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Disclosure

3 Dec 2018

Vestas Wind Systems' Response

"Vestas is a supplier of materials and services to the wind farms; as such we do not own or develop these wind farms in Jordan.

Current activities in Jordan involves the following Engineering, Procurement and Construction (EPC) projects: Tafila (service of wind turbines), Fujeij (service of wind turbines) and soon to start Shobak (Construction of wind farm).

The projects are developed in compliance with i) national legislation (i.e. Labour legislation and the Regulation for Obligatory Employment of Jordanian Workforce from Surrounding Communities in Development Projects No. 131) and ii) international standards such as the IFC Performance Standards on Environmental and Social Sustainability, the Environmental, Health, and Safety Guidelines for Wind Energy and ILOs core conventions.

Labour rights are implemented in Vestas via the Vestas Human Rights Policy, Vestas Employee Code of Conduct, Vestas Business Partner Code of Conduct, Internal Bylaws Regulating the Work of Vestas Middle East S.L.U – Jordan Branch, project level Human Resource Policy and project level Labour Management Plans."