Acting as a good citizen

Sustainability requires a company to fully live up to its responsibilities in every country and in every community in which it operates.

This is part of Bekaert’s Code of Conduct, to which all our employees express their commitment.

• We strive to be a good corporate citizen and fulfill our responsibilities to each community in which we operate.
• We do not support political institutions and in all our communications we adopt a neutral position with respect to political issues.  
• We value transparent and constructive dialogue with local authorities and with all our business partners.
• We are committed to compliance with national laws and collective labor agreements.
• Bekaert supports the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the conventions and recommendations of the International Labor Organization.
• We stimulate selected local initiatives and projects for social, cultural and economic development. Related activities are mostly focused on education and training and are tailored to the needs of the local community.