Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Policy

Blue Planet Environmental Solutions Pte Ltd. believes that its employees and workers are key to its business and aims to meet global expectations as a responsible employer. We recognize that empowered and engaged employees contribute to a positive workplace culture, and improved communication, and can help us make a more positive impact. This Freedom of Association and Collective Bargaining Policy intends to guide a peaceful and mutually respectful process of engagement that improves our relationship with employees and contributes to our growth.

 

2. Scope and Applicability

This Policy is applicable to BP including all its subsidiaries (where BP has significant control and leverage) unless specific exceptions are approved and mentioned in section 7 of this Policy. Thus, all our employees and workers deployed in offices and sites including temporary, permanent, full-time, and part-time. BP expects all its contractors supplying human resources to adopt this Policy or to have similar policies that adhere to the policy elements and commitments described in section 3 of this Policy. BP shall clearly communicate the requirement to adopt this policy for any new business that it acquires or when it enters a long-term partnership.

 

3. Policy Elements and Commitments

3.1 Right to Establish Organization: BP recognizes that employees have the right to freely associate, join, or form employee organizations or similar groups of their own choice without previous authorization from BP or its subsidiaries. Those workers who do not wish to join such organizations also have their rights protected and may not be coerced into doing so against their will.

 

3.2 Right to Free Expression on Workplace Conditions: BP is committed to cooperating with employees’ organizations to express their views, concerns, and suggestions related to workplace conditions and terms of employment.

 

3.3 Protection of Employee Representatives: BP commits to protect employee representatives from any form of discrimination, harassment, grievance submission, and retaliation.

 

3.4 Commitment to Participate in Collective Bargaining: Where employees are represented by a legally recognized union or employee association, BP is committed to participating in all constructive dialogue with their freely chosen representatives in good faith.

 

3.5 Peaceful Assembly and Legal Strikes: BP recognizes the employee's right to peaceful assembly as part of their collective expression of concerns over workplace conditions or terms of employment. BP expects employee representatives to follow the due process of law and the principle of natural justice in calling for strikes.

 

4. Legality and International Standards

The commitments described in section 3 stand null and void for BP and its subsidiaries when they operate in a jurisdiction where such provisions ultra vires the applicable laws. Where laws specifically do not prohibit or put restrictions, BP shall follow the guidance in ILO C-87 “Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organize Convention 1949” and “The UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights 2011”.

 

5. Actions and Implementation

The Human Resources Department of BP and its subsidiaries is responsible for communication, training, and implementation of this Policy. The HR Department will be responsible for supporting employees in establishing collective forums of engagement and establishing an atmosphere where the right of all employees to physical

and moral integrity and dignity is respected.

 

6. Related Documents

The Human Resource Manual of the BP provides further guidance on establishing collective organizations by employees and how BP respects their collective rights to organize.

 

7. Revision and Exceptions

BP shall review this Policy in every five years or when such need arises. Where BP or its subsidiaries operate in a country that puts legal restrictions on the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining, BP will approve such exceptions. At present there is no approved exception to this Policy.