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AVE Declarationwum兆毅咨询
Concerningwum兆毅咨询
A Code of Conduct for the Procurement of Goods towum兆毅咨询
Ensure Protection of Welfare Standardswum兆毅咨询
1. The Foreign Trade Association of the German Retail Trade (AVE, Cologne) whose members are retailing companies and associations represents the foreign trade interests of its members.wum兆毅咨询
2.  Ensuring respect for human life and dignity, improving social standards, and protecting the environment are among humanity’s most important tasks. Sustainable development of the economy and attendant social progress can be realized only if the natural foundations of prosperity are respected.wum兆毅咨询
3.  Desirous of participating in this process, the retailing companies of the FTA have adopted a Code of Conduct for the procurement of goods. The aim is to exercise a positive influence on the procurement markets without engaging in protectionist behavior, helping to protect basic human rights and safeguard the environment.wum兆毅咨询
4.  In accordance with the Conventions of the ILO, the Code of Conduct aims at attaining certain minimum standards. The following requirements are of special importance:wum兆毅咨询
A. Prohibition of forced labor and prisoner labor that violates basic human rights.wum兆毅咨询
B. Establishment of and compliance with a regulatory framework for? occupational health and safety.wum兆毅咨询
C. Prohibition of child labor, especially the? exploitation of children under conditions resembling slavery or harmful to their health.wum兆毅咨询
D. Prohibition of workplace practices, conditions and working hours? which violate human rights and labor law.wum兆毅咨询
E. Assurance of fair remuneration? adequate to local conditions and the level of development, allowing a minimum level of satisfaction of basic material needs.wum兆毅咨询
F. Prohibition of? discrimination on the basis of race, skin color, sex, religion, political convictions or social background.wum兆毅咨询
G. The right to form associations and to? conduct collective negotiations for a minimum democratic consensus.
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5.Aware that existing problems are very complex and that some influence can be exercised, within a framework of appropriate measures, AVE members undertake to promote observance of the above requirements by fixing and implementing appropriate rules and monitoring their trade partners as well as their subcontractors for compliance.wum兆毅咨询
6.Observance of the Code of Conduct will rely on dialogue, cooperation and a consensual approach that respects the trading partners’ responsibility.wum兆毅咨询
When a violation of the Code of Conduct is determined, member companies will immediately enter into negotiations with the affected suppliers and search for ways to resolve the problem, taking into consideration the interests of the employees and avoiding the effect of a boycott. If suitable solutions cannot be found within a reasonable period of time, this is a reason to terminate further business relations.wum兆毅咨询
7.Any action taken by the members of the AVE in no way prejudices the responsibilities of governments of industrialized countries and the EU in their pursuit of cooperation with developing countries and a trade policy of open markets governments of developing countries and the sovereign competence of countries in establishing regulations for the improvement of their circumstances, in particular local social and environmental conditions.wum兆毅咨询
8.The AVE is prepared, within its legitimation for action, to submit the substance of this declaration to public discussion and political decision-making processes.wum兆毅咨询
Cologne, 22 November 1999
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