Sustainable procurement program within Deutsche Telekom Group prescribes requirements for suppliers 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 labor, 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 labor market and prescribing minimum salary guaranteed by the law, guarantee that relevant national regulations on hours of work and regularly paid annual vacation will be observed, support to employees' training and development for the purpose of maintaining a high level of work execution standard on all levels in the company, ensuring all necessary safe and healthy working conditions in accordance with the standards applicable in respective country and support to further development with a view to improving working environment.