WHISTLEBLOWING
Publication of the procedure in accordance with Legislative Decree No. 24/2023
The purpose of this document is to regulate the process for receiving, analyzing, and handling “reports of irregularities” submitted or transmitted by anyone, including third parties or employees, also in a confidential or anonymous form, in accordance with the principles of transparency and accuracy of information.
The ultimate objective is to establish procedures and to appropriately and effectively encourage reporting, as well as to ensure a working environment in which employees and internal collaborators can safely and proactively report violations in a protected manner, within a framework of continuous improvement and full, practical promotion and application of a culture of ethics and legality.
In particular, this procedure incorporates the provisions set out in Legislative Decree No. 24 of 10 March 2023 (the “Whistleblowing Decree”), adopted in implementation of Directive (EU) 2019/1937 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2019, concerning the protection of persons who report breaches of Union law and laying down provisions regarding the protection of persons who report violations of national legal provisions that may harm the public interest or the integrity of a public administration or private entity, of which they have become aware in a public or private work-related context.