Human Rights
Kraft Heinz is strongly committed to respecting human rights in our operations and throughout our global value chain.
Our Global Human Rights Policy is guided by the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, the International Bill of Human Rights and the principles set forth in the International Labor Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work. As part of our Global Human Rights Policy, Kraft Heinz requires all employees and related entities and business partners to strictly adhere to our human rights standards, which, in summary:
- Prohibit child and underage employment;
- Prohibit trafficking, forced, or involuntary prison labor;
- Prohibit any and all forms of abuse, bribery, harassment, and discrimination;
- Recognize and respect the rights of freedom of association and collective bargaining;
- Recognize and respect fair, legal, and equitable work timeframes, working conditions (including health and safety), and wages;
- Recognize land rights, natural resources, and all workers’ rights to clean water and adequate sanitation facilities;
- Require all labor recruitment and employment procedures to be carried out in a legal and ethical manner.
We continue to stress the urgency and value of an ethical supply chain and are dedicated to upholding our Global Human Rights Policy across our value chain. We partner with thousands of ingredients, packaging, and logistics suppliers and external manufacturers globally who all share our commitment to the eradication of modern slavery. Kraft Heinz suppliers must accept our Supplier Guiding Principles and commit to comply with the requirements, which are contained in every supplier contractual agreement and purchase order. We monitor and evaluate supply chain compliance with our policies, local laws, and Supplier Guiding Principles through our due diligence processes.
Grievance Mechanisms
We are committed to addressing any adverse human rights impacts which we have caused or to which we have contributed, and expect our suppliers, business partners and other relevant stakeholders to do the same. We provide several ways for employees, suppliers, business partners and other stakeholders to raise concerns or complaints. This includes the reporting of potential misconduct to managers, Human Resources professionals, the Legal Department and the Ethics & Compliance team, and our confidential Ethics & Compliance Helpline. The Helpline is open to all stakeholders is maintained by a third-party provider and has multilingual staff available 24 hours a day. It is accessible globally by a toll-free phone call or online at KraftHeinzEthics.com.
Duty of Vigilance and Modern Slavery
Here at Kraft Heinz, we live our Values of We do the right thing, and We dare to do better every day. Leading with honesty and integrity, we will always strive to do right by our customers, partners, suppliers, and the communities we serve. We report annually on our commitment to the eradication of slavery and human trafficking through our annual Modern Slavery Statements. In these reports, we share steps we have taken to conduct due diligence and remediation. As the legislative landscape evolves to include additional modern slavery reporting requirements, we will continue to report out per each jurisdiction’s regulation to show compliance, and progress on remediation efforts. This progress is in large part thanks to the strong alliances we have built with suppliers and our global employees.
