Code of Business Conduct
Employees are required to abide by H.B. Fuller’s Code of Business Conduct.
Human Rights Policy
Supply Chain Transparency
H.B. Fuller Company does not knowingly purchase goods or services produced using forced labor, child labor or in violation of any applicable local labor laws. Our standard purchase order requires that our suppliers comply with all applicable Federal, State or Local Laws, Rules, Regulations, Ordinances and Executive Orders. Employees are required to abide by H.B. Fuller’s Code of Business Conduct.
Conflict Minerals Policy
The Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010 directed the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”) to adopt a rule requiring public companies with conflict minerals (tin, tantalum, tungsten, and gold) that are necessary to the functionality or production of products manufactured or contracted to be manufactured by such companies to disclose annually whether any of those conflict minerals originated in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (“DRC”) or an adjoining country. The rule is intended to further the humanitarian goal of ending the extremely violent conflict in the DRC which has been financed in part by the exploitation and trade of conflict minerals originating in the DRC. H.B. Fuller Company and its majority-owned subsidiaries (“H.B. Fuller”) are committed to ethical business practices, with respect for human rights and in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. We are committed to complying with the SEC’s rule on conflict minerals and the responsible sourcing of minerals through our global supply chain. We are actively and diligently working with our global supply chain partners to determine the origin of any conflict minerals they may supply to us, and will continue to work with them towards the goal of providing greater supply chain transparency and responsible sourcing. Our due diligence measures follow the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development’s Due Diligence Guidance for the Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High Risk Areas in all material respects. Suppliers who are materially non-compliant with the SEC’s rule on conflict minerals will be reviewed by our sourcing managers for future business. In the event H.B. Fuller determines that a supplier’s efforts to comply with this policy have been deficient and the supplier fails to cooperate in developing and implementing reasonable remedial steps, H.B. Fuller reserves the right to take appropriate actions up to and including discontinuing purchases from the supplier.
Last revised: July 2021