Human rights

ABB is committed to respecting, protecting and promoting the dignity and human rights of all people, and remediating any negative impact in our own value chain. Our ambition is for human rights to be well understood and managed along our entire value chain and integrated into ABB’s daily business.

ABB’s human rights due diligence adheres to international frameworks including but not limited to the International Bill of Human Rights, the ILO Core Conventions on Labour Standards, the UNGPs on Business and Human Rights and the OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises.

We work to ensure that all our stakeholders, including employees, customers, consumers, end users, business partners, suppliers, shareholders and the communities and societies we serve, are treated with respect and fairness at all times.

Our commitment and expectations to respect, protect and promote human rights is underpinned by the ABB Code of Conduct, our Human Rights Policy and Due Diligence Framework, and our Supplier Code of Conduct, and entails every individual who works for ABB or engages with us along our value chain.

2023 highlights in our operations

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78 site assessments

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Human rights policies and codes

Human Rights Policy and Due Diligence Framework (updated December 2023)

Reports and disclosures

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2023 highlights in our operations

Human rights policies and codes

Human Rights Policy and Due Diligence Framework (updated December 2023)

Policy archive

Reports and disclosures

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