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]]> ENEC (Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation) was established by decree in December 2009 by the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE), to implement a peaceful nuclear energy programme in the UAE and address the country’s growing demand for electricity, also reducing its carbon footprint and diversifying its energy portfolio. To safeguard from potential risk and satisfy internal Health, Safety, Environment and Sustainability (HSES) requirements, ENEC takes an active role in ensuring that its supply chain meets high ethical standards  Tweet This! and that relevant suppliers implement the environmental, social, and labour-related policies and procedures required to operate responsibly.

This case study is based on the 2019 Sustainability Report by ENEC published on the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Disclosure Database that can be found at this link. Through all case studies we aim to demonstrate what CSR/ ESG/ sustainability reporting done responsibly means. Essentially, it means: a) identifying a company’s most important impacts on the environment, economy and society, and b) measuring, managing and changing.

Abstract

ENEC has a comprehensive PSC (Procurement and Supply Chain) Governance Framework, which helps to make sure that its procurement practices align with the highest ethical and governance standards. In order to promote sustainability across its supply chain ENEC took action to:

  • implement a prequalification process
  • apply a Supplier Code of Conduct
  • promote worker welfare

What are the material issues the company has identified?

In its 2019 Sustainability Report ENEC identified a range of material issues, such as health and safety of employees, contractors, and community, environment management & compliance, emergency preparedness, operational efficiency, security of fuel supply. Among these, promoting sustainability across its supply chain stands out as a key material issue for ENEC.

Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:

“The reporting organization shall identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations and interests.”

Stakeholders must be consulted in the process of identifying a company’s most important impacts and their reasonable expectations and interests must be taken into account. This is an important cornerstone for CSR / sustainability reporting done responsibly.

Key stakeholder groups ENEC engages with:

To identify and prioritise material topics ENEC engaged with its stakeholders through the following channels:

Stakeholder Group                Method of engagement
Government Entities

 

 

 

 ·      Site delegations, facility tours and inspections

·      Regular meetings and written correspondence

·      Programme Executive Update

·      Participation in governmental initiatives and campaigns
Nuclear-Specific Organisations

 

 

 

 ·      Regular meetings and workshops

·      Regular reports and programme updates

·      Delegations to site

·      Shared initiatives

·      Knowledge-sharing workshops

·      Interactive dialogue

·      Reporting

·      International Advisory Board

·      Associated events, seminars, conferences and regional events
Media

 

 ·      Arranging interviews

·      Site visits

·      Media training
International Organisations, Government and Financial Institutions ·      Delegations and events

·      Responding to on-going requests for information

 
Academic Agents

 

 

 ·      Energy Pioneers Programmes

·      Regular events and career fairs at schools and universities
Prime Contractor Programme Related Companies

 

 

 

 ·      Regular meetings and workshops

·      Regular reports and programme updates

·      Knowledge-sharing

·      Interactive dialogue

·      Reporting

·      Associated events, seminars, conferences and events
Social Actors

 

 

 ·      Awareness sessions

·      Internal engagement programmes

·      CSR activities
Administration, Infrastructure & Utility Organisations

 

 

 ·      Meetings

·      Benchmarking

·      Non-Objection Certificate

·      Regular meetings and workshops

·      Regular reports and programme updates

What actions were taken by ENEC to promote sustainability across its supply chain?

In its 2019 Sustainability Report ENEC reports that it took the following actions for promoting sustainability across its supply chain:

  • Implementing a prequalification process
  • ENEC’s selected suppliers go through its prequalification process, which helps to identify levels of compliance with necessary standards and regulations. It evaluates factors such as experience, financial ability, managerial ability, reputation, work history, environmental protection, labour practices and human rights protection, etc. to ultimately develop a list of qualified bidders for tenders. ENEC conducts risk-driven prequalification exercises to make sure that potential suppliers meet the specified standards for quality and safety. In addition, prequalification exercises gather business continuity information from the supplier to help gauge the maturity of the supplier’s business continuity planning capability. At the award stage, ENEC’s contracts include specific provisions on environmental protection, labour practices and human rights issues. HSES criteria are also screened at the prequalification stage for selected suppliers and, for products and services being procured that are classified as significant HSES risks, bidders will be assessed against a range of project specific HSES requirements. Should a bidder fail to achieve the necessary HSES score, they will automatically fail and be removed from the selection pool. All contracts require HSES considerations to be incorporated, depending on the level of risk.
  • Applying a Supplier Code of Conduct
  • All ENEC suppliers registered through its supplier portal must agree to its ‘Supplier Code of Conduct’, which sets out the principles and standards of conduct expected of every supplier. The document covers topics such as HSES, fraud, ethical behaviour, conflicts of interest, whistleblowing, compliance with the UAE law and ENEC’s environmental and sustainability leadership.
  • Promoting worker welfare
  • Compliance with all labour laws and worker welfare good practices is a prerequisite for being registered as a supplier or being awarded a contract with ENEC. To verify this, ENEC requests suppliers to sign a statement of compliance regarding worker welfare. In 2019, 100% of ENEC’s new suppliers signed this statement.

