Whistleblower Reporting
Columbus has established a whistleblower system, which enables employees, former employees, customers, suppliers, business partners, shareholders and other stakeholders to report any suspected unlawful activity or unethical misconduct in the Columbus Group in the form of, for example: financial fraud, bribery, corruption, violation of competition laws, any form of sexual harassment and harassment due to race, gender, religious or political affiliation, as well as infringements of EU law, which fall within the scope of the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons who report infringements of EU law.
All communication may be reported anonymously and will be handled confidentially and securely.
Columbus Whistleblower Policy
Whistleblower Reporting Form
Tell-Us Mechanism
If dialogue is not a possibility, employees and other stakeholders can engage with our Sustainability Representatives through our Tell-Us mechanism.
The Tell-Us mechanism enables secure and effective communication, and unlike the Whistleblower function, the Tell-Us mechanism is a tool to facilitate stakeholder engagement. We wish to address and resolve issues long before they become relevant for our Whistleblower function, and we encourage our employees and other stakeholders to engage us if they:
- Are interested in viewing our latest impact assessments regarding sustainable and responsible business conduct.
- Experience or identify adverse impacts on behalf of themselves or others on human rights, in environ-mental or economic areas, which Columbus may be causing, contributing to, or linked to.
- Have concerns related to human rights, environmental, or economic impacts associated with us or our services.
- Have feedback or good ideas for improvement in relation to our continued sustainable development.
Tell-Us Mechanism