WHISTLEBLOWER AND SUPPLY CHAIN COMPLAINT SYSTEM

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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 along our supply chain. 

OUR DIGITAL REPORTING CHANNEL

Here you can access our reporting channel for reporting misconduct at Storopack or misconduct in the supply chain.

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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.

You can submit a report of this nature via our online reporting channel. To do so, please click on Report misconduct in the supply chain.

EXAMPLES OF 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.