Which GRI Standards and corresponding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been addressed?

The GRI Standard addressed in this case is: Disclosure 414-1 New suppliers that were screened using social criteria

 Disclosure 414-1 New suppliers that were screened using social criteria corresponds to:

 

78% of the world’s 250 largest companies report in accordance with the GRI Standards

SustainCase was primarily created to demonstrate, through case studies, the importance of dealing with a company’s most important impacts in a structured way, with use of the GRI Standards. To show how today’s best-run companies are achieving economic, social and environmental success – and how you can too.

Research by well-recognised institutions is clearly proving that responsible companies can look to the future with optimism.

7 GRI sustainability disclosures get you started

Any size business can start taking sustainability action

GRI, ISEP, CPD Certified Sustainability courses (2-5 days): Live Online or Classroom  (venue: London School of Economics)

  • Exclusive FBRH template to begin reporting from day one
  • Identify your most important impacts on the Environment, Economy and People
  • Formulate in group exercises your plan for action. Begin taking solid, focused, all-round sustainability action ASAP. 
  • Benchmarking methodology to set you on a path of continuous improvement

See upcoming training dates.
References:

1) This case study is based on published information by ENEC, located at the link below. For the sake of readability, we did not use brackets or ellipses. However, we made sure that the extra or missing words did not change the report’s meaning. If you would like to quote these written sources from the original, please revert to the original on the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Disclosure Database at the link:

http://database.globalreporting.org/

2) https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/

Note to ENEC: With each case study we send out an email requesting a comment on this case study. If you have not received such an email please contact us.

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]]> Case study: How ENEC promotes business ethics and integrity https://sustaincase.com/case-study-how-enec-promotes-business-ethics-and-integrity/ Fri, 02 Jul 2021 06:04:01 +0000 https://ccprowebs.com/new-sustaincase.com/?p=12711 ENEC (Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation) was established by decree in December 2009 by the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to implement a peaceful nuclear energy programme in the UAE in order to address the country’s growing demand for electricity, while reducing its carbon footprint and diversifying its energy portfolio. in all aspects of their activities, and to comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and ENEC standards, policies and procedures. This case study is based on the 2019 Sustainability Report by ENEC published on the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Disclosure Database that can be found at this link. Through […]

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]]> ENEC (Emirates Nuclear Energy Corporation) was established by decree in December 2009 by the President of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to implement a peaceful nuclear energy programme in the UAE in order to address the country’s growing demand for electricity, while reducing its carbon footprint and diversifying its energy portfolio. ENEC requires all employees, contractors, business partners and representatives to act in accordance with the highest standards of personal and professional integrity  Tweet This! in all aspects of their activities, and to comply with all applicable laws, rules, regulations, and ENEC standards, policies and procedures.

This case study is based on the 2019 Sustainability Report by ENEC published on the Global Reporting Initiative Sustainability Disclosure Database that can be found at this link. Through all case studies we aim to demonstrate what CSR/ ESG/ sustainability reporting done responsibly means. Essentially, it means: a) identifying a company’s most important impacts on the environment, economy and society, and b) measuring, managing and changing.

Abstract

ENEC has established and implements a robust set of standards, principles and model behaviours, with the goal of creating and sustaining a corporate environment in which the affairs of ENEC and its subsidiaries are conducted in a fair and transparent manner, free from any acts of fraud or misconduct. In order to promote business ethics and integrity ENEC took action to:

  • implement a Code of General Business Principles and Ethics
  • establish an Anti-Fraud and Misconduct Programme

What are the material issues the company has identified?

In its 2019 Sustainability Report ENEC identified a range of material issues, such as health and safety of employees, contractors, and community, environment management & compliance, emergency preparedness, operational efficiency, waste management. Among these, promoting business ethics and integrity stands out as a key material issue for ENEC.

Stakeholder engagement in accordance with the GRI Standards              

The Global Reporting Initiative (GRI) defines the Principle of Stakeholder Inclusiveness when identifying material issues (or a company’s most important impacts) as follows:

“The reporting organization shall identify its stakeholders, and explain how it has responded to their reasonable expectations and interests.”

Stakeholders must be consulted in the process of identifying a company’s most important impacts and their reasonable expectations and interests must be taken into account. This is an important cornerstone for CSR / sustainability reporting done responsibly.

