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Our organization
Air Canada is the largest provider of scheduled
passenger services in the Canadian market, the CanadaU.S. transborder market and in the international market
to and from Canada. Our mission is connecting Canada
and the world.
Air Canada is a founding member of the Star Alliance® network.
Through the 26-member airline network, Air Canada offers its
customers access to a wide global network, as well as reciprocal
participation in frequent flyer programs, a seamless travel
experience and improved customer service, including the use of
airport lounges and other common airport facilities.
Air Canada’s Aeroplan program is Canada’s premier travel loyalty
program. Aeroplan allows individuals to enrol as members and
accumulate points through travel on Air Canada and select
partners, as well as through the purchase of products and
services from participating partners and suppliers. Members can
redeem Aeroplan points for a variety of travel, merchandise,
gift cards and other rewards provided directly by participating
partners or made available through Aeroplan’s suppliers.
Aeroplan Elite Status recognizes Air Canada’s frequent flyers,
as well as Aeroplan’s most engaged members, with a range of
priority travel services and membership benefits.
Air Canada Cargo, a division of Air Canada, is a global cargo
service provider, offering cargo services on passenger flights and
on dedicated Boeing 767 freighter aircraft.
Air Canada Vacations is a leading Canadian tour operator,
developing, marketing and distributing vacation travel packages
in the outbound leisure travel market (Caribbean, Mexico, U.S.,
Europe, Central and South America, South Pacific, Australia
and Asia) and the inbound leisure travel market to destinations
within Canada, and offering cruise packages in North America,
Europe and the Caribbean. Air Canada Rouge is Air Canada’s
leisure carrier.
Human rights
Respect for human rights is a fundamental value at Air Canada
that is reflected throughout our policies, procedures and
activities. We recognize the inherent worth of every individual,
and we strive to create an inclusive, equitable and diverse work
environment where all people are treated with fairness and
respect. Discrimination, prejudice, harassment or violence in
any form is not tolerated. Air Canada upholds human rights
in its relationships with employees, customers, suppliers and
other business partners, and we expect them to share our
commitment and avoid causing or contributing to any human
rights infringements. We are committed to working with
suppliers and business partners that do not engage in human
trafficking, child labour, forced labour or any form of slavery.
We recognize our responsibility to ensure proper measures are
implemented to mitigate the risk of modern slavery, child labour,
forced labour and human trafficking in our operations. Since
2019, Air Canada has been a signatory to the United Nations
Global Compact (UNGC), which encourages all businesses to
adopt sustainable and socially responsible practices.
Governance and Anti-Human Trafficking and
Slavery Working Group
Air Canada has a working group to ensure that anti-slavery,
forced labour and human trafficking actions are co-ordinated
and implemented in the most effective way possible. The
working group meets on a regular basis and has representatives
from all key branches, such as human resources, strategic
procurement, safety, compliance and corporate social
responsibility. It shapes our actions to mitigate risk in its supply
chain and operations and tracks progress on its related initiatives
such as training, employee awareness, incident reporting and
supplier assessment.
The Board of Director’s (Board) Governance and Nominating
Committee reviews and recommends this annual report
to the Board. In addition, all committees of the Board have
an obligation to perform their activities having regard to
environmental, social and governance (ESG) considerations.
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