Environmental Policy Statement

At Royal Decameron CORNWALL BEACH we are aware of the impact our operations have on the environment. We believe it is our responsibility to not only minimize our environmental impact, but also to consider an environmental policy as an integral part of our operational strategy.

In an effort to adopt environmentally conscious attitudes, we have established several measures with which we can preserve our natural resources and seek to prevent pollution or any other negative impact on our environment. Our aim is to:

Involve, educate, and train all staff on environmental issues making them more knowledgeable on impacts associated with poor environmental practices and to instil a sense of environmental responsibility among all persons involved in the operation which include our Staff, Clients and Subcontractors.
Assess environmental impact of all our activities and products, and seek to eliminate any that pose harm to the environment when economically and operationally practical.
Reduce waste going to the landfill by minimizing the amount of waste produced by reusing materials when possible as well as recycling other wastes in a safe manner.
Purchase and use environmentally friendly, safe and recyclable products from environmentally responsible suppliers who emphasizes the need for renewable energy supplies.
Implement the following methods to improve energy usage: Upgrade hotel lighting to include motion sensors that ensure light is being utilized only when necessary. Use Energy Saving light bulbs and appliances as replacements or upgrades when needed.
Utilize low-flow aerators in sinks and showerheads as a means of conserving water.
Take measures to decrease harmful releases in to the environment by correctly disposing of hazardous substances.
Communicate our environmental policy to Visitor, Staff, Clients and Subcontractors to encourage their support.
Comply with environmental legislation, and strive to follow best practices.
Seek continuous advancement by monitoring progress and remaining proactive. The environmental policy and its objectives will be periodically reviewed to ensure full compliance and consistency.

Policy Statement

Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach is located in Montego Bay, St James in Jamaica. The hotel is on a unique white sand beach with crystal clear waters, just five (5) minutes away from the Sir Donald Sangster Airport and features ocean-view rooms, adults and children pool, bars, restaurant and marina. The use of the service and facilities at the adjacent sister property, Royal Decameron Montego Beach All Inclusive Resort, is also complimentary.

The valuable resources enjoyed at the resort comes with significant responsibilities and for that reason the hotel, Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach, has developed this sustainability policy to guide our activities. Our business strategy is guided by five (5) elements: our business, our customers, our people, our environment and our community. These elements shape all aspects of the resort’s performance and our corporate policies and practices are linked to delivering excellence in one or many of them.

Specifically, Decameron Cornwall Beach is committed to act as follows:

Being ethically responsible, to create value in what we do, and to use sound risk and hazard management principles in conducting our business. As part of our “non-negotiables” Decameron Cornwall Beach will comply with all requisite legislation including pollution prevention and will strive to develop and improve our integrated business management systems to support international human rights laws and policies. We will ensure that appropriate resources (both internally and externally) are utilized to assist in achieving our goals.
Through tactical and professional recruiting exercises as well as specified training programmes, we will aim to attract and retain diverse and talented employees. Decameron Cornwall Beach work environment is designed to create development opportunities and providing workplace consultation so all employees are continually learning while creating an “Always Safe and Knowledgeable” workplace with an aspiration of no workplace injury or illness for our employees, visitors and contractors.
Continually designing and implementing sustainable solutions to develop access to resources and to protect and replenish them. Additionally, Decameron Cornwall Beach is committed to providing environmental leadership in its operations as a resort hotel, which includes the management of its own environmental impacts i.e. improving waste, managing water, energy usage and carbon outcomes as well as protecting and conserving biodiversity and natural capital.
Working closely with local communities to achieve shared and lasting outcomes. Decameron Cornwall Beach will engage with government, policy makers, advocacy groups, industry associations and other stakeholders in the areas which we operate to create better value and outcomes in sustainable practices. All managers, employees, contractors and visitors are responsible for being aware of the importance to comply with this policy.

HIV WORKPLACE POLICY

Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach recognizes the magnitude and severity of the development of HIV/AIDS epidemic worldwide. As a hotel, Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach is committed to the development and implementation of policies and programmes in its local workplace on HIV/AIDS non-discrimination, awareness, prevention and health support.

HIV/AIDS

Is a virus that shows no racial, gender or class boundaries. Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach believes that a person with the HIV or AIDS must be treated on a similar basis to any other employee suffering from a life threatening or chronic disease.

