S1-5 Targets Related to Own Workforce

By training OMV Group employees in human rights, we aim to ensure adequate application of human rights standards. In e-learning modules and webinars they learn about our human rights policies and due diligence approach and how to prevent and mitigate negative human rights impacts, including those that have been identified as material, such as the freedom from forced labor, child labor and human trafficking or access to grievance mechanisms.

[MDR-T-80a] Professional training on and raising awareness of human rights are crucial to bringing our human rights commitment, as documented in our OMV Human Rights Policy Statement, to life. It is essential that our workforce understands their own rights as well as those of value chain workers and communities. This knowledge enables them to identify and address potential or actual impacts on fair working conditions, non-discrimination, economic, social, and cultural rights, indigenous peoples’ rights, health and safety of workers and communities, and to contribute to a value chain free from forced labor, human trafficking, and child labor. Therefore, our mandatory human rights e-learning is a vital part of the training curriculum for all employees worldwide.

[MDR-T-80f] The target was established with the aim of creating a measurable and comparable KPI, as well as enhancing human rights management skills through training and awareness initiatives. At the time of setting this target, only a few peers had measurable goals related to human rights, and we recognized the training target as a valuable tool to support the implementation of our commitment.

Initially, the KPI focused on a specific target group (employees in corporate functions managing human rights risks, as well as corresponding functions in countries with elevated human rights risks) with a baseline of 4% trained in 2017. By 2019, we had already achieved 82% training within this group and decided to expand the scope to include the entire workforce, establishing a new baseline of 47% trained in 2019. [MDR-T-80h, 80i] Internal stakeholders involved in setting this target include EB members (e.g., during Board Workshops, as part of the Sustainability Strategy Development in 2017/18), the Works Council (discussion and approval for mandatory e-learning in 2022), and the P&C Learning Department (ongoing expert consultation and coordination). The targets were approved by the OMV EB. There were no changes made to this target or related metrics during the reporting year.