Legal Compliance Training
100%
completion rate for our 2022 annual employee compliance certification program (code of conduct and combined which also includes anti-corruption, export controls and trade sanctions) with no disclosures made.
99.16%
completion rate for our 2022 employee compliance training program. The equates to 4,840 training courses delivered to 2,166 employees.
Compliance training
We deliver compulsory online training on various aspects of legal compliance. This ensures our employees have a good understanding of the rules and related risks as they apply to our business. Our online training platform is provided by SAI Global.
Our core employee compliance courses are:
- Code of Conduct
- Anti-corruption and Anti-bribery
- Competition Law/Anti-trust
- Export Controls and Trade Sanctions
- Modern Slavery
- Data Protection
- Gifts and Hospitality
Regional mandatory in-person induction training
All regional mandatory in-person induction training is coordinated by our legal compliance team based in the UK. Weekly new starter induction sessions are held, alternating between our geographical regions to ensure all employees understand what is expected of them.
We also deliver training in other relevant areas, for example in 2022 we also ran courses in:
- Effective Trade Compliance
- Spotting and Preventing Fraud
Business Assurance
Internal business assurance audits
Our legal compliance team conducts several compliance related audits each year alongside our existing rigorous external and internal business assurance audits. The objective is to monitor our compliance with various policies and procedures. We assess the related compliance risks and mitigate any identified.
Reporting Concerns
Whistleblowing procedure
Employees with concerns about illegal, fraudulent, or unethical actions can report them to any manager or our legal compliance, HR or business assurance teams. Alternatively, they can use our confidential reporting hotline EthicsPoint. This is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Where local laws allow, the service can be used anonymously. It is operated by an independent third party using local call numbers and online access and is also available for reporting by third-party stakeholders.
