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workplace and for fundamental human rights (freedom of association, opposition to child labour and the absence of discrimination of any type) at all the companies of the Group and at all suppliers.
The Code also governs relationships with authorities and institutions, such as supervisory authorities and regulatory bodies, public administration, political parties and trade unions.
Finally, the Code provides rules for the probity
and transparency of financial reporting, for managing relations with third parties such as customers, suppliers, shareholders and trade partners, and for the management of information, IT resources and communication, on the basis of transparency, accuracy and punctuality, and guaranteeing the security of sensitive data (privacy).
The Code of Ethics may be consulted by accessing the Procedures area of the Company’s intranet or the Sustainability area of the website www.ratti.it
The Ethics Committee
With the resolution of October 2018, the BoD of Ratti SpA established the Group’s Ethics Committee, with the aim of strengthening the role of the Code of Ethics, ensuring that the ethical principles of the Group are consistently applied and of examining and managing any reports of violations of the Code of Ethics or any requests for clarification.
The Group’s Ethics Committee provides the Board of Directors with information relating to notifications or opinions required at least twice a year and on
an occasional basis to the other supervisory bodies where applicable.
The Board of Statutory Auditors, in the event of any complaints regarding the balance sheet, the accounting, the internal controls and the financial audit, may request further clarification from the Ethics Committee of the Group.
In addition, a new procedure was created which is valid for all companies in the Group and which
The Code sets out the principles and values that characterise the management of the Group’s activities, and to which all subjects must adhere who act in the name of or on behalf of the Group and,
in various ways and at various levels, maintain relationships with the various companies
identifies the modus operandi and the rules to be followed if it is necessary to report any violations of the Group’s Code of Ethics.
All reports of violations received, no matter who they have been sent by or from what source, must be sent for the attention of the Group’s Ethics Committee. This includes reports relating to foreign subsidiaries.
The accepted ways to send these are:
- ordinarypost;
- byemailto:rattiwhistleblowing@legalmail.it
6.4 Risk management and preventing corruption
The internal control
and risk management system
Ratti SpA has an internal control and risk management system (ICRMS) which complies with the Code of Conduct of Borsa Italiana (Italian stock exchange), to which it adheres voluntarily.
The ICRMS focuses on the Ratti Group, although its activities also relate to the subsidiaries.
The ICRMS of Ratti SpA is represented by the sum total of the rules, procedures and organisational structures whose purpose is to allow the identification, measurement, management and monitoring of the principal risks, including all the risks which could assume importance in terms of sustainability.
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