Social sustainability concerns the impact of a company on the social systems within which it operates.
ABL endeavours to cover the following aspects of social sustainability:
Labour practice
- Employment
- Labour management relations
- Occupational health and safety
- Training and education
- Diversity and equal opportunity
- Equal remuneration for women and men
- Supplier assessment for labour practices
- Labour practices grievance mechanisms
Human rights
- Non-discrimination
- Freedom of association and collective bargaining
- Child labour
- Security practices
- Indigenous rights
- Assessment
- Supplier human rights assessment
- Human rights grievance mechanisms
Society
- Local communities and society
- Anti-competitive behaviour
- Compliance
- Grievance mechanisms for impacts on society
Product responsibility
- Customer health and safety
- Product and service labelling
- Marketing communication
- Customer privacy
- Compliance