Responsible & Accountable

GEOVAI is committed to promoting and ensuring a work environment where employees are treated with respect and dignity, enabling them to achieve their full potential free from discrimination, as defined in the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the International Labor Organization Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, U.N. Guiding Principles. Our commitment to conduct business with the highest level of integrity and respect to human rights includes compliance with, international labor and workplace laws and regulations governing our operations locations. In addition, we commit to dealing only with those business partners who share our commitment to protect human rights. 

We are committed to conducting business with the highest level of integrity and abiding by all relevant policies and the laws and regulations governing our countries of operations. 

Our people should committed to fight modern slavery practices and report their concerns to our ethics line, regardless of any external factor. 

Harassment is defined as any offensive behavior, including unwelcome comments (written or spoken), acts or conduct that violate an individual’s dignity, and/or create an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment for that individual. GEOVAI do not tolerate harassment. Harassment can occur on the grounds of race, religion, gender, age, disability, etc., and can take place in person, online, and other ways. Harassment may not necessarily be confined to the behavior of senior staff towards junior staff; it can take place between colleagues at the same level or involve staff behaving inappropriately towards more senior staff. You are required to report any known harassment at hotline or as otherwise set out in our Code of Conduct. 

GEOVAI employees are of many nationalities, diverse skills and backgrounds collaborating to achieve common goals. GEOVAI embrace uniqueness and strive to ensure that differences are appreciated, celebrated, and respected. We are dedicated to fostering an engaging, empowering, safe and responsible corporate culture. We must ensure that no decisions are made based on race, color, religion, sex, disability, marital status, military or veteran status, citizenship, or any other characteristic or class protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. The Company administers its personnel policies, programs, and practices in a nondiscriminatory manner in all aspects of the employment relationship, including recruitment, hiring, work assignment, promotion, transfer, termination, wage and salary administration, and selection for training. Managers and supervisors are responsible for implementing and administering this policy, maintaining a work environment free from unlawful discrimination, and promptly identifying and resolving issues related to equal employment opportunity. Individuals who believe they have observed or been subjected to prohibited discrimination should immediately report the incident to their supervisors, upper management, their designated Human Resources contact or at ethics hotline.

GEOVAI is committed to develop skills of local suppliers through training and global best practice policies and procedures. Our people will be working diligently to improve the financial and technical capabilities of local businesses and suppliers in order to help them compete internationally and grow the local economy for the long term. In Saudi Arabia, as a result of our continuing efforts, GEOVAI is committed to the highest standard of the Local Content Certificate. While launched recently, GEOVAI is making a significant contribution in the following ways:

• Technology - GEOVAI developed a bespoke portal for suppliers to exchange business processes.
• Long-Term Commitments - We identify strategic suppliers with potential for a high business impact and aim to make these our long-term partners. 
• Supplier Compliance Program – We ensure that local suppliers are fully up-to-date and responsive when it comes to compliance of the rules and regulations set-forth by the competent government authorities. This helps the local suppliers to put procedures in place and help them compete with international providers.
• Risk Factors - GEOVAI also works hard on mitigating risk factors potentially impacting its efforts to develop local content. 
• Quality Assurance - GEOVAI will always prefer a local compared, without compromising on the quality of materials.