Sustainability at ABB Switzerland

Business Principles

Business ethics

Corporate policy of ABB Switzerland

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Responsibility, respect and determination are fundamental values of the ABB Group. They form the basis for our future success.

Taking responsibility and acting with respect and determination are behaviors that foster the traditional strengths of ABB: our technological leadership, our pioneering spirit and our ability to be at home anywhere. This is our legacy and our future.

Success depends heavily on how well we all understand and apply the business principles – by exhibiting personal, professional and entrepreneurial responsibility, by showing respect for the views and needs of others and by drawing on our own joint determination to win.

ABB expects its employees to uphold the highest standards of ethical behavior and integrity. We are convinced that ethical and economic values are interdependent and therefore call on all employees to act in accordance with the standards set by national and international authorities.

Our business ethics and integrity ensure our credibility. All ABB companies and employees have to conform to the laws and regulations in force in their countries and perform their obligations reliably. They must be mindful of honesty and fairness in their work and demand the same from their business associates.

ABB adheres responsibly to corporate and ethical principles on the basis of which it conducts business and shapes relations with its business partners worldwide.
The ABB Group is committed to the principles in the Rules of Conduct of the International Chamber of Commerce in the 1999 version and to the OECD Convention of 1997.

ABB expects all its employees to abide by the standards for ethical conduct and integrity:

Comply strictly with the ABB guiding principles that determine and implement our business ethics and that have zero tolerance for even the tiniest deviations.
Make sure that all business transactions are posted in the accounts completely and properly in accordance with our accounting regulations.
Constantly sensitize employees on issues of business ethics and assist them by providing advice at the right time.
Regularly monitor correct ethical conduct and ensure that employees or other individuals have simple, effective means of reporting violations of the pertinent standards.

(from the ABB document “Mission and Values”)

We support our employees and suppliers in order to offer products and services geared to customer needs. We seek to achieve continuous improvement with process-oriented procedures in order to satisfy customers.

Our business units are certified in accordance with ISO 9001 (quality), ISO 14001 (environment) and OHSAS 18001 (occupational health and safety) and conduct audits and management reviews to monitor the integrated management systems constantly to confirm conformity with the standards, degree of goal attainment, benefits and performance.

Corporate policy reflects the basic direction of corporate policy and is a set of instructions and obligations for management and employees, especially if processes are not or not (yet) fully defined. The corporate policy regulates external (stakeholders) and internal (employees) behavior and has constitutional character.

Health, Safety, Environment, Security & Sustainability Policy

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Company Regulations help to protect employees and provide fundamental information on occupational health and safety and on existing hazards and how to prevent them. Company Regulations list rules on health protection and accident prevention, on order on company premises and the conduct of employees. They also supplement the management systems.

ABB Company Regulation

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These efforts oblige a company to:

Improve its own economic capabilities on an ongoing basis,
Operate in an ecologically efficient manner that conserves resources, and
Assume social responsibility for society and employees.

These principles are integral parts of business activity at ABB Switzerland. The corporate policy of ABB Switzerland lays down the basic conditions. Systems, strategies and measures are then implemented by employees based on defined processes and with the support of a professional organization.

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