Statements on Human Rights “OMV strives to uphold equally high ethical standards at all locations. OMV is a signatory to the United Nations (UN) Global Compact, fully committed to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and aims to contribute to the UN’s 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.”219 “Following the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, OMV considers human rights to be an important aspect of our risk management which is integrated into our decision-making processes.220 “Human rights are universal values that guide our conduct in every aspect of our activities. As a signatory of the UN Global Compact and fully committed to the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, we respect, fulfill and support the realization of human rights as contained in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and in internationally recognized treaties. In 2017, we revised the OMV Human Rights Policy Statement with the support of external and internal experts in order to align it with international best practices. We have developed an OMV Human Rights Management System that includes the due diligence process and tools and the Human Rights Matrix. This matrix maps our concrete responsibilities in the fields of equality and non-discrimination, security, work-related rights, local communities and indigenous peoples’ rights, and acts as the basis for all our human rights-related activities.”221 Peabody Energy Corporation Statements on Climate Change “Concerns about the impacts of coal combustion on global climate are increasingly leading to consequences that have and could continue to affect demand for our products or our securities, including the following: increased regulation of coal combustion in many jurisdictions; investment decisions by electricity generators that are unfavorable to coal-fueled generation units; unfavorable lending policies by lending institutions and development banks toward the financing of new overseas coal-fueled power plants; and divestment efforts affecting the institutional investment community. Global climate issues continue to attract public and scientific attention. Numerous reports, such as the Fourth and the Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, have also engendered concern about the impacts of human activity, especially fossil fuel combustion, on global climate issues. In turn, increasing government attention is being paid to global climate issues and to OMV AG, supra note 215, p. 49. Id., p. 50. 221 OMV AG, supra note 218, pp. 11–12. 219 220 Annex D: Corporate Statements on Climate Change and Human Rights | 57