IRPC firstly announced our Human Rights Policy in 2017 and revised in 2020, signed and endorsed by Board of Directors,  by adhering to significant human rights frameworks at the international level. The directors, executives, and employees of the IRPC Group companies are to uphold laws on labor and human rights, while respecting labor rights, women’s rights, children’s rights, and human dignity, as well as the liberty and equality of those certified by or protected under Thai and international laws. The policy applies to all employees in IRPC, subsidiaries, Joint Venture (JV), our business partners (suppliers, contractors, customers) as they are stakeholders. The policy also includes other stakeholders, including local communities, local residents, societyand and addresses vulnerable groups (children, person with disability, elderly, women, pregnant women, indigenous people, migrant people and LGBT+), that may be affected by the company’s operations (employees, direct activities, products or services) throughout the value chain, to protect and respect human rights and compensate for violations.

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IRPC Human Rights Policy is also supported by several other guidelines, including:

• Diverity and Inclusion Policy [Link]
• Corporate Compliance Policy and Guidance [Link]
• Corporate Governance Handbook [Link]

Human Rights refers to the fundamental rights and freedoms granted to all individuals. IRPC respects and demonstrates awareness of the importance of human rights in all stakeholder groups and understands salient human rights issues (issues at risk of the most severe negative impacts) present in the company’s own operations and business relationships (suppliers and partners, mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures), across its value chain. The scope of this element covers risk assessment, human rights management and due diligence, complicity in human rights violations, resettlements, and labor rights, among others. Moreover, IRPC has strictly followed the labor laws and endorses labor unions and groups that promote employees’ opinions and complaints, according to the labor law.

IRPC and its subsidiaries are committed to human rights principles as the standard business guideline entailing all stakeholders, including employees, local communities, local residents, society, business partners in the IRPC’s supply chains.

In order to align IRPC’s operation with other companies in the PTT Group and to ensure that the impact analysis and risk assessment on human rights meets international standards, IRPC has reviewed and improved its operation by designing a new “Human Rights Risk and Impact Assessment Methodology” . Such methodology serves as criteria for evaluating human rights work at IRPC and ensures that the management of quality, occupational health and safety, environment, social responsibility, and supplier screening processes comply with local and international laws and standards. There are five components to IRPC’s Human Rights Risk and Impact Assessment Methodology, including scoping, baseline data collection, impact assessment, mitigation measures, and reporting and review.

IRPC conducts a human rights risk assessment, assessing the potential human rights that could be violated by IRPC’s business activities. IRPC applied the Human Rights Impact Assessment Mechanism (HRIAM)’s list of human rights risks as a guideline to define risk. The assessment evaluates likelihood and impact. Moreover, IRPC also identifies vulnerable groups that may be impacted by IRPC’s operations and are likely to have their human rights violated.

In 2020, IRPC continued its comprehensive human rights risk assessment by reviewing the entire supply chain, including the businesses of IRPC and its affiliates, including its new business relations (mergers, acquisitions, joint ventures), businesses that IRPC had and did not have the authority of control, and major trade partners. The human rights risk assessment applies to all operation sites, plants, and oil depots. IRPC also assures communities that their voice and concerns about the environment and their health are a priority for IRPC by conducting sharing sessions and a public hearing process for every new investment project.

IRPC was awarded the Model Organization for Human Rights award 2023 by the Minister of Justice for the fifth consecutive year and is the only large organization to receive the award for three years in a row. The event was organized by the Rights and Liberties Protection Department, Ministry of Justice. The model organization of human rights is awarded to government, public state enterprises, or businesses of all sizes, which adhere to the human rights principles as the basis for all operations. The award also considers efforts to respect human rights; prevent human rights violations of employees, customers, and consumers; and reduce the number of human rights violation complaints. In 2023, IRPC presented the organization’s strategy for applying the human rights principles to IRPC’s corporate culture for production, excellent service, creating value for all stakeholders as part of a good society, and sustainable development of human well-being.