to respect cultural, social, political and legal diversity of all nations and societies and imposes on them the obligation to protect internationally applicable human rights; recognizing the fundamental right to freedom of association and the right to collective bargaining within the existing national regulations and contracts, exclusion of any form of compulsory labour, taking the responsibility for non exploitation and abolishing any form of child work and the guarantee that the minimum employment age complies with the regulations of respective country, elimination of any form of discrimination at work and explicit commitment to advocating equal opportunities and diversity of all employees, adequate payment based on contract in accordance with relevant national labour market 40 ISO 14001 certificate In 2010 HT decided to submit its activities regarding environmental protection to independent assessment.