Respecting Human Rights

As a member of the SABMiller global group that has its operations worldwide, we are particularly aware of the existence of different national cultures, customs and traditions and we subscribe to the fundamental values of international society, above all the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and equal opportunity for all. We conduct our business in complete accordance with these principles and we guarantee that they will be upheld for all our employees.

Our human rights principles in brief:

• Freedom of association and right of collective bargaining
• Prohibition of forced and child labour
• Intolerance of any form of discrimination
• Fair and competitive wages and benefits
• Safe and healthy working environment

OUR INITIATIVES

The observance of the basic human rights and the enforcement of honesty, openness and mutual esteem and respect are integral parts of the company existence. Therefore, it has adopted Principles of Corporate Ethics and has implemented them in its internal guidelines. The principles are binding for all company employees, including those temporary empoyed, contractual suppliers and advisers. The company has implemented an anonymous telephone line the employees can use with confidence and has established the function of a ombudsman to advise the employees in ambiguous situations.

The company observes generally recognized human rights and local specificities and creates working conditions so as to attract the best employees. As a part of the SABMiller Group, the company avows the observance of the company’s human rights principles.

Trade union organizations have been partners of the company management for many years. At regular quarterly meetings, the management informs the trade union representatives on the company’s activities, its results and plans, and deals with any problems.

In employee relations, the company focuses on the continuous improvement of the working environment, systematic career growth and fair and transparent remuneration for performance. So called performance management system applies to all employees of the company.

A healthy and safe working environment forms an integral part of everyday activities. A committee composed of employees and trade union representatives monitors working conditions and take appropriate actions on their improvement.

In 2011, 2,300 employees worked full time in the company.

Numbers of men and women

Supporting university studies
Plzeňský Prazdroj offers students work opportunities during their studies and supports their development with lectures by the brewery’s managers. Behind this lies our partnership with the University of Economics in Prague (Plzeňský Prazdroj is the official corporate partner to the CEMS program). In the 2010/2011 academic year, the company agreed that every member of its senior management, including its managing director Doug Brodman, would prepare a lecture for the University’s students on a theme chosen in cooperation with the university. More than 500 students thus had the possibility to learn from the experience of highly successful and inspirational managers.

Plzeňský Prazdroj supports students’ future careers with its program of summer internships. These offer around a dozen young people the chance to gain work experience which may be useful in their future career and to see from the inside the environment and activities of a successful international company. Through these internships, students and recent graduates of the University of Economics and the University of West Bohemia in Pilsen have the opportunity to spend the summer working independently on projects assigned to them in a company department.

Equal opportunities for all
In 2011, we joined the international Mental Health and Well-being in Workplaces project, promoted by the European Union as part of its public health programme. Under the name Work-Life Balance, the project’s aim was to compile as many examples as possible of good practice in supporting mental health and well-being in workplaces and present these at home and abroad. We also took part in the prestigious competition, Firm of the Year: Equal Opportunities 2010, held by the Gender Studies association. Feedback will help us put together action plans in future for equal opportunities and harmonising work, family and personal life.

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