48 2 01 9 S U S T AINABILITY REPOR T In 2 01 9 P an Americ an Silv er adopt ed the Glob al Human Right s P olic y that is b as ed on the thr ee pillar s o f the Unit ed Nations Guiding P rinciple s on Busine s s and Human Right s 1 and the OE CD Guideline s f or Multinational E nt erpris e s O ur polic y aims t o r e spond t o e xpect ations fr om and build trus t with r ele v ant C OIs This bo ar dle v el polic y c ons olidat e s our e xis ting objectiv e s in the ar e as o f en vir onment labour div er sit y and s ocial r e sponsibilit y as the y r elat e t o human right s It f ormaliz e s our appr o ach t o f o s t ering a po sitiv e human right s cultur e thr oughout our or g aniz ation and w orking t o pr e v ent or mitig at e an y adv er s e human right s imp act o f our activitie s on our emplo y ee s c ommunitie s and other e xt ernal s t ak eholder s The Glob al Human Right s P olic y als o pr o vide s a b asis f or embedding the r e sponsibilit y t o r e spect human right s in all o f our busine s s functions It s tipulat e s our e xpect ations o f per s onnel as w ell as c ontr act or s c onsult ant s supplier s and other busine s s p artner s acting on behalf o f or r epr e s enting the C omp an y W e ar e c ommitt ed t o r e specting int ernational human right s c on v entions and be s t pr actic e s including OE CD Guideline s f or Multinational E nt erpris e s T o w ar ds Sus t ainable Mining T SM Aboriginal and C ommunit y O utr e ach P r ot oc ol T o w ar ds Sus t ainable Mining T SM P r e v ention o f Child and F or c ed L abour V erifc ation P r ot oc ol Unit ed Nations Childr en s F und UNICEF Canada Child Right s and S ecurit y Checklis t Unit ed Nations Childr en s F und C on v ention on the Right s o f the Child Unit ed Nations Guiding P rinciple s on Busine s s and Human Right s Unit ed Nations Univ er s al D eclar ation on Human Right s W e als o cr e at ed the ne w po sition o f Human Right s Ofc er t o o v er s ee implement ation o f our Glob al Human Right s P olic y W e launched the r ollout o f the polic y at the E s c ob al mine in Guat emala and will c ontinue t o implement the polic y at our other sit e s in 2 0 2 0 A s s alient human right s is sue s dif er at e ach o f our oper ations implement ation will be c arried out in a sit especifc manner W e tr ain manag ement and c ommunit y t e ams that in turn will de v elop t ools and tr aining appr opriat e t o the oper ation s c ont e xt A s w e mo v e f or w ar d w e will us e the polic y as a t ool t o as s e s s and impr o v e our perf ormanc e acr o s s our oper ations and t ak e a mor e int egr at ed appr o ach t o human right s H u m a n R i g ht s A n aly s i s O ur ong oing c ommunit y eng ag ement s ocial audit pr oc e s s and r e spons e mechanisms ar e de signed t o help us identif y actual and pot ential human right s risk s r e sulting fr om our activitie s and t ak e appr opriat e s t ep s t o manag e and mitig at e the s e risk s O ur P erf ormanc e 1 The thr ee pillar s o f the Unit ed Nations Guiding P rinciple s on Busine s s and Human Right s ar e the St at e dut y t o pr ot ect human right s Pillar I the c orpor at e r e sponsibilit y t o r e spect human right s Pillar II and ac c e s s t o r emedy f or victims o f human right s abus e s Pillar III G R I 4 0 7 1 4 0 8 1 4 0 9 1 4 1 1 1 In 2 01 9 P an Americ an Silv er adopt ed the Glob al Human Right s P olic y that is b as ed on the thr ee pillar s o f the Unit ed Nations Guiding P rinciple s on Busine s s and Human Right s and the OE CD Guideline s f or Multinational E nt erpris e s