Protecting Human Rights & Workplace Safety
Ensuring the safety of our employees is a cornerstone commitment to our employee community and human rights more broadly.
Respecting human rights is core to our integrity and operations
AbbVie believes in the inherent dignity of every human being and respects individual rights as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. We reflect these precepts in our company’s fundamental principles and in our mission to address serious health challenges.
We contribute to the realisation of human rights through our policies on employment, ethics and procurement. Our practices and programs not only ensure compliance with laws and regulations wherever we have operations, but also address any workplace concerns raised by employees.
We prioritise the safety of our people in the workplace
“Zero. Believe It. Achieve It.” is the philosophy that guides our approach to workplace safety. The philosophy reflects the belief that every environmental, health and safety incident is preventable if we all adopt a preventative mindset.
We provide comprehensive workplace safety training to all employees –and we’ve seen results. Since our launch as an independent company, we have been a Dow Jones Sustainability Index (DJSI) leader in occupational health and safety across the biotechnology industry. Our recordable incident rate and lost time incident rate are among the lowest in the industry, based on data from the Pharmaceutical Safety Group, an industry consortium.
Read about our commitment to the environment, health and safety.
We protect human rights and workplace safety through various policies and practices, including:
At AbbVie, we take great pride in the strong relationships we’ve built with our supply partners, and our shared focus on ethics, compliance, fair practices, integrity, safety and quality. We’re dedicated to doing all that we can to fulfil our corporate and social responsibilities and we extend this ethos our suppliers.
We provide training to employees on anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policies and practices. AbbVie’s anti-harassment and anti-discrimination policy applies to all employees, applicants, vendors, customers, clients or any third party engaged in business with AbbVie.
AbbVie New Zealand would like to acknowledge Māori and the unique position they hold as tangata whenua of Aotearoa New Zealand. We are committed to gaining a deeper understanding of Te Tiriti o Waitangi and aspire to being a great Tiriti partner so we can further support the advancement of health outcomes for Māori.
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