We want to be successful in competition through innovation, quality, reliability and fairness. In doing so, legal regulations and internal company guidelines must be complied with. The Compliance business values and principles serve as the basis for this. As a summary of the Code of Conduct, they represent practice-oriented focal points for daily work.
This code of conduct is based on the values of the company (member of Südzucker Group). The purpose is to ensure that all employees, managers and executives within the CropEnergies Group will live and act in accordance with these values and principles. The code is designed to give a broad and clear understanding of the conduct expected from all our employees everywhere we do business.
"CropEnergies Compliance Line” – Reporting compliance issues
Compliance is of major importance for the entire CropEnergies Group. Only when rules are followed can the company, its employees and business partners be safeguarded against infringements and inappropriate behaviour.
Employees or business partners may become aware of incidents that do not comply with such rules. Information on such incidents can, as always, be reported directly to the relevant contact person within the company. If, however, employees or business partners have concerns but see no way of passing on their observations in person, a confidential, anonymous procedure can be used to report serious incidents:
-> CropEnergies Compliance Line
CropEnergies Compliance Line is an electronic communications platform, certified under data protection law, which can be used to report information directly to the Compliance Officer of CropEnergies AG.
To fulfil its function, CropEnergies Compliance Line must be used responsibly. It must not be misused to defame others or make false claims.
CropEnergies Compliance Line is not a customer line for product or service enquiries nor is it an emergency call line.
If your report concerns one of the matters listed under §2 of the Whistleblower Protection Act (including criminal acts, violation of regulations for the protection of life and limb, environmental protection), you can also report this to the Federal Ministry of Justice using this link: Federal Reporting Office.
Before using the reporting channels provided by the external Federal Reporting Office, reporting to an internal office at CropEnergies should be preferred in cases where effective internal action can be taken against the violation. Internal reporting is often the best way to get information to the people who can most quickly investigate and remedy the violation. If an internally reported violation has not been remedied, you are free to subsequently contact the external office.