WHISTLEBLOWER PROTECTION MEANS SUPPORTING THOSE WHO SPEAK OUT.
Here at Storopack, compliance with legal regulations, internal rules, and our Code of Conduct has top priority. Any infringements of rules or the law must be identified at an early stage and dealt with thoroughly. In this regard, it is paramount that we not only investigate violations within our own company, but also human rights-related and environmental risks and breaches of obligation in our own business area and along our supply chain.
WHISTLEBLOWER SYSTEM
If you wish to report breaches of laws or rules outside of human rights-related and environmental risks, you can use our whistleblower system, whether you are an employee, a business partner, or a third party.
This system can be used, among other things, to report all violations that fall within the scope of the German Whistleblower Protection Act (HinSchG). In particular, this includes information on breaches that are subject to criminal penalties or fines, such as the examples listed here. You can submit a report of this nature via our digital reporting channel. To do so, please click on report misconduct at Storopack.
EXAMPLES OF REPORTABLE VIOLATIONS:
Theft
Fraud, misappropriation, embezzlement
Bribery and corruption
Antitrust law violations
Money laundering
Labor law violations
SUPPLY CHAIN COMPLAINT SYSTEM
If you wish to report human rights-related and environmental risks and breaches of obligation, you can use our supply chain complaint system, whether you are an employee, a business partner, or a third party.
In particular, human rights-related and environmental risks within the meaning of the German Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains (LkSG) include the examples listed here.
You can submit a report of this nature via our online reporting channel. To do so, please click on Report misconduct under the Supply Chain Act.
EXAMPLES OF REPORTABLE VIOLATIONS:
Child labor
Forced labor and slavery
Local occupational health and safety violations that pose an accident- or work-related health hazard
Nonobservance of freedom of association
Employment-related discrimination and unequal treatment
Failure to pay an appropriate local (minimum) wage
Conduct that causes soil damage, water pollution, air pollution, harmful noise emissions, or excess water consumption
Unlawful evictions; dispossession of land, woodland, and water – on which someone is reliant for their livelihood – through its acquisition, development, or other use
Environmentally hazardous handling, collection, storage, and disposal of waste, as well as the import and export of hazardous waste
REPORTS AS A KEY COMPONENT OF COMPLIANCE
We take any reports made via our whistleblower and supply chain complaint system extremely seriously, as they help us to identify misconduct, put a stop to it, and prevent it from happening again. To enable us to handle and investigate your report properly, it should be as detailed as possible.
Our whistleblower and supply chain complaint system provides:
- Anonymity for the whistleblower (if desired)
- Protection for whistleblowers, persons implicated, and third parties
- A strictly confidential reporting channel
- A fair and transparent process
- Speedy processing of incoming reports
The whistleblower and supply chain complaint system may not be used to make false allegations. It is prohibited to knowingly report false information.
We are assisted by compliance specialist KPMG in the operation of our reporting systems.
REPORTING DATA PROTECTION BREACHES
Reports of data protection breaches, such as a failure to protect personal data, should not be made via the whistleblower and supply chain complaint system. For reports of this nature, please click on report a data-protection-related incident. This will take you to the email address of our Data Protection Officer, to whom you should submit your report.