Key stakeholder groups ENEC engages with:

To identify and prioritise material topics ENEC engaged with its stakeholders through the following channels:

Stakeholder Group                Method of engagement
Government Entities

 

 

 

 ·      Site delegations, facility tours and inspections

·      Regular meetings and written correspondence

·      Programme Executive Update

·      Participation in governmental initiatives and campaigns
Nuclear-Specific Organisations

 

 

 

 ·      Regular meetings and workshops

·      Regular reports and programme updates

·      Delegations to site

·      Shared initiatives

·      Knowledge-sharing workshops

·      Interactive dialogue

·      Reporting

·      International Advisory Board

·      Associated events, seminars, conferences and regional events
Media

 

 ·      Arranging interviews

·      Site visits

·      Media training
International Organisations, Government and Financial Institutions ·      Delegations and events

·      Responding to on-going requests for information

 
Academic Agents

 

 

 ·      Energy Pioneers Programmes

·      Regular events and career fairs at schools and universities
Prime Contractor Programme Related Companies

 

 

 

 ·      Regular meetings and workshops

·      Regular reports and programme updates

·      Knowledge-sharing

·      Interactive dialogue

·      Reporting

·      Associated events, seminars, conferences and events
Social Actors

 

 

 ·      Awareness sessions

·      Internal engagement programmes

·      CSR activities
Administration, Infrastructure & Utility Organisations

 

 

 ·      Meetings

·      Benchmarking

·      Non-Objection Certificate

·      Regular meetings and workshops

·      Regular reports and programme updates

What actions were taken by ENEC to promote business ethics and integrity?

In its 2019 Sustainability Report ENEC reports that it took the following actions for promoting business ethics and integrity:

  • Implementing a Code of General Business Principles and Ethics
  • The ENEC Code of General Business Principles and Ethics, updated in 2019, frames the ethical and legal practices that ENEC requires all employees and contractors to uphold. The Code covers a wide range of topics including fraud, anti-corruption, and misconduct. All staff are required to read and acknowledge The Code on an annual basis, and it is a mandatory reading for all new hires. Throughout the year, compliance and anti-fraud training and awareness sessions are provided to employees with the support of senior management. These sessions continue monthly, across all functions. ENEC has a zero-tolerance approach to all forms of fraud or misconduct. No incidents of bribery or corruption were detected or reported in 2019. Also, in 2019 ENEC launched two compliance and ethics campaigns, using quizzes, posters, and newsletters. The campaigns covered topics regarding anti-bribery, code of ethics awareness, conflict of interest, retaliation, fraud, respecting others, and harassment.
  • Establishing an Anti-Fraud and Misconduct Programme
  • ENEC has established an Anti-Fraud and Misconduct Programme (AFMP) that supports prevention, detection, investigation and response towards fraud or misconduct incidents, and to instil honesty and ethical behaviour in ENEC’s culture and environment. The AFMP procedure provides a framework to promote responsible and secure whistleblowing. It serves to receive and address any concern or complaint regarding fraud and/ or misconduct. The AFMP comprises of four global reporting channels for reporting suspected incidents of fraud, fraudulent activity, or misconduct. Whistle-blowers can choose to stay anonymous through reporting via the following channels: i. Toll free hotline available in multiple languages 24/7 across several countries. ii. Dedicated email address for reporting concerns. iii. Dedicated Web Portal – Internal and External. iv. Provision to submit verbal/ written complaints using AFMP Reporting Forms. The AFMP highlights the significance associated with protection of whistle-blowers. It condemns and addresses any acts of retaliation against whistle-blowers for reporting complaints in good faith. In 2019, ENEC conducted multiple awareness sessions to create AFMP awareness and to instil honesty and ethical behavior in its culture and environment.

Which GRI Standards and corresponding Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) have been addressed?

The GRI Standard addressed in this case is: Disclosure 205-2 Communication and training about anti-corruption policies and procedures

Disclosure 205-2 Communication and training about anti-corruption policies and procedures corresponds to:

 

78% of the world’s 250 largest companies report in accordance with the GRI Standards

SustainCase was primarily created to demonstrate, through case studies, the importance of dealing with a company’s most important impacts in a structured way, with use of the GRI Standards. To show how today’s best-run companies are achieving economic, social and environmental success – and how you can too.

Research by well-recognised institutions is clearly proving that responsible companies can look to the future with optimism.

7 GRI sustainability disclosures get you started

Any size business can start taking sustainability action

GRI, ISEP, CPD Certified Sustainability courses (2-5 days): Live Online or Classroom  (venue: London School of Economics)

  • Exclusive FBRH template to begin reporting from day one
  • Identify your most important impacts on the Environment, Economy and People
  • Formulate in group exercises your plan for action. Begin taking solid, focused, all-round sustainability action ASAP. 
  • Benchmarking methodology to set you on a path of continuous improvement

See upcoming training dates.
References:

1) This case study is based on published information by ENEC, located at the link below. For the sake of readability, we did not use brackets or ellipses. However, we made sure that the extra or missing words did not change the report’s meaning. If you would like to quote these written sources from the original, please revert to the original on the Global Reporting Initiative’s Sustainability Disclosure Database at the link:

http://database.globalreporting.org/

2) https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/gri-standards-download-center/

Note to ENEC: With each case study we send out an email requesting a comment on this case study. If you have not received such an email please contact us.

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