While programs may be locally based and designed to meet local conditions, the overarching policy of HIV/AIDS non-discrimination, awareness, prevention, and health support, applies to all employees of the Company. This company will aim at developing local programs and policies to adhere to the following guidelines:

Non-Discrimination

Consistent with Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach wide global policy on non-discrimination, it is the policy of Royal Decameron to provide a work environment for its employees that is free from harassment and/or discrimination. Colleagues who engage in acts of harassment and/or discrimination are subject to corrective action that may include termination of employment. Accordingly, colleague situations related to HIV and AIDS are governed by the following Principles:

Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach will not and does not discriminate against colleagues or applicants having, perceived as having, living with or otherwise affected by HIV or AIDS.
Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach treats HIV/AIDS the same as other illnesses in terms of all our employee policies and benefits, including health and life insurance, disability benefits and leave of absence.
In accordance with applicable laws, Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach provides reasonable work accommodations when needed for qualified individuals.
All colleagues must adhere to our non-discrimination policy. Colleagues who refuse to work with, withhold services from, harass or otherwise discriminate against another colleague because of his/her having HIV/AIDS, being perceived as having, living with HIV/AIDS, or being otherwise affected by HIV/AIDS, will be subject to discipline and/or other corrective actions.

Open Door Policy

Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach maintains an "open-door" policy. Colleagues who feel they have been discriminated against as a result of having, being perceived as having, living with or being affected by HIV/AIDS, and those who have any other related concerns, are encouraged to utilize the Open-Door Policy. A colleague who is uncomfortable using the Open-Door Policy (eliminate the change of command) may contact the Hotel Nurse at any of our Decameron Properties

HIV Testing, Confidentiality and Disclosure

Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach encourages routine, confidential, voluntary testing and counselling as part of its education and awareness programs.
HIV and AIDS are treated confidentially as medical conditions, in accordance with applicable laws and hotel policies.
Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach does not require colleagues, their dependents, job applicants or other third parties to undergo HIV testing as a condition of employment or receipt of benefits.

Education and Awareness

Royal Decameron is concerned about the wellness of our colleagues. The company-provided benefits and programs have an important role in preserving the dignity of those colleagues infected with or affected by HIV/AIDS. They serve to help them maintain normal and productive lives. The Company will provide, either directly or through third parties, an integrated education and awareness program focusing on prevention. Such programs could include:

Awareness and Sensitization

As a way of mitigating the spread of HIV in places of work, the Management in collaboration with employees must ensure that they conduct periodic awareness programmers. The Management of Royal Decameron will:

Ensure that they provide accurate information on the dangers of HIV, the benefits of abstinence, being faithful to one partner and consistent condom use.
Training for managers and supervisors to communicate and ensure compliance with Royal Decameron’s HIV/AIDS workplace policy and related programs.
Provide medically accurate, relevant information on HIV/AIDS prevention and treatment, including education and information on effective programs related to "A-B-C" (e.g., abstinence, be faithful, and condoms).
Provide information on safe sexual practices, prevention of sexually transmitted diseases and overall health promotion including information on substance abuse.
Provide information on voluntary HIV/AIDS testing, referral and counselling services.

Access to Treatment

Employees that are diagnosed with HIV can be productive given proper support, care and treatment. It is therefore the duty of Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach to ensure that workers that have been tested HIV positive are given the right treatment and care. This is available through government-sponsored health care facilities. The Company does not accept responsibility in cases of employees who decline to seek medical treatment, who voluntarily terminate treatment, or who fail to observe the conditions associated with the medication in which they receive from their health care provider. The Company does not accept responsibility for any possible failure or side-effects of the therapy in which they have received from their Health Care Provider.

POLICY OF HEALTH AND SAFETY AT WORK

At Royal Decameron CORNWALL BEACH we give the highest priority to the prevention of Incidents and to safeguard health and safety of our workers. We are fully committed to conducting our business activities safely and efficiently while ensuring the welfare of all people in our facilities and those who may be affected by our activities. In order to fulfil our commitment, our aim is to:

Provide a safe and healthy workplace for our employees and contractors, through the implementation and maintenance of systems to prevent any risk in our activities.
Protect and maintain the highest level of physical and mental well-being of all workers through advocacy and prevention, seeking to minimize accidents and occupational diseases.
Comply with corporate policies and procedures and all applicable local laws and regulations.
Maintain open channels of effective communication with our employees, contractors, customers, the community and all people who work with us.
Providing the necessary resources for instruction, training and supervision to ensure the occupational health and safety of all our employees when executing their job.
Plan, review and evaluate our performance in health and safety against any measurable objectives and best industry practices and promoting continuous improvement.
To continually identify, assess and check health and safety risks as well as to conduct external risk assessment and to implement the preventive measures where necessary.
Investigate, monitor and openly report our performance in health and safety. Every person working for the company is responsible for demonstrating safety behaviors and to report any possible risks to themselves and others. Leadership will be responsible and accountable for compliance with our health and safety goals, which defines clearly the roles and responsibilities of health and safety. We are dedicated in providing adequate resources, assessments, reviewing and continuously improving the performance of "Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach”

