Rotana Corporate Sustainability Report 2014

62 Rotana Earth award In 2013, we added the Rotana Earth Sustainability Award to the company’s awards to recognise our hotels’ efforts for achieving outstanding sustainability results. Villa Rotana, winner of Earth Award 2013 Rotana Earth module In 2014, we added and developed a new sustainability module to Rotana’s orientation programme to introduce to our new joining colleagues the Rotana Earth sustainability platform and educate them on sustainable practices. We hope our colleagues will be more engaged and be inspired to take individual actions in making a difference. Rotana is committed to providing an inclusive, non- discriminatory workplace which gives opportunities of continuing development to all colleagues as well as fair consideration to all applicants regardless of gender, age, nationality, religion or disability. At our operations across the world, Rotana adheres to all local laws relating to worker rights and we also takes significant steps to help ensure that there are no violations of worker rights, including forced or compulsory labour, among contractors. Diversity and equal opportunity Rotana is committed to fair employment practices without discrimination. A human resource policy is available for equal opportunity to ensure that: • All colleagues and job applicants are treated equally regardless of their race, colour, religion, nationality, ethnic origin, or gender • All properties recruit, develop, promote and reward individuals on the basis of experience, abilities, and qualifications and in accordance with business needs A grievance procedure is available to any colleague who believes that he or she may have been unfairly discriminated against. As part of the routine Human Resource audit of hotels, the corporate office monitors the implementation of this non- discrimination and grievance policies, and that compensation, benefits, promotions, transfer opportunities, training and other benefits are administered without discrimination. As a result of the policies and the auditing practices, during the last two years there were no violations of rights for indigenous people and no incidents of discrimination. According to information supplied by each hotel, in 2013 and 2014 approximately 6.9% of permanent colleagues in Egypt and Sudan participated in some form of collective bargaining agreement between workers and hotel management. Fair Employment Our colleagues comprise more than 82 nationalities from around the world.