Compliance is a core aspect of our organization and we are exceeding regulatory requirements to meet your growing demand for transparency. Doing business in a “healthy” environment helps us build our reputation and reach our development stakes. Our dedicated compliance teams play an integral role in our wider strategy to manage the risks of unethical behavior, such as fraud, corruption, influence peddling, tax evasion and all other violations of business ethics. They work to protect our organization, our employees and our customers through compliance.
We encourage employees, external contractors, suppliers and partners to use the Group reporting platform -"Hello Ethics" - to report any breach of conduct or ethics that they have become aware of, in areas such as: corruption, conflict of interest, fraud, environmental damage, abuses of human rights and basic freedoms, and any other violations of laws and regulations.
Three different layers to protect your business
§ Anti-corruption: We enforce a zero-tolerance policy when it comes to corruption and influence peddling. We monitor risks across all of our operating countries and develop programs, which focus on employee training and action plans to reduce our exposure.
§ Inclusive artificial intelligence: It is imperative that AI meets principles such as diversity, privacy and transparency to ensure that this technology benefits everyone. We partnered with Arborus endowment fund to launch the International Charter for Inclusive AI, which today has been signed by 70 organizations.
§ Responsible Purchasing: Through the Joint Alliance for CSR (JAC), we promote and encourage responsible purchasing standards. We integrate a CSR clause into all of our framework agreements and over the last two years, we have signed 94.5% of our contracts with this included. This Code of Conduct details the ethical, social and environmental commitments we expect from our suppliers. Furthermore, in France, we source goods and services from the sheltered employment sector, spending €19.1 million in 2020.
Sustainable performance is only legitimate when rooted in trust.
