Whistleblowing

On October 7, 2019, the European Parliament and the Council of the European Union adopted the European Whistleblower Protection Directive (Directive) which aims to protect whistleblowers who report corruption, fraud, or violations of the law in the countries of the European Union (EU). These measures require covered employers to provide protected channels for reporting and prohibit any retaliation against those who report irregularities.

What’s whistleblowing

It’s an important way for detecting corruption, illegal or unethical behavior or other wrong conduct to avoid serious impact to the company's business or incur its liability, in an effort to give the company an opportunity to prevent them in time and correct them. The system also contributes to the protection of the Society at large.

Examples of offences that fall in the scope of whistleblowing :  

• Public procurement;
• financial services, products and markets, and prevention of money laundering and terrorist financing;
• product safety and compliance;
• transport safety;
• protection of the environment;
• radiation protection and nuclear safety;
• food and feed safety, animal health and welfare;
• public health;
• consumer protection;
• protection of privacy and personal data, and security of network and information systems;

Examples of offences that don’t fall in scope of whistleblowing:

• classified facts, information or documents relating to national security;
• facts, informations, or documents covered by medical secrecy;

Whenever a Whistleblower knows or reasonably suspects that one of the breaches covered by the whistleblowing system has occurred or is about to occur, then that person or body may use the whistleblowing system.

In terms of the goal of defending the interests of the Group and its employees, the system is not intended to resolve problems associated with the performance of an employee's personal employment contract.

Reports will be made on factual basis, without any defamatory or prejudicial content.

Who may send a whistleblowing report?

The system applies to employees at all levels, corporate body, executive manager self-employed, paid and unpaid trainees, volunteers, but also former employees or prospective employees, contractors, subcontractors, suppliers, non-executive directors and shareholders, hereafter called the “Whistleblowers.

What are the Whistleblower protections?

The identity of the Whistleblower, as well as any third party mentioned, must be treated with a high level of confidentially.

In addition, the identity of both the Whistleblower, as well as any third party mentioned, are protected. It also applies to relatives, dependents, or spouses of any of these people.

The reporting persons are protected from dismissal, degradation and other discrimination as well as retaliation actions (by example: Suspension, termination of contract, dismissal or equivalent measures …).

Do you want to file a whistleblowing report?

The Candriam Whistleblowing Policy provides employees and external parties connected with Candriam with the possibility to file a whistleblower report using a dedicated mailbox accessible by a very limited number of people who are part of the Candriam Compliance department in order to respect the strict principle of confidentiality and to guarantee the protection of personal data.

In Practice

To do so, you can send your message to the following address : whistleblowing[@]candriam.com

You can also click on the button below.

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