GC has conducted Human Rights Risk Assessment (HRRA) within GC group since 2015 to identify, prevent and mitigate any human rights risks throughout the value chain due to the business operations. These risk assessments cover the different activities at country level, industries sectors and operational sites in which the company operates, joint ventures where GC has management control, as well as Tier 1 feedstock and non-feedstock supplier and service. These assessments are conducted every three years.

Moreover, GC conducts HRRA to establish effective management practices for the operational areas at risk, identify human rights related issues and assess impact on risky groups and vulnerable groups which covers women, children, minorities, indigenous people, migrant workers, third-party contracted labor, person with disabilities, LGBTQI+, senior citizens and pregnant women. The HRRA also includes any impacts at a national, operation and individual level. Criteria for risk assessment regarding the human rights are considered based on two factors; the likelihood and the impact. The assessment covers six human rights aspects include labor rights, community rights, supply chain, safety, environment and customer’s rights.

According to the HRRA results, GC has established measures to control and mitigate impacts which may occur as well as assessed the residual risks after established preventive and correction actions regarding human rights for its business operation. This is to ensure that the human rights management approach is effective for controlling the impacts throughout the value chain.

GC Human Rights Risk Assessment Matrix

GC assesses human rights risks by considering the severity of potential impacts and the likelihood of human rights violations that may arise from its operations. The risks are classified into four levels: Critical, Significant, Low, and Very Low.

Risk Level

GC Human Rights Risk Assessment Matrix and Criteria

Human Rights Issue
Employee
  • Working Condition
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Discrimination and Harassment (Including Equal Remuneration)
  • Illegal forms of labors
  • Freedom of Association and Right to Collective Bargaining
  • Data Privacy
Supplier / Contractor
  • Working Condition
  • Occupational Health and Safety
  • Discrimination and Harassment
  • Vendor Discrimination
  • Data Privacy
Community
  • Health and Safety
  • Standard of Living
  • Land Acquisition and Forced Resettlement
Customer
  • Health and Safety
  • Discrimination and Harassment
  • Data Privacy
All Rights Holder
  • Security management / security forces

Risk Assessment Evaluation Criteria: Impacts

The human rights impact depends on its scale, scope, and limits on the ability to restore those affected to a situation at least the same as their situation before the adverse impact.

Severity Level

Severe (5)

Impact on physical and mental health

Severe impact on health: serious illness or injury resulting in disability or fatality of >1 person

Impact on other factors (e.g., asset, data privacy, restriction of rights)

Unable to live a normal life, including restrictions on the rights of those affected (forced resettlement, loss of jobs, impact to their jobs to the extent that evacuation is necessary)

Scope (how many people are or will be affected)

Impact to all rights holders in the group (e.g., all people in the community, all employees, all suppliers, all customers) (100%)

Remediability (difficulty to restore the people impacted to a situation before impact)

Impossible to restore or will take longer than 3 years to restore the impact (>3 years)

Severity Level

Major (4)

Impact on physical and mental health

Major impact on health: serious illness or injury resulting in disability or fatality

Impact on other factors (e.g., asset, data privacy, restriction of rights)

Affect livelihood to the extent that a major change in lifestyle is necessary (loss opportunity or increased cost due to relocation, any lifestyle changes that cause debt or restrict the normal quality of life)

Scope (how many people are or will be affected)

Impact to most rights holders in particular rights holder group (50% ~ <100%)

Remediability (difficulty to restore the people impacted to a situation before impact)

Take more than 1 to 3 years to restore the impact (>1 – 3 years)

Severity Level

Moderate (3)

Impact on physical and mental health

Moderate impact on health and long-term mental impact: illness or injury that requires medical treatment with rehabilitation (loss-time injury)

Impact on other factors (e.g., asset, data privacy, restriction of rights)

May require minor long-term adjustments or affect livelihood by moderately altering the lifestyle from the original (loss opportunity or increased cost due to relocation, change of jobs, any lifestyle changes that restrict the normal quality of life)

Scope (how many people are or will be affected)

Impact to some but less than half of rights holders in particular rights holder group (25% ~ <50%)

Remediability (difficulty to restore the people impacted to a situation before impact)

Take more than 6 months to 1 year to restore the impact (>6 months – 1 year)

Severity Level

Minor (2)