Prevention Policy Sexual Exploitation of Children

PURPOSE

The Prevention of Sexual Exploitation of Children policy aims to establish conduct which the Organization, namely Royal Decameron Cornwall Beach and all its Partners should adopt in the performance of their activities, in ensuring the protection of the rights of children and adolescents, in order to avoid any forms of sexual exploitation, which includes pornography and sex tourism.

The Policy complements the LAW FOR THE PROTECTION OF RIGHTS FOR CHILDREN AND TEENSand develops the regulatory framework established in various international and local legal character of instruments to strengthen culture, respect and protection of personal integrity and the rights of children and adolescents. Documents are incorporated concerning the principles recognized in Politics as well as The Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and child pornography laws, rules and regulations issued by local authorities.

SCOPE

Policy compliance is required from all employees, whether acting as directors, employees or related third parties.

IMPLEMENTATION AREA RESPONSIBLE

It is the responsibility of the Department of Human Resources Advance Disclosure Policy to ensure its effective implementation, including coordination of the General Directorate of legal actions for such implementation, including complaints and administrative sanctions, disciplinary, contractual or judicial from the case and disclosure tasks reference regulatory framework.

DEFINITIONS AND ABBREVIATIONS

Boys, Girls, and Adolescents underage, for the purposes of this policy is adopted the definition provided in the Convention on the Rights of the Child which defines it as all human being below the age of eighteen years, unless, under the local laws majority is reached before eighteen.

Sexual Exploitation of Children in the field of tourism- is sexual exploitation commercial for a child or adolescent by a person or persons traveling within their own country or abroad, and undertake sexual activity with children or adolescents, with the complicity by omission or action of service provider’s tourist.

Child Pornography- it includes any representation of a child and / or adolescent engaging in sexual activities or encouraging them, any representation of a minor predominantly sexual purposes, any organization of live entertainment of any sexual representations of children and adolescents. The Pornography can be transmitted by any means.

UNICEF or the United Nations Fund for Children- it is a program United Nations (UN) that provides humanitarian aid and developing children and mothers in developing countries.

Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). It is an international treaty adopted by the United Nations General Assembly on 20 November 1989 and to which they have joined more than 190 states, which undertake to respect the rights of 5 children. The CRC recognizes children as subjects of law, but makes the adult subject’s responsibilities.

Optional Protocol. It is the additional protocol to the Convention on the Rights of the Child on the sale of children, of child prostitution and the use of child pornography. Resolution A / RES / 54/263 United Nations issued 25 May 2000, entered into force on January 18, 2002.

CONTENT

In compliance with the policy on protection of the rights of children, and adolescents on all forms of sexual exploitation, the organization and its collaborators are obliged to: 1. When undertaking the provision of accommodation services, food and recreation, refrain from any practice, information or tourist orientation, which Somehow promote, hinted or may lead to any form of sexual exploitation, pornography and sexual tourism with children and adolescents, including the use of photographic, recording or video.

To inform the competent authorities any fact or situation they know to be suspicious, who has given or may give rise to sexual exploitation of children and adolescents, including the existence of sites related to the sexual exploitation of children and adolescents.

Encourage your suppliers to adopt a policy similar to reach internally adopted and incorporated into the contracts entered by each companies, the obligation for these providers to adopt such a policy- Concerning Regulatory Framework Convention on the Rights of the Child. Signed by 192 countries and ratified by 190 countries, except the United States, Somalia and South Sudan, becoming the treated more organized worldwide throughout history. Mexico ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child on 28 January 1991 Optional Protocol to the Child. Signed by 161 countries and ratified by 132 countries among which are the countries where our companies operate. The Optional Protocol on the sale of children, child prostitution and the child pornography entered into force internationally in the year 2002, this international instrument criminalizing violations of children's rights and do emphasis on the importance of promoting greater public awareness and cooperation in international efforts to combat them. Also, from the issuance of this policy, they must be observed by contractors who provide services related to the company.