations and supply chain. We support the principles of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Core Conventions. We are led by key frameworks that define human rights principles for businesses, including UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.
We are committed to ensuring no modern slavery exists in our business and to identify, mitigate and remediate any issues we find in our business.
Doing the right thing underpins everything we do. Our Code of Ethics is a practical guide for all our stakeholders to follow, assisting anyone facing an ethical or difficult situation, including any labour or human rights issues. Our independent Speak Up line is available for anyone wishing to raise a concern.
Further information and data on the number of Speak up cases, including those related to labour & human rights issues, can be found in our Sustainability Performance Databook, under the Ethics & Compliance tab (see link above).
Our human rights commitments
Human rights due diligence
We have a human rights risk assessment framework which we utilise to identify and assess our human rights risk areas within our operations and direct suppliers. Due diligence and risk mitigation projects are prioritised against risk levels. We will closely monitor the outcomes of our assessments and leverage the findings to continuously enhance our approach.
To embed human rights due diligence and awareness across our business we:
- Assess human rights risks across our own sites and direct suppliers
- Utilise EcoVadis-IQ to screen our own sites and direct suppliers
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Actively engage and support our suppliers on their sustainability journey
- Human rights expectations are included in our Supplier Code of Conduct as well as our standard Terms and Conditions of Purchase and template purchasing agreements
View our Supplier Code of Conduct
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Put in place mitigation and remedial actions where required
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Offer human rights training to our employees
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Are a participant in the UN Global Compact Business and Human Rights Accelerator programme
Freedom of association
We respect and uphold the freedom of association and the effective recognition of the right to collective bargaining.
Many of our people globally are covered by collective bargaining agreements and/or represented by works councils or trade unions.
Regular engagement is undertaken directly with our employee representative groups on a range of topics including freedom of association and collective bargaining. These groups include recognised trade unions, or elected employee representative groups where trade unions are not present.
Fair pay
We operate a ‘total reward’ approach at JM, and we aim to provide a total reward offering that is flexible, market competitive in each country in which we operate and affordable for JM. For this, we are committed to providing fair reward that is consistent with our goal of being an inclusive and sustainable company.
We are developing our approach to global pay transparency in line with EU legislation and have already disclosed our UK gender pay gap report in accordance with UK law.
JM is accredited as being a ‘Living wage employer’ in the UK by the Living wage foundation. This recognises the leadership of responsible employers who choose to pay a real living wage based on the cost of living, not just the government minimum. We also exploring opportunities to apply are living wage policy globally.
Visit Living Wage Foundation website
Ensuring a just transition
JM believes that we should decarbonise the economy whilst ensuring a just transition to net zero where no one us left or pushed behind. Being as fair and inclusive as possible to everyone affected will increase the chance of long-term success and sustainability of the energy transition. We consider fully the risks and opportunities of all aspects of our plans and the impact on various stakeholders.
