Huawei has established its procurement CSR management? system based on the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Business Conduct and the IPC-1401? Corporate Social Responsibility Management System? Standard , and incorporated CSR requirements into our? procurement strategy and business processes. We require? all of our suppliers to comply with all applicable laws and? regulations, and encourage them to promote diversity and? improve their own CSR management by adopting globally? recognized industry standards. The CSR agreements that? we sign with suppliers are prepared according to the? Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Conduct and the Joint Audit Cooperation (JAC) Supply Chain? Sustainability Guidelines . These agreements cover labor? standards, health and safety, environmental protection,? business ethics, and management systems. Huawei? requires that all suppliers abide by the CSR agreements? and convey the same requirements to their own suppliers.

We consider the use of child labor or forced labor to be red-line issues, and we have zero tolerance for any behavior that? crosses CSR red lines. In 2024, none of our suppliers were found to have crossed any CSR red lines.

Huawei's CSR red lines in procurement

1. Use of child labor
2. Use of prison labor (including using prisons? as suppliers or subcontractors) or forced labor? (including restricting personal freedom or? detaining personal identity documents)
3. Violence, physical punishment, sexual harassment,? illegal body searches, cross-gender body searches,? and other similar behavior
4. Salary payments below the local minimum wage
5. Negligence that leads to major fires or explosions
6. Working conditions that seriously endanger personal health and safety or lead to fatal field incidents
7. Illegal emissions of any hazardous or toxic wastes,? including waste water, gas, and residue.
8. Negligence that leads to media crises or serious? mass disturbances, such as collective labor? disputes, mass brawls, mass poisoning, unnatural? deaths, or other incidents causing casualties.
9. Unsafe and unhealthy working environments? that lack effective measures to prevent potential? health and safety accidents, or diseases that may? be caused due to exposure in workplaces (e.g.,? collective infections).
10. Corruption or dishonest acts that violate the? requirements of "no bribery, no gifts, no conflicts? of interest, no falsification, no cutting corners, no? fraud, and keeping promises".

To support the strategic goal of sustainable procurement, we regularly deliver CSR training to all members of the? procurement team. This training covers CSR agreements, red lines, processes, and audit practices related to CSR in? procurement. CSR requirements are incorporated into the performance indicators of all teams in our procurement? department.

The Group Annual Report includes Huawei Switzerland adherence to the due diligence and reporting obligations required by Art. 964j-l of the Swiss Code of Obligations and the Swiss “Ordinance on Due Diligence and Transparency in relation to Minerals and Metals from Conflict-Affected Areas and Child Labour” (DDTrO). During the Report, Huawei Switzerland complied with the due diligence obligations regarding child labor.

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