Business Ethics

Crescent is mindful of its responsibility to behave in an ethical manner in the course of pursuing its business goals, and the company, including all its subsidiaries, affiliates and/or consolidated holdings, is committed to the following practices:

Investment
We will not invest in any of the following areas:

1. marketing, development or production of nuclear, chemical or biological weapons
2. marketing, development or production of weapons of war or other armaments
3. marketing, development or production of products involving animal fur or animal testing
4. production of strategic parts of weapon systems of any kind
5. marketing, development or production of pornography or products from the sex, hard drugs or tobacco industry

Employment
We will not engage in any of the following activities:

1. use of children under the legal age for employment
2. use of forced, bonded or compulsory labour

Discrimination
We will not discriminate against our employees in any of the following areas:

1. on the grounds of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, religion, political opinion, age or nationality
2. on the grounds of pregnancy or maternity leave

Purchasing
We will put into place checks, controls and procedures to ensure all our suppliers and sub-contractors:

1. have ethical standards that do not compromise any of the above
2. have checks, controls and procedures that ensure their suppliers or sub-contractors do not compromise any of the above

Prevention of Corruption
We will include in our distribution and supply agreements anti-bribery standard clauses. Our employment policies outline measures that can and will be taken in order to prevent corruption. Crescent, as a public company and a member of the ETHIBEL Sustainability index, respects the Corporate Governance rules.