Siemens Code of Conduct for Suppliers and Third-Party Intermediaries
This Code of Conduct defines the basic requirements placed on the suppliers and third-party intermediariesof Siemens concerning their responsibilities towards their stakeholders and the environment. The supplier
and/or third-party intermediary declares herewith to:Legal Compliance• Comply with the laws and regulations of the applicable legal systems.
Human Rights and Labor Conditions
To ensure respect of all internationally proclaimed human rights by avoiding causation of and complicity in any humanrights violations. Heightened attention shall be paid to ensuring respect of human rights of rights holders or groupsof rights holders which are specifically vulnerable, such as women, children, migrant workers or of (indigenous)
communities.

➢ Prohibition of Forced Labor• Neither use nor contribute to slavery, servitude, forced or compulsory labor, suppression, exploitation, andhuman trafficking.

➢ Prohibition of Child Labor••

Install no workers under the age of 15 or, in those countries subject to the developing country exception of
the ILO Convention 138, install no workers under the age of 14.
Install no workers under the age of 18 for work which is likely to harm the health, safety, and morals.

➢ Non-Discrimination and Respect for Employees••➢

Ensure equal treatment of employees, irrespective of skin color, race, nationality, ethnicity, social
background, disabilities, gender, sexual identity and orientation, marital status, political or religious
conviction, or age and promote equal opportunities amongst them.
Refuse to tolerate any unacceptable treatment of individuals such as mental cruelty, sexual harassment ordiscrimination including gestures, language, and physical contact, that is sexual, coercive, threatening,abusive or exploitative.

Freedom of Association•

Recognize the legal rights of workers to form or join existing trade unions and to engage in collective
bargaining; neither disadvantage nor prefer members of employee organizations or trade unions.

➢ Working Hours, Wages & Benefits for Employees•••➢

Adhere to all applicable working-hours regulations.
Pay fair wages for labor and adhere to all applicable wage and compensation laws.
In the event of cross-border personnel deployment adhere to all applicable legal requirements, especiallywith regard to minimum wages.

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Act in accordance with the applicable statutory and international standards regarding occupational healthand safety and provide safe working conditions.
Provide training to ensure all employees installed are educated in health & safety issues.
Establish a reasonable occupational health & safety management system.
In the event of use of private or public security forces ensure that human rights of employees and other rights
holders are respected (no use of unlawful physical or mental violence)➢ Grievance Mechanism•

Provide access to a protected mechanism for their employees to report possible violations of the principlesof this Code of Conduct and ensure protection of whistleblowers or complainants against retaliation.

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Environmental and Climate Protection, Protection of Natural Resources

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Act in accordance with the applicable statutory and international standards regarding the environment.
Minimize environmental pollution and make continuous improvements in environmental protection.
Establish a reasonable environmental management system.
Reduce the emission of air pollutants and Greenhouse Gas (GHG), and reduce harmful soil change, waterpollution and harmful noise emission to the fullest extent as possible.
Increase energy efficiency, use renewable energy, and reduce water consumption to the fullest extent aspossible.
Cause no unlawful taking of land, forests, and waters.
Reduce waste and ensure their proper treatment and disposal.

Fair Operating Practices➢ Anti-Corruption and Bribery•Tolerate no form of and do not engage directly or indirectly in any form of corruption or bribery and do notgrant, offer or promise anything of value to a government official or to a counterparty in the private sector
to influence official action or obtain an improper advantage. This includes to renounce from giving oraccepting improper facilitation payments.

➢ Fair Competition, Anti-Trust Laws and Intellectual Property Rights••

Act in accordance with national and international competition laws and do not participate in price fixing,
market or customer allocation, market sharing or bid rigging with competitors.
Respect the intellectual property rights of others.

➢ Conflicts of Interest•

Avoid and/or disclose internally and to Siemens all conflicts of interest that may influence business
relationships, and to avoid already the appearance thereof.

➢ Anti-Money Laundering, Terrorism Financing•

Not directly or indirectly facilitate money laundering or terrorism financing.

➢ Data Privacy•

Process personal data confidentially and responsibly, respect everyone’s privacy and ensure that personal
data is effectively protected and used only for legitimate purposes.

➢ Foreign Trade Regulations•

Comply with the applicable export, import, customs, and foreign trade regulations.

Responsible Minerals Sourcing•

Take reasonable efforts to avoid in its products the use of raw materials which originate from Conflict-Affectedand High-Risk Areas and contribute to human rights abuses, corruption, the financing of armed groups orsimilar negative effects.

Supply Chain••

Use reasonable efforts to make its suppliers comply with the principles of this Code of Conduct and checktheir compliance on a risk-based approach.
Comply with the principles of non-discrimination with regard to supplier selection and treatment.

Further information under www.siemens.com/code-of-conduct

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