We are committed to strong ethics and governance across our global operations, ensuring fairness, respect for human rights and responsible partnerships throughout our supply chain, while maintaining rigorous oversight of risks across our business.
Employees
At Harbour, we empower colleagues to thrive in their careers. Our flexible, inclusive workplace ensures everyone can bring their best self to work so our recruitment and employment practices are designed to engage, develop, retain and reward our employees. We offer comprehensive pay and benefit packages and conduct regular benchmarking to ensure we remain competitive in both local and global markets.
You can read more about what makes Harbour an attractive place to work on our Careers page.
Diversity, equity and inclusion
We want all our employees to feel valued, respected and supported at work. Our commitments to promoting DE&I, as well as prohibiting discrimination, harassment and victimisation, are stated in our DE&I policy and aligned with our commitment to respect the International Labour Organization core labour conventions.
To foster an inclusive workplace, we invest in Employee Resource Groups (ERGs). They work like an in-house consultancy powered by our people worldwide to bring our diverse cultural competence to life, drive innovation and hold us to account. To foster an inclusive workplace, we have employee-led networks in areas including gender, disability, culture, neurodiversity, LGBTQ+, menopause, STEM Ambassadors and early careers.
Each ERG is supported by a Leadership Team sponsor and contributes to our recruitment strategy, employee support and business advice.
We have set bold DE&I ambitions. By 2030, we are aiming for:
40% of our Leadership Team to come from diverse backgrounds (gender and/or ethnicity);
30% of women in senior management roles/across the workforce; and
40% of our graduates being female.
Human rights
Harbour’s activities have the potential to affect human rights and worker welfare directly through our operations and indirectly through our supply chain, joint venture partners and third parties. We respect individual human rights as set out in the International Bill of Human Rights and the core conventions of the International Labour Organization.
Our Code of Conduct, values and related policies, including our Human Rights Statement, Supply Chain Policy, Sustainability Policy and People Policy, reflect our commitment to uphold human rights, protect worker welfare standards and prevent modern slavery from taking place in either our business or our supply chain.
Our due diligence processes to manage human rights risks include screening third parties, engaging with contractors and suppliers, and conducting audits, where appropriate.
Responsible supply chain management
Our supply chain plays an important role in helping us achieve our goals. Working together with our suppliers helps us to create value through innovation, driving commercial efficiencies, simplification and risk management. We maintain the highest standards and expectations, including those related to ethics and compliance, as well as health, safety, environment and security. These expectations and commitments are set out in our business partner code of conduct and our updated supply chain policy and form an integral part of our dialogue with suppliers.
Governance and business ethics
We are committed to upholding the highest standards of governance and ethical conduct, including compliance with the UK Corporate Governance Code.
We have zero tolerance for bribery, corruption, fraud, human rights violations including forced labour and child labour, and discrimination, bullying and harassment.
Our commitment is supported by a suite of policies and standards, including our code of conduct, business partner code of conduct, global anti‑corruption standard, human rights statement, people policy, whistleblowing procedure, fraud policy, and sanctions policy.
Community investment
We believe that we can bring a range of positive benefits to the societies where we operate, including through our social investments. In assessing social investment programmes, we consider local community needs and how the programmes will contribute to the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Our social investment and charitable donations standard sets out our expectations, including our ethics and compliance requirements. We focus our support in the areas of education, affordable energy, health and safety, and the environment. We encourage our employees to contribute to their local communities, including through volunteering.
In 2025, we invested $1.5 million in communities worldwide, supporting charitable initiatives and long-term partnerships such as The Halo Trust, helping strengthen its commitment to safety through improvements in process safety and education. In the UK, colleagues in Aberdeen helped select and support local charities, while in London we expanded volunteering with The Passage. We continued to invest in education and local livelihoods globally, from supporting medical training in Indonesia to working with fishing communities in Mexico.
