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AP (Thailand) Public Company Limited and affiliated companies

Human Rights Policy

With due awareness and priority in promotion and preservation of AP human rights at internal and external extend in coupling with ethical principles and good corporate governance, AP (Thailand) Public Company Limited and affiliated companies (collectively referred to as "the Company"), has assured the protection on human rights by determining the human rights policy and practices in accordance with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: UNGP to be in consistent with the sustainable development policy and to ensure that the Company's business is free of human rights violation.

Definition

Human Rights means human dignity, birth right and freedom and the equality with no discrimination due to races, religions, sex, skin color, ethnicity or any other status under the law of each country (Source: National Human Rights Commission).

Guidelines

  • Support, promote and respect human rights. Honor and give each other fair treatment. The practice covers employees, suppliers and stakeholders to encourage them for no division due to the difference in physical or mental state, including religions, races, nationalities, sex, languages, ages, social status, cultures, customers or any other matters.
  • Communicate, disseminate, educate, ensure the understanding on guidelines, and give any other support to all employees in the Company, suppliers and contractors, as well as the joint venture to drive their participation in business operation with morality and ethics, due respect to human rights and treat everyone under this Human Rights Policy. Avoid involving labor of the child under legal age as stipulated by law or forced labor within the Company or the Company's supply chain.
  • Encourage employees to exercise their civil rights pertaining to constitutional and legal extent.
  • Develop and proceed to Due Diligence Process continually to identify matters and to assess risks and impacts on human rights violation. Determine a group(s) or person(s) being affected. Establish and set prevention and mitigation guidelines on human rights violation. Monitor and review output through adequate impact mitigation process upon human right violation cases.
  • Encourage all employees to realize the importance and compliance with policies related to personal data protection. Provide security for personal data of employees, customers, suppliers. The disclosure or transfer of personal data of employees, customers, suppliers to the public domain can be proceeded upon consent of employees, customers, suppliers only unless the case is proceed under the Company regulation or applicable laws.
  • Develop channels for reporting human right violation cases which related to the Company. Ensure justice and protect the informant thereof.
  • The Company has established and maintains corporate cultures adhering to due respect to this Human Rights Policy, and will not support any activity which is in violation of human rights.
  • Those committing human rights violations are deemed violating the Company's Code of Ethic. They will be subject to disciplinary penalty according to the regulation set forth. In addition, such violation may be subject to statutory penalty if such action is against the law.
  • The Human Rights Policy is reviewed at least once a year to ensure that the content is consistent and suitable for the current business operation of the Company.

This announcement is effective from 15th December 2021 onwards.

Mr. Anuphong Assavabhokhin

Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board

Mr. Kosol Suriyaporn

Chairman of the Corporate Governance and Risk Management Committee