Question: Does the company describe a grievance mechanism to facilitate whistle-blowing or the reporting of suspected incidents of slavery or trafficking?
Answer:
Hotline, Email, Contact Form (direct employees),
Hotline, Email, Contact Form (supply chain workers),
Whistleblower protection (direct employees),
Whistleblower protection (supply chain workers)
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Walk Free
2021
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updated over 1 year ago by Laureen van Breen

"Our compliance organisation operates in accordance with the three cornerstones of“prevent-detect-respond” to ensure that SGRE, the Company and its employees act in accordance with law as well as internal policies such as the Business Conduct Guidelines. Prevent includes risk management, training and communication to ensure awareness. Detect includes tools to ensure the early detection of any compliance violations and includes our Integrity Hotline. Our Integrity Hotline is a whistleblower tool that offers the opportunity to report compliance violations in a secure matter 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in 13 languages, online or via telephone. It is available to all employees as well as customers, suppliers and other stakeholders. Respond ensures that there are clear and unambiguous actions taken where instances of compliance violations are found" (Pg 1 and 2)

Erin Carney.....2022-11-06 20:53:56 UTC

On page 1 and 2 one can find the company has a hotline and whistleblower protection. They state, "Our compliance organization operates in accordance with the three cornerstones of “prevent-detect-respond” to ensure that SGRE, the Company and its employees act in accordance with law as well as internal policies such as the Business Conduct Guidelines. Prevent includes risk management, training and communication to ensure awareness. Detect includes tools to ensure the early detection of any compliance violations and includes our Integrity Hotline. Our Integrity Hotline is a whistleblower tool that offers the opportunity to report compliance violations in a secure matter 24 hours a day, 7 days a Unrestricted week, in 13 languages, online or via telephone. It is available to all employees as well as customers, suppliers and other stakeholders"(1 and 2). This quote shows the system is available to direct employees and supply chain workers. This quote was pulled their Whistleblower Policy showing it has a hotline and protection.

Clarissa Nock.....2022-11-11 19:20:13 UTC