02DIVERSIFICATION WITH QUALITY AND TRANSPARENCY
VALUES AND DIRECTIVES
Eternit carries out its business in accordance with the laws, regulations and its internal policies, so that the Company continues to grow in accordance with good Corporate Governance practices. For Eternit, sustainability is the transformation capacity that a corporation acquires in its quest to achieve the best practices for responsible growth, respect for humankind, with a minimum impact on the environment. In keeping with this concept, Eternit makes every effort to publicise its quest to ensure that its employees and suppliers are in alignment with its mission, vision for the future and values, which are as follows:
Mission
To develop, manufacture and sell raw materials, products and solutions of excellence to the building industry, ensuring the competitiveness, profitability and longevity of the business, hand-in-hand with social responsibility and respect for the environment.
Vision of the Future
To be a diversified and profitable supplier of raw materials, products and solutions to the building industry. To maintain its leadership in the roof coverings sector, while achieving a significant market share in other segments, positioned in the top five most recognised brands in the building materials sector.
Values
- Flexibility
- Commitment to results
- Ethics
- Excellence
- Focus on the client
- Respect for the environment
- Transparency
- Attributing worth to the employee
Ethics
As soon as they join the Eternit Group, new employees are trained in the application of the Code of Ethics and related policies. They are made thoroughly familiar with the Company's behavioural rules which aim to see that business is conducted in accordance with human rights and in compliance with the Group's principal ethical and anticorruption practices. On the day of their admission to Eternit, employees receive the Employees Manual, which contains important information for integration within the Company, such as staff management policies, benefits, code of ethics, among others, to be consulted at any time. SO3
Eternit also has a publication called O Telhadinho, which is a monthly pamphlet distributed at its headquarters and at its plants, to disseminate concepts related to human rights and the UN Global Compact. This, together with the other companies which make up the Group, encourages reporting on cases of disrespect for the Code of Ethics, such as for example discrimination of employees, in a confidential manner, through one of the channels listed below. In 2010 no cases of this nature were reported in any of the companies of the group. Should they occur, those involved are subject to disciplinary sanctions, including dismissal. SO4 HR4
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