HUMAN AND LABOUR RIGHTS

We uphold individual human rights in all our operations and across our value chain to ensure all persons connected to our organisation are treated with dignity, respect and fairness. Our approach to human and labour rights is governed by the Sonnedix Human Rights, Forced and Child Labour standard, contained within our Social Policy and Standards document.

This involves, among many other things, providing reasonable working hours, fair wages, promoting a safe and healthy work environment and the fair treatment for those who work with us or on our behalf. Sonnedix has a zero-tolerance policy for the use of child or forced labour and to human trafficking practices. We explicitly state that, at Sonnedix, we do not prevent employees from associating freely and we adhere to collective bargaining agreements where they exist. Each year we publish a Modern Slavery Statement, which outlines the steps taken by Sonnedix to prevent and eradicate forced labour and human trafficking in our global operations and supply chains.

Importantly, we will not knowingly do business with Global Partners who violate these practices. We aspire to use our influence to bring about positive change and require individuals and parties working for us or on our behalf to respect human and labour rights. As such, our employees are mandated to attend online ESG training that covers human and labour rights amongst other concerns.

Our contracts with suppliers, manufacturers and contractors incorporate provisions on human and labour rights and are applicable to all Sonnedix’s projects and equipment supplies. We recognise that our supply chain is particularly vulnerable to human and labour rights abuses. A more in-depth overview of our approach to human rights in our supply chain can be found within the Governance chapter, including on our response to growing concerns over forced labour use in solar supply chains.

Safety

Building a strong culture of health and safety (H&S) is one of our key business priorities.

As demonstrated in the Social and Governance Policies and Standards, we are continuously committed to both protecting and promoting the health, safety and welfare of all employees, contractors and any other individuals who may be affected by our operations, including members of local communities. This is achieved through accountable leadership, a dedicated Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) team, and through encouraging our One Team members to take responsibility for health and safety as part of their roles and look out for each other.

Sonnedix’s H&S Management System is based on OHSAS 18001 and ISO 45001 standards. Along with our policies and standards, more specific health and safety plans, procedures and contractual requirements are in place at both the corporate and project levels, to ensure an adequate level of management control. We expect all Sonnedix employees and those working on our behalf to comply with these policies, standards, plans and procedures.

To ensure compliance with our policies and contractual provisions, the Sonnedix HSE team along with our local teams on the ground and, where required, third-party auditors perform HSE audits and inspections of our plants on a regular basis.

We surpassed our LTIF target in 2022 ( >35% lower), despite the high number of active construction projects during the year, thanks to the deployment of several strategies.

For example, we ramped-up our H&S training and initiatives across the business to further promote and instil a positive culture of H&S. Some of the relevant initiatives included:

• Upgrading our EPC and O&M contracts to further promote safety awareness and reflect on best practices in H&S.

• Improving our contractors’ pre-qualification survey questionnaire to gain more insight into what really matters in terms of H&S expected performance.

• Launching a new and more agile system for the collection of safety observations.

• Increasing networking activities with other renewable energy companies, with the aim of continuous improvement through the sharing of best practices.

• Delivering 96 training courses on HSE topics including working at height, electrical safety, risks management, safety observations, firefighting, first aid, safety management, works management amongst others reaching a total number of 249 Sonnedix employees.

• Regular update of procedures.

• Development of Corrective Action Plans.

• Objective and KPI setting.

• All projects, offices and activities should be subject to a formal risk assessment addressing general and specific risks.

• Mandatory induction training for all Sonnedix employees (ESG policies).

• Targeted specialised training for key Sonnedix personnel.

• Contractor ‘Tool Box’ talks and training.

• Performance tracking.

• Incident monitoring.

• Audit management.

• Inspections by Sonnedix project teams.

• Ad hoc audits by Sonnedix HSE team or third-party auditors.