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local workers and suppliers

provide good accommodation, recreational facilities and means of keeping in touch with the home front. The local medical facilities are assessed at every project site and where necessary we set up a temporary clinic and hire medical staff. In a number of countries, including Germany, Finland, Sweden, the United Kingdom, Mexico and Singapore, we have a permanent presence and make targeted investments in the training of local, mostly permanent, staff. In addition, we purchase goods and services from local suppliers whenever possible. Such goods may include fuel, food, facility consumables, wearing and construction parts for our equipment, safety products and equipment such as bulldozers, cars, trucks, cranes and small floating equipment. Office space is mostly rented and where possible we use local shipyards. Our Supplier Code of Conduct is also applicable to our local suppliers. For more information on our Supplier Code of Conduct please refer to pages 58-60.

On projects where our presence is temporary, we aim to hire as many local workers as possible and offer fair wages and decent working conditions. On these projects the share of temporary employment contracts can reach close to 90%. Depending on the nature, size and duration of a project, we can offer jobs in areas including logistics (such as the transport of people, goods and equipment and arranging visas), support (such as HR, SHE-Q, (financial) administration, procurement, PR, catering, security and accommodation) and operations (such as engineers, welders, deck hands and workshop staff). Local workers are given additional training if necessary as well as safety training to ensure that they are able to carry out their work according to our own high (safety) standards. Local workers participated in our NINA safety training and work shops on projects like Punta Pacifica in Panama, Pluit City in Indonesia and on the offshore wind farm projects Wikinger and Veja Mate. We take care to