Compliance at Eberspächer
Global responsibility internally and externally
Compliance
At Eberspächer, we consider compliance to be the conformity of all our actions and decisions with applicable law. Integrity, legal and regulatory compliance, both internally and in business relationships with third parties, is non-negotiable for us. As a company, we fulfill our responsibility to protect ourselves and our employees from liability claims, to maintain our good reputation and to protect the interests of our stakeholders.
Alexander Ade
Executive Vice President Legal, Integrity & Risk
We ensure strict compliance with the law in our daily activities, always and everywhere. Eberspächer has a strong foundation of values, which is why compliance and personal integrity are a matter of course and indispensable for us.
Our compliance management system provides support in our everyday work. We have defined company-wide compliance targets in our own corporate unit and our value chain. We use risk analyses to identify legal risks, which we manage and monitor in a targeted manner. Our compliance management system is subject to continuous development and improvement.
Our principles of behavior
CODE OF CONDUCT
BUSINESSPARTNER CODE OF CONDUCT
Our whistleblower system
Eberspächer Speak Up
In order to prevent potential violations of legal obligations, we have established a whistleblower system. Eberspächer Speak Up makes it possible to investigate suspicions of prohibited business practices, human rights violations or environmental harm by Eberspächer or our direct or indirect suppliers at an early stage.
Eberspächer Speak Up is available worldwide at any time and enables secure and confidential communication with a compliance officer at Eberspächer in several languages, anonymously if desired. We protect the identity of whistleblowers and they do not have to fear any reprisals. We investigate every report with the utmost care in a defined procedure.
Human rights and environmental due diligence obligations
Eberspächer has set itself the goal of complying with human rights and environmental due diligence obligations in an appropriate manner. We have formulated corresponding expectations of our employees and direct suppliers and developed a human rights compliance risk management process. This enables us to regularly analyze potential human rights and environmental risks in our own business activities and those of our direct suppliers. The aim is to identify and minimize risks in good time. As far as possible, we try to prevent, stop or reduce the extent of breaches of duty.
To this end, we have formulated a policy statement on respecting human rights and preventing certain environmental violations, in which we disclose the cornerstones of our holistic human rights strategy:
Conflict Minerals
As part of our commitment to human rights, we focus on responsible sourcing. Raw material extraction that fuels armed conflicts is unacceptable. We work closely with suppliers to identify the use of conflict minerals in our products in order to reduce and ultimately eliminate them. This is because such materials directly or indirectly finance or benefit armed groups. We are committed to this in our Conflict Minerals Policy:
Complaints procedure human rights and the environment
We have established an effective and appropriate complaints management system in order to identify potential adverse effects of our business activities or the activities of a supplier on human rights and the environment in good time. This is an integral part of our due diligence process. We offer contact points for whistleblowers in several languages in person, by post, via e-mail or our globally accessible Eberspächer Speak Up system. This gives employees as well as potentially involved and affected parties the opportunity to draw our attention to human rights and environmental risks and violations of the same obligations.
Further information on the complaints procedure can be found in our Complaints Procedure:
Compliance at Eberspächer: Your questions and concerns
Our Compliance Organization will be happy to answer any questions you may have on the subject of compliance.
Whether employees, customers, suppliers or external parties - we are there for you.