Fair Money & Economic Opportunity

HLE.XETRA (HELLA GMBH+CO. KGAA) is described as a global automotive supplier specializing in lighting and electronics.

The 'Fair Money & Economic Opportunity' value assesses financial institutions and companies engaged in lending, insuring, moving, or storing money. The provided articles consist of 404 error pages, company advertisements, and corporate news focused on automotive parts and personnel changes. None of the articles contain any information or specific data points indicating that HLE.XETRA operates in financial services or engages in activities relevant to this value. Therefore, no KPIs can be scored based on the evidence provided.

Fair Trade & Ethical Sourcing

The company requires suppliers to respond to complaints within 10 working days using an 8D report, with containment actions fully implemented within 48 hours and effectiveness of permanent corrective actions checked within 20 working days.

All direct supplier contracts include minimum requirements for ethics, social standards, human rights, and environmental sustainability, which are part of the general purchasing terms and conditions. The company's policy requires raw materials such as gold, tin, tantal, tungsten, mica, and cobalt to originate only from smelters certified by recognized schemes, and suppliers must provide annual extended minerals reporting on cobalt and mica. Suppliers are also required to comply with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas. In the fiscal year 2021/2022, 83% of HELLA Australia’s suppliers were Australian-based companies.

Honest & Fair Business

The company has a comprehensive whistleblower policy with secure, confidential, and anonymous online reporting systems (tellUS! and Speak Up/Global Ethics Hotline).

It explicitly protects reporting persons who act in good faith against retaliation, and a dedicated Compliance Office manages complaints confidentially. The Anti-Corruption Policy (dated 12/22) applies to all employees of wholly owned or solely controlled HELLA companies globally. It prohibits corruption, facilitation payments, and political contributions, and requires transparent and documented business transactions, including due diligence for third-party relationships. However, there is no evidence regarding the frequency or effectiveness metrics of anti-corruption training. The company's Human Rights Policy mentions environmental management system certification at production sites and supplier self-assessments/onsite visits/audits, but the extent of independent verification of ethical claims is not quantified.

Kind to Animals

The company's policy for suppliers and partners mandates adherence to the '3R' principle for animal testing (reduction, refinement, replacement), the 'Five Freedoms' of animals principle, and compliance with EU Directive 2010/63 and World Organisation for Animal Health (OIE) standards.

This policy prohibits discretionary testing, but legal mandates can still override alternatives. The company's gross R&D expenditure was €2,198 million in 2023, which represents 8% of its fiscal 2023 sales of €27.3 billion. This means less than 1% of revenue is invested in R&D, and the articles do not specify what percentage of this R&D budget is allocated to animal-free technologies.

No War, No Weapons

The company received revenues in Russia during 2021-2022 and maintained a Moscow office as a 100% investment location as of 2023, despite Russia being a sanctioned regime.

Hella conducts annual human rights and environment-related risk analyses and reviews the effectiveness of remedial actions yearly. The company's Human Rights Policy is based on the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, among other international standards, and applies to all employees, business partners, and suppliers. Hella performs due diligence on its supply chain for conflict minerals (gold, tin, tungsten, tantalum) originating from the Democratic Republic of Congo and adjoining countries, but a specific percentage of the supply chain certified conflict-free is not provided. The company's Code of Conduct for Suppliers and Service Providers requires partners to exercise due diligence on conflict minerals, cobalt, and mica, and to exclude smelters/refineries without adequate due diligence processes like RMI's RMAP. Before engaging with new business partners, employees must ensure that the contact or cooperation is not restricted or prohibited by national or international sanctions lists. The company has a Human Rights Policy and a due diligence approach to prevent human rights and environmental violations in its activities and supply chain. The company has a Code of Conduct and a Supplier Code of Conduct.

Respect for Cultures & Communities

No quantitative data or specific information related to HLE.XETRA's engagement with indigenous or local communities, cultural respect, or related initiatives is provided in the available article.

The article is a general statement about sustainability and lacks specific data points for any of the defined KPIs.

Safe & Smart Tech

The company states it complies with GDPR.

Data is collected only as needed, with retention periods of 3 months for website visits and 7 years for contact forms, or longer if required for security investigations or contract fulfillment. Users are granted rights to access, correct, delete, restrict, and port their data, as well as revoke consent and object to processing. SSL encryption is used for some registered portals.

Zero Waste & Sustainable Products

HELLA has some initiatives related to waste reduction, but lacks comprehensive data across key metrics. The company has a target to reduce waste intensity by -9% by 2025 and -13% by 2027, compared to 2019.

In 2022, waste intensity was 4.5 tons/€ million net product sales, down from 4.9 in 2019. Total waste generated was 30,437 tons in 2022. HELLA is involved in the NALYSES project to develop recyclable headlights. A sustainable headlamp concept aims for a 70% reduction in CO2 emissions and uses bio-based plastics. However, there is no specific data on waste diversion rates, product recyclability percentages, packaging sustainability, or recycled content in most products. , The company targeted zero landfill waste by the end of 2018, but current diversion rates are not available. Given the limited quantitative data and the absence of comprehensive waste reduction programs, a score of -20 is appropriate. The company's business model has a medium level of inherent conflict with the value of Zero Waste & Sustainable Products.