Human Rights

Mining allied with human rights

It is essential to have a keen eye on the human rights issue and incorporate it into the company’s strategic management in order to integrate its operations into a society that is constantly changing.

Aligned with this thinking, we are committed to operating in our industry following the best human rights practices and being catalysts for the development of the communities where we operate.

Since 2017, we have been signatories of the Global Compact, a United Nations (UN) initiative that aims to mobilize the business community around the world to adopt ten principles that represent fundamental values of human rights, labor relations, environment, and anti-corruption.

This is just one of several movements that we, at Nexa, are making in order to increasingly advance the ESG agenda.

Toward socially responsible mining

We seek an increasingly socially responsible mining industry, which is why we work to ensure compliance with national and international human rights practices within the company, in its relations with the community and in its supply chain.

Among our initiatives to support this goal, we work daily with employees and third parties to ensure that Nexa’s values are practiced. Our focus is on motivating behavior consistent with our Code of Conduct and the key principles of the compliance program, in particular in relation to topics such as environment, human rights and labor issues, health and safety, and anti-bribery and corruption.

Nexa’s Code of Conduct, which has received important updates to our anti-corruption, anti-money laundering, anti-terrorist financing, and anti-trust policies – all based on the laws in force in the countries where we operate – is shared with all company employees and suppliers, and reflects our commitment to the principles of integrity, ethics, human rights, and social and environmental responsibilities.

It is worth noting that the responsibility for promoting, implementing and supervising the application of disciplinary measures lies with our conduct committee.

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Our Management

Relationship with our communities

Our communication with the communities is essential for us to act proactively to meet their challenges. We have several dialogue channels where we operate, such as the website, e-mails, telephones, physical boxes for paper registration, and face-to-face service by the social management team, among others. By these means any person – whether internal or external public – can register queries, complaints and claims.

The interactions are recorded and monitored by controls and management mechanisms, with a commitment to forwarding and feedback to all consultants.

Indigenous Peoples

We respect and comply with the requirements of ILO 169, with consultation and action to ensure free, prior, and informed consent in locations where there are indigenous peoples, in accordance with international conventions and legislation in force in each country. It is also worth mentioning that in Peru we have formal social investment agreements agreed upon with the local communities in these territories and validated by the community representative institutions, as recommended by the Peruvian legislation for collective lands of the campesinas.

Conflicts and Human Rights

All Nexa’s operations are in conflict-free territories according to the criteria of the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) and the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict – Affected and High-Risk Areas.

Bearing in mind the best practices and responsibility towards our communities, we have Social Golden Rules and Due Diligence processes, the latter with the purpose of identifying and previously collecting information for the beginning of a business relationship and to assess and classify Integrity Risks for Nexa in every relationship.

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Our performance

We support our employees in the development of technical, behavioral and management competencies so that they are able to grow and perform increasingly better. To this end, we provide specific training on policies and procedures related to Human Rights.

Our aspiration

We aspire to ensure compliance with international and national human rights practices within NEXA, in community relations, and in the supply chain, seeking an increasingly socially responsible mining.

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Capacitação de empregados em políticas ou procedimentos de direitos humanos

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Dimensão GRI:

Social

Código GRI:

412-2

ODS:

Capacitação de Empregados em Políticas ou Procedimentos de Direitos Humanos
	2019	2020	2021
Número de empregados que receberam treinamento no tema	1.186	1.771	1.915
Percentual de empregados treinados no tema	20%	32%	32%
Carga horária dedicada a treinamentos em direitos humanos	3.596	2.781	2.058

Our contribution to the SDGs

Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

In 2017, we made a commitment to the global agenda consisting of 17 goals and 169 targets to be achieved by 2030.

Human Rights

Mining allied with human rights

Toward socially responsible mining

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