Compliance

The Code of Conduct, adopted by the board, provides a framework for how BEWI and its employees are expected to act and behave. It lays out key principles for high ethical standards based on the UN Global Compact’s 10 principles for human rights, employee rights and social matters, the external environment and anti-corruption efforts. BEWI’s Code of Conduct applies to all employees in all group companies. In addition, the group has established a separate Code of Conduct for suppliers.

BEWI has separate policies on anti-corruption, gifts and events, compliance with competition law, sanctions, and privacy, and has a set of whistleblowing guidelines and a whistle-blowing channel provided by an external partner to ensure anonymity. The policies are partly internal and partly publicly available below.

The policies are reviewed and approved annually, either by the board or by the executive management, to ensure alignment with the group’s strategy, the latest double materiality assessment, and industries’ best practice.