We conduct our business with integrity and responsibility, respecting human rights, fighting corruption in all its forms and sharing the creation of value. To this end, we have set targets in our 2022-2025 Roadmap.
Guaranteeing respect for human rights
Adherence to leading international standards by 2025
Encouraging our employees to adhere to our rules
100% of our employees made aware of ethics and anti-corruption by 2023
Formalising a Responsible Purchasing Charter
Over time, systematic inclusion of CSR criteria in the selection of our most important service providers and suppliers
Adopting practices of integrity and responsibility
- We ensure that the principles of our Code of Ethics are observed in all the countries where we operate.
- Compliance with our employees’ fundamental rights.
- Application of the laws and regulations in force in each of the countries in which we operate and compliance with the key conventions of the International Labour Organisation.
- Implementation of a anti-corruption programme in all our subsidiaries.
- Strict compliance with the rules of international trade and applicable international sanctions.
- Zero tolerance of any form of discrimination or harassment.
We expect our employees and managers to comply with these principles and regulations at all times, and we require our service providers to meet equivalent standards in terms of safety, environmental protection and respect for people. We deploy tools to develop high-quality, trust-based relationships with all our stakeholders.
Our Code of Ethics
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In 2022, to reflect the evolution of our CSR approach and the new challenges facing society, we have strengthened the content of our Code of Ethics by involving employees and managers of subsidiaries, representing all our areas of operation and all our business lines, in our discussions. Published in 2023 and available in 5 languages (English, French, Spanish, Portuguese and German) it sets out the principles to follow to put our values into practice on a daily basis. It sets out our ethical commitments, expectations and standards.
Our Anti-corruption Guide
Our Code of Ethics is supplemented by our Anti-corruption Guide, which was also expanded in 2021 following a detailed mapping of the Group’s corruption risks. The foundation of our internal rules and procedures for preventing corruption, it makes it easier to understand sensitive or abnormal situations and provides advice on how to identify and reject unacceptable practices.
Our whistleblowing system
Our employees, our business partners and their employees, can report, without risk of retaliation, any breach, abnormal situation or infringement of our Code of Ethics or Anti-corruption Guide. To this end, we have set up a number of simple and confidential alert systems:
- management
- compliance officers
- our secure Rubis Integrity Line platform
Structuring a Responsible Purchasing approach
Since 2023, we have been working to identify the adverse impacts of our purchasing on people and the environment. A Responsible Purchasing Charter and action plans for priority purchasing categories will enable us to integrate the management of these impacts into our supplier relationships.