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Human Rights

Support for universal human rights is one of our core corporate social responsibility principles. We reinforce this with comprehensive policies and practices addressing human rights.

United Nations Global Compact

Enbridge is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, which brings companies together with UN agencies, labour and civil society to embrace, support and enact, within their sphere of influence, 10 principles in the areas of human rights, labour standards, the environment and anti-corruption. Regarding human rights, the principles state that businesses should support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights, and ensure that they are not complicit in human rights abuses.

Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights

Enbridge was one of the first Canadian companies to adopt the Voluntary Principles on Security and Human Rights, which were launched in 2000 through a multi-stakeholder process initially convened by the governments of the United States and the United Kingdom. Participating non-governmental organizations included Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

The Voluntary Principles stress the importance of promoting and protecting human rights throughout the world and the constructive role business and civil society – including non-governmental organizations, labour and trade unions, and local communities – can play in advancing these goals. The Voluntary Principles guide companies in maintaining the safety and security of their operations within an operating framework that promotes respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

The Voluntary Principles are now an integral part of our comprehensive Statement of Business Conduct, which applies to everyone working for us – our employees, our senior management team and our Board of Directors. All of them are required to read and sign our Statement of Business Conduct annually as a condition of employment.

Responsibility for human rights is also part of the mandate of our Board of Directors’ CSR Committee, which provides strategic oversight to senior management on CSR issues.

 

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