Human rights

Maersk is committed to respecting human rights, in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and as a member of the UN Global Compact.

Why human rights matters

Our conduct – in our own business and through our business relationships across our value chain – has the potential to impact society, both positively and negatively. Our recognition of this is closely connected to our purpose: “Improving life for all by integrating the world”. Increasing regulation and stakeholder expectations relating to human rights also confirm that this is an area where Maersk can and should take a lead.

Many of our ESG commitments touch on human rights: from our actions on climate change and supply chain sustainability, to the way we use data and build and recycle our vessels. Human rights informs and guides several categories in our ESG Strategy, and is a category in its own right, ensuring we have the right level of engagement and oversight.

Our ambition

We will continue to align our business practices with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and ensure that human rights considerations are integrated into our due diligence processes and ESG governance mechanisms.
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Our targets

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Capacity building on human rights, including targeted trainings for human rights issue owners
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Continued integration of human rights into key due diligence processes

Priorities and actions

Strengthening internal capabilities, building risk-based due diligence processes, engaging with rightsholders and ensuring a just green transition are all core priorities in the way we work with human rights at Maersk.
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Governance

Regular updates on human rights are provided to Maersk’s Executive Leadership Team, as set out in our ESG governance framework. As human rights is an overarching topic, responsibility for managing particular issues lies with the respective functions with support from specific governance forums.
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Maersk Human Rights Policy

Maersk's Human Rights Policy Statement outlines our commitment to respect human rights based on international standards, and is complemented by our Employee and Supplier Codes of Conduct.
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Determining our key risks

We conduct human rights assessments to understand our potential and actual human rights risks and impacts in our operations and value chain. In 2021 we refreshed the definition of our salient human rights risks through a corporate-wide human rights assessment, conducted by external experts using the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights framework:
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Our rightsholders

Our rightsholders are individuals whose rights could be directly impacted by our company – and include vulnerable groups at higher risk of impacts. We have identified the following rightsholders.
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Access to remedy

We provide grievance mechanisms to our employees and other parties who want to voice their concerns about our practices and have them addressed.
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Maersk Human Rights Due Diligence

We recognise our responsibility to respect human rights in line with the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

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