Our Policy

The Company is committed to a policy of equality and opportunity for job seekers and employees, extending to all people in all aspects of the employer-employee relationship, including recruitment, hiring, training, promotion, transfer, discipline, dismissal and termination. The company aims to guarantee a strictly professional work environment, where employees are free from harassment, persecution or discrimination of any kind and from anyone, regardless of their hierarchical position.

Here is the translation into English, using professional legal and corporate terminology suitable for a Code of Conduct or Compliance Manual.

COMBATING DISCRIMINATION, BULLYING, AND SEXUAL HARASSMENT

The company prohibits and will not tolerate:

  • Discrimination based on race, color, gender, religion, age, marital status, pregnancy status, citizenship, ancestry, medical condition, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other characteristic protected by municipal, state, or federal law;

  • Harassment of any kind, whether verbal, physical, or visual, that humiliates, ridicules, belittles, or torments an person based on their status, such as socioeconomic status, sexual orientation, religion, among others;

  • Any conduct that creates an intimidating, hostile, or abusive work environment.

  • Any type of sexual harassment, including, for example, explicit sexual propositions, suggestions of a sexual nature, sexual comments, sexual "pranks" or "teasing," sexist jokes, offensive or obscene language or gestures, display of pornographic materials, among others.

ANTI-CORRUPTION POLICY

We conduct business practices in accordance with the law, in an honest and ethical manner, with zero tolerance for bribery, rejecting and combating any act of corruption. In our activities inside and outside of Novabrink, or on its behalf, whether directly or through third parties, we do not participate in acts of corruption; therefore:

  • We do not order, authorize, or promise the performance of corrupt practices;

  • We do not induce any person to engage in corrupt practices;

  • We do not conspire to perform them. We comply with the anti-corruption laws of Brazil.

ANTI-CHILD LABOR POLICY

Novabrink restrains, prohibits, and is committed to eradicating within its value chain any child labor performed by children and adolescents under the age of 16, except in the capacity of a minor apprentice (menor aprendiz) under the terms of current legislation.

FORCED LABOR, SLAVERY, OR CONDITIONS ANALOGOUS TO SLAVERY

Novabrink restrains, prohibits, and is committed to eradicating within its value chain forced or slave labor, understood as labor extracted from a person under the threat of physical, moral, or psychological penalty, or work performed as a means of paying a prior debt or for the sole purpose of basic survival.

FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION

Novabrink respects freedom of association, recognizes unions as the legal representatives of employees, and seeks constant dialogue to resolve labor or union-related conflicts.

At NOVABRINK, we are committed to developing, producing, and marketing products with quality, safety, and responsibility, fully meeting our customers' expectations and all applicable legal and regulatory requirements. We promote continuous innovation, process improvement, and sustainability across all our operations, always seeking stakeholder satisfaction and contributing to a safer and more conscious future.

Our Quality Policy is:

  • Aligned with the company’s strategic objectives, promoting excellence in everything we do;

  • Grounded in the continuous improvement of the Quality Management System, focusing on sustainable results;

  • Committed to people development, valuing human talent as essential for the delivery of quality;

  • Supportive of solid relationships with suppliers and partners, ensuring quality throughout the entire value chain;

  • Guided by leadership that inspires and promotes a culture of quality, ethics, and responsibility at all levels;

  • Communicated, understood, and practiced by all employees, ensuring its effective application in daily activities.

We guarantee operational growth committed to reducing environmental impact through the implementation of programs for the reduction, reuse, and recycling of waste from our operations, as well as waste related to our products. We recognize the importance of conserving natural resources for the planet's balance, and we encourage our employees to adopt sustainable environmental practices.

"Confidential Information" includes, but is not limited to, information regarding operations, processes, plans or intentions, production information, facilities, equipment, trade secrets, manufacturing secrets, data, specialized skills, projects, methods and methodology, flowcharts, specifications, components, formulas, products, samples, diagrams, drawings, industrial schematic designs, patents, market opportunities, and business matters disclosed during the execution of the project.

By this Confidentiality Agreement, you commit to:

  1. Not using the confidential information to which you have access to generate exclusive and/or unilateral personal benefit to the detriment of NOVABRINK’S productive and/or intellectual activity, under penalty of being held liable under current civil and criminal law regulations;

  2. Not making any recording or copy of the confidential documentation to which you have access related to NOVABRINK, its activities, products, and/or processes;

  3. Not appropriating for yourself or others any confidential and/or restricted material that may be made available during analysis, consulting, and/or the proposal and implementation of technological solutions;

  4. Not disclosing knowledge of NOVABRINK’s confidential information, its activities, products, and/or processes, assuming responsibility for all persons who may gain access to the information through you, and thus undertaking to indemnify for the occurrence of any damage and/or loss arising from an eventual breach of confidentiality of the information provided.