Impact on physical and mental health

Minor impact on health and short-term mental impact: illness or injury that requires medical treatment or order to perform other duties (no–loss time)

Impact on other factors (e.g., asset, data privacy, restriction of rights)

May require minor short-term adjustments or affect livelihood by altering some lifestyle from the original (relocation, change of jobs, or any lifestyle changes with no impact on costs, economic status, or quality of life)

Scope (how many people are or will be affected)

Impact to some rights holders in particular rights holder group (<25%)

Remediability (difficulty to restore the people impacted to a situation before impact)

Take 3 to 6 months to restore the impact (3 – 6 months)

Severity Level

Insignificant (1)

Impact on physical and mental health

Little to no impact on physical and mental health: no illnesses or injuries, or can be treated with first aid

Impact on other factors (e.g., asset, data privacy, restriction of rights)

Little to no impact on livelihood (no impact on relocation, change of jobs, or lifestyle, or some lifestyle changes but no adjustments or reduction of quality of life)

Scope (how many people are or will be affected)

No impact to relevant rights holders (0%)

Remediability (difficulty to restore the people impacted to a situation before impact)

Able to immediately restore or take less than 3 months to restore the impact (<3 months)

Risk Rating Scale: Likelihood

Likelihood Level Description of Likelihood
5 Most Likely (>50%) Happen more than once in a year
4 Likely (25%) Happen once a year
3 Occasional (10-25%) Happen once in 2 years
2 Unlikely (5-10%) Happen once in 3 years
1 Rarely (<5%) May happen once in more than 3 years or never happened

Results from Human Rights Assessment

Percentage of operational sites with human rights risk and controlling approach)

Percentage of total operational sites where have been assessed human rights risks Percentage of total operational sites where risks have been identified Percentage of operational sites where have human rights risks with mitigation actions taken
GC’s Own Operations 100 (18 sites) 16.67 100*
Tier 1 Suppliers and Contractors 100 (1,805 companies) 0.33 100**
Joint Ventures Without Management Controls*** 100 (9 sites) 0 0

Remark: human rights risk assessment result in 2024.

* 100% of operational sites where risks have been identified (accounts for 18 sites) has controlling approaches to prevent and mitigate human rights risks.

** 100% of Tier 1 suppliers and contractors which risks have been identified (accounts for 0.33 of a total of 1,805 companies) has controlling approaches to prevent and mitigate human rights risks.

*** GC does not have management control of all Joint Ventures

Mitigation Measures

Own Operations and Joint Ventures

The results of human rights risk assessment in operational sites (including all joint ventures). GC thus set up a controlling approach and remedy the issues with residual human rights risk as follows:

Key human rights issues related to GC own’s operations.

Tier-1 Suppliers and Contractors

GC assessed human rights risks of direct business partners and contractors (Tier-1 Suppliers and Contractors) and establishes control and remediation measures to address identified human rights risks. The controlling approach and mitigation measures such as the Safety Network and Sharing Program, Health Check-up and Public Health Surveillance Program, Sustainability Procurement Management Program, the Code of Conduct, and other measures. However, GC also has Vendor Management Procedure for supplier management and set measures to prevent and remediate human rights risks that happen from suppliers which mentioned in the Supplier Code of Conduct. All suppliers are required to sign the supplier’s acknowledgement of Supplier Code of Conduct and strictly adhere to it.

Vendor Management Procedure

Mitigation measures:

  • Establish human rights and labour practices covering respect for rights, compliance with laws, prohibition of forced and child labour, non-discrimination and harassment, provision of a suitable working environment, and respect for freedom of association and collective bargaining.
  • Promote efficient resource use, compliance with environmental laws, waste management, air and water pollution control, biodiversity conservation, and workplace health and safety.
  • Collect and communicated the Company’s policies, standards, and business principles for suppliers and contractors to acknowledge and comply with.
  • Systematically select and evaluated suppliers by assessing risks and performance, while encouraging responsible business practices aligned with ESG principles under the Supplier Code of Conduct.
  • Cover operations both inside and outside the organisation, including suppliers and contractors, focusing on risk management, accident prevention, occupational disease control, asset protection, and environmental contingency planning.
  • Strictly govern supplier management processes with registration criteria, human rights risk assessments, and continuous monitoring to prevent and mitigate potential risks arising from suppliers.