Our commitment policies and standard
Our Commitment, policies and standards

Schlau operates an inclusive set of commitments, policies and standards that define our operating preferences in socially and environmentally responsible manners. Our guidance documents and assurance protocols support the commitments, policies and standards.

Schlau Business Principles

The responsibilities to shareholders, customers, employees, partners and society are set out in our Business Principles documents. These principles define the way we do business with honesty and respect for the environment and host communities.

Our employees, vendors, and operated joint ventures employees, are guided by these principles. We implore vendors and partners in joint ventures that we do not operate to be guided by comparable principles.

Our Code of Conduct

This provides the ethical guard-rail for every employee and vendor who works for Schlau Energy. The code of conduct defines behaviours of our employees and how they relate to our Business Principles and Core Values.

Ethics and Compliance Guide

We created the Ethics and Compliance Guide to build on our General Business Principles and Code of Conduct. It was created to provide realistic guidance on how to comply with laws and regulations and how to relate to customers, host communities and colleagues.

Schlau vendor principles

Our General Business Principles and Group Code of Conduct mandate us to collaborate with vendors and suppliers who contribute to sustainable development and are economically, environmentally and socially responsible.

Health, Safety, Security, Environment (HSSE) and Social Performance (SP) Commitment and Policy

This commitment and policy is designed to help protect people and the environment. Every Schlau business, vendor and joint ventures we operate must manage HSSE and SP in line with the commitment and policy.

At Schlau we are committed to:

  1. The goal of no harm to people;
  2. Regards to nature by protecting the environment, curtailing waste, making a positive contribution to biodiversity, and minimize greenhouse gases;
  3. Operate assets safely, efficiently and responsibly;
  4. Utilization of material and energy efficiently to provide our products and services;
  5. Respect our neighbours and improve the societies in which we operate;
  6. Report on our performance publicly;
  7. Develop energy resources, products and services consistent with these aims;
  8. Lead in promoting best practice in our industries;
  9. Administer HSSE & SP matters as any other critical business activity; and
  10. Create a psychologically safe working environment.

Policy for Schlau Businesses:

  1. Create an efficient approach to ensure compliance with the law and achieve continuous performance improvement;
  2. Set targets for improvement and measures, appraises and reports performance;
  3. Vendors obligation to manage HSSE & SP in line with this policy;
  4. Necessitate joint ventures it operates to apply this policy, and uses its influence to promote it in its other ventures;
  5. Corporate effectively with neighbours and impacted communities; and includes HSSE & SP performance in the appraisal of staff and rewards accordingly.
Human Rights

Schlau is committed to human rights as set out in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Labour Organization core conventions. Our approach to implementing our responsibility is informed by the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights.

Sustainable Sourcing of Biocomponents

Schlau will continue to purchase biofuels for blending into fuel. We are guided by sustainability standards to help ensure that our biofuels come from sustainable sources.

Political Engagements

Schlau employees have direct and indirect interactions with governments, regulators, legislators and other political stakeholders. These interactions range from the practical requirements of obtaining new permits for our business in line with regulations, to broad public policy discussions in forums, meetings and workshops.

Our Commitment, policies and standards

Schlau operates an inclusive set of commitments, policies and standards that define our operating preferences in socially and environmentally responsible manners.

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External Voluntary Code

Schlau Energy supports external voluntary codes that guide us to operate in a responsible way.

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UN sustainable development goals

Recall that the United Nations' seventeen (17) Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) seek to address the world's biggest challenges.

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Governance

At Schlau we are guided by the high standards we set as an organization on health and safety, the environment, climate change, host communities relationship and diversity.

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Partnerships

Schlau Energy appreciates the essence of collaboration in pursuit of commercial, environmental and social goals, while the sharing of knowledge and experience with others gives rise to better ways of doing things.

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