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Blow the whistle!
Whistleblowing is reporting wrongdoing to someone who can do something about it. It’s the right thing to do.
In more formal language, it is disclosing information when you reasonably believe that irregular conduct has
happened, is happening or is likely to happen.
The Saint-Gobain Group provides safe, con dential ways for you to be a whistleblower because it is important to ensure that management’s decisions and employees’ conduct comply
with the Group’s values, the law and the company’s internal rules and procedures.
“Criminal, improper, unethical, inappropriate or other irregular conduct is detrimental to good, effective, accountable and transparent governance,” says Claire Baissac, Compliance O cer for Sub-Saharan Africa.
People at every level in the Group are responsible for applying the Principles of Conduct and Action and every employee has a responsibility to disclose irregular conduct in the workplace.
What to do
Step 1: Refer the issue to your immediate manager.
Step 2: If your manager is the subject of the complaint or a previous complaint about the matter did not result in action being taken, refer it to the Compliance O cer, your Human Resources contact, the Business Improvement and Risk
Manager, or the re
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about approaching these people, if you think they may not manage the issue appropriately, or if you suspect approaching them would serve
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Compliance makes us competitive
The world’s leading global companies are looking to the sourcing and procurement function to do a lot more than cut the price of supplies.
“There’s much more to purchasing than just getting the best
price,” explains Francois Nel, General Manager, Supply Chain.
“Procurement remains under intense pressure to minimise purchasing costs, but we need
to consider a lot of other things too whenever we buy something for the company. Things like performance, competitiveness, long-term relationships, innovation
and sustainability all form part of the picture.”
World-class procurement
This is where world-class procurement (WCP) comes in. Saint-Gobain applies this methodology internationally.
“It focuses on getting the most value for what we spend, while ensuring that all business control procedures are followed,” Francois points out.
Four processes take place when
WCP is applied:
1. Scoping (what do we need)
2. The competitive process (what we
will get, for how much) 3. Selection
4. Review
Little things add up to a lot
The Group spends about €3 billion per year on general expenses purchases. This is the second biggest spend after production purchases.