Human rights due diligence

Neste demonstrates and meets this commitment by acting in accordance with:

• UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs) 

• OECD Guidelines for Multinational Enterprises

• International Bill of Human Rights

• ILO Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work

• Ten principles of the UN Global Compact 

• UN Women’s Empowerment Principles 

• Children's Rights and Business Principles 

• UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples

Our Human Rights Principle describes Neste’s commitments and responsibilities with regards to embedding respect for human rights across our activities, value chains and business relationships.

Salient human rights issues

Our Human Rights Principle outlines seven priority areas for human rights at Neste – our salient issues:

• Fair Employment

• Health & Safety

• Equity, Diversity & Non-Discrimination

• Children & Young Workers

• Modern Slavery

• Fair Treatment

• Economic, Social & Cultural Rights

We regularly analyze the saliency of our human rights impacts based on severity and likelihood. This enables us to actively monitor our progress in addressing our salient human rights issues, and to account for any new risks resulting from changes in our business. It also ensures that we accurately focus and prioritize our work to address human rights risks, and understand where there may be gaps in our mitigation actions. 

Access to remedy

We take seriously any allegations that human rights are not properly respected in our business or supply chains, and encourage individuals or communities who have reason to believe such activity is taking place to raise their concerns, without fear of retaliation, via Neste Ethics Online.

Advocating for mandatory human rights due diligence legislation

Neste welcomes the increasing momentum towards establishing mandatory human-rights due diligence at the EU level. In January 2021, Neste and 11 other companies in the Nordic Business Network for Human Rights developed and signed a joint statement in support of EU legislation on mandatory human rights due diligence, calling for maximum alignment with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights (UNGPs).

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