Human Rights

IRPC has formulated a strategy of embedding respect for human rights in all processes throughout the value chain, based on 3 principles: Protect, Respect and Remedy. This is implemented through effective communication, awareness-raising campaigns, and network fostering.

• Protect involves applying human rights protection principles within the organization with emphasis on supervisory oversight through the policies of IRPC and our subsidiaries. IRPC’s human rights policy is communicated to all personnel in the organization, including suppliers, business partners and joint ventures. Additionally, comprehensive guidelines for the Human Rights Management System and the Human Rights Risk Assessment are developed to proactively prevent any human rights violations. Roles and responsibilities related to human rights are clearly defined across committees, departments, and work units to ensure effective oversight and management. Oversight responsibility is assigned to the Board of Directors and relevant Board committees, including the Corporate Governance and Sustainability Committee and the Risk Management and Internal Control Committee while day-to-day management and implementation are supported by Management and the Organizational Development Unit, with appropriate resources allocated to uphold respect for human rights throughout the organization.
• Respect involves demonstrating respect for human rights through the practice of Human Rights Due Diligence and the effective management of human rights in Supply Chain Management.
• Remedy involves providing remediation in case of human rights violations through complaint channels, witness protection measures, the establishment of procedures for rehabilitation and remediation of affected individuals.

IRPC is committed to a comprehensive due diligence process aligned with international standards to assess and address human rights risks and impacts within the organization. The systematic approach includes the following steps:

1. Identification of relevant human rights issues: IRPC identifies potential human rights risks and impacts associated with business activities and relationships across the value chain, considering the following scopes: labor rights, community rights, supply chain, security and safety, environment, and customer rights.
2. Identification of right holders: IRPC identifies right holders as employees, contractors, suppliers, customers, and communities with a particular emphasis on vulnerable groups such as children, person with disability, elderly, women, indigenous people, migrant workers, third-party contracted labor and LGBTQIA+ individuals who may be impacted by IRPC’s operations and are at risk of having their human rights violated.  As part of our Human Rights Management Process, IRPC continuously engages these stakeholders through feedback mechanisms, consultation sessions, workshops, risk assessment activities, impact evaluations, and grievance channels, and the results are used to enhance human rights risk assessments, develop preventive and mitigation measures, and strengthen human rights protections across the value chain. The outcomes of these engagements, including stakeholder expectations and concerns, are presented in the Stakeholders Engagement Outcome.
3. Human rights risks and impact assessment: Impacts and likelihood of human rights risks are assessed at the corporate level of own operation and throughout the value chain, including IRPC affiliates, joint ventures with and without management control, and Tier 1 suppliers. The assessment process also includes the analysis of risk which is defined into 4 levels of risk impact (extreme, high, medium, and low level). The evaluated impacts at the medium to extreme level will be considered for relevant existing control functions within the organization to identify corporate human rights risks.
4. Mitigation measures and integration: IRPC has concerns about appropriate mitigation measures to alleviate human rights risks. Hence, IRPC develops risk mitigation measures that align with different risk levels. These mitigation measures are integrated, minimized, and controlled to a low residual risk level at an acceptable level. Examples of mitigation measures include managing security, occupational health and safety of employees, and mitigating environmental impacts.
5. Tracking and communication: The performance according to human rights mitigation measures is tracked, monitored and reviewed by responsible management teams annually to ensure human rights issues are rectified.

Since 2018, IRPC has conducted a Human Rights Risk Assessment (HRRA) across the entire IRPC Group, along with an in-depth assessment of value chain throughout all business units. Additionally, starting in 2022, public consultations and human rights assessments for all new investment projects have been consistently conducted, applying IRPC’s principles that respect community and indigenous rights and integrate free, prior and informed consultation and consent where relevant. The assessments are performed by relevant internal functions to ensure a comprehensive evaluation of human rights risks in IRPC’s operations and joint ventures (JVs) across the entire value chain. To facilitate this process, IRPC has developed a Human Rights Risk Assessment System on an online platform, streamlining data collection, analysis, and reporting to enhance the effectiveness and efficiency of the assessment process.

The HRRA process involves the identification of issues, assessment of impacts on rights holders and vulnerable groups, and evaluation of the likelihood of these impacts. The assessed groups include various stakeholders such as employees within IRPC, society, subsidiaries, Joint Venture (JV) partners, and our business partners (suppliers, contractors, customers). Specific attention is given to vulnerable groups, including women, children, indigenous people, migrant people, third-party contracted labor, communities/residents, customer/consumer, LGBTQIA+, person with disability, pregnant women, elderly.

In 2025, IRPC conducted our first systematic Human Rights Risk and Impact Assessment through a digital platform, covering the processes of identifying, analyzing, and prioritizing salient human rights issues. The assessment identified human rights salient issues related to occupational health and safety of employees working within the industrial zone, the safety and well-being of surrounding communities, and labor protection for contractors operating on-site.

IRPC applied the assessment results to develop appropriate prevention and mitigation measures, consistent with international human rights due-diligence standards, supported by ongoing monitoring and periodic review of implementation effectiveness. These actions enabled the Company to manage the identified risks effectively and reduce them to an acceptable level, thereby strengthening IRPC’s overall human rights risk-management system.

The findings of the Human Rights Risk and Impact Assessment, including detailed risk ratings and management responses, are presented in the Human Rights Risk and Impact Assessment Report on IRPC website.

IRPC has established accessible grievance and whistleblowing channels for both internal and external stakeholders to report concerns or incidents related to potential human rights violations. These mechanisms include procedures for receiving, reviewing, and investigating complaints; protecting the confidentiality and safety of whistleblowers; and implementing corrective and preventive measures to address identified impacts. Where harm is substantiated, IRPC provides fair and timely remediation, including appropriate compensation and other measures to restore affected individuals, in alignment with international human rights standards.

From 2022 to 2025, IRPC recorded no reported cases of human rights violations, reflecting the effectiveness of the Company’s human rights management and our continued commitment to preventing, addressing, and monitoring human rights risks in accordance with international standards.