Information for whistleblowers
The OBO-Group is committed to conducting its business in accordance with the highest ethical and legal standards. For this reason, any violation of the OBO Code of Conduct will be treated with the utmost seriousness.
The OBO Whistleblower system is intended to support the employees, management, business partners, customers and suppliers etc. of the OBO-Group as well as all potentially affected individuals (all natural persons) in recognising, reporting and eliminating possible misconduct within the OBO-Group and to provide a secure channel for reporting without fear of retaliation, with the aim of strengthening the compliance and information culture within the OBO-Group.
Illegal, immoral or unlawful behaviour, or behaviour which violates the OBO Code of Conduct and which the employee or person concerned cannot stop on their own should be reported to a contact person appointed by the OBO-Group. However, the Whistleblower system is not intended to be used to complain about or denounce other employees in general.
The whistleblower system serves to receive and process reports and to protect the whistleblowers and their supporters from retaliation related to reports. However, the whistleblower system is not available for general complaints or general enquiries in particular. In this case, please contact our customer service:
For Germany, complaints under the German Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations for the Prevention of Human Rights Violations in Supply Chains (LKSG) should be submitted to the following e-mail address: supplychain.complaints@obo.de.
Reports should only be made if the whistleblower acts in good faith that the information reported are true. The whistleblower is not acting in good faith if he knows that a reported information is untrue. In case of doubt, the information shall not be presented as facts but as assumptions, estimates or assertions of other persons.
Reports may be submitted by whistleblowers to one of the competent offices using the contact details bellow:
Graeme Smart
Managing Director
OBO Bettermann Holdings Africa Ltd.
South-Africa
Johannesburg
P.O. Box 63 Isando, 1600 131 Anvil Road Isando
E-Mail: smart.graeme@o-line.com
Telefon: +27 113783700
or,
Dr. Máté Ferenc Smelka
Compliance Officer International
OBO BETTERMANN Hungary Kft.
H-2347 Bugyi, Alsóráda 2.
E-Mail: compliance@obo.de, oder smelka.mate@obo.hu
Mobil: +36 20 490-2967
Telefon: +36 29 349-708
The submission of information on breaches is not bound to any particular form, or language. Information on violations may be submitted by the whistleblower in the native language of the country of origin; the competent office shall ensure translation and communication in the native language of the whistleblower. In particular, the reports may be submitted in person, by telephone, in writing or in text form (e.g. by letter or e-mail). For reasons of procedural simplification, we recommend submission by e-mail. In order to ensure confidential processing of postal notices, we request that the address suffix "CONFIDENTIAL - OBO Notices" be used. The report may also be made anonymously.
The OBO-Group fulfils its obligations under the applicable data protection laws, including Regulation (EU) 2016/679 (GDPR) and the national laws implementing it, and treats all information about violations, regardless of their truthfulness, with particular confidentiality and in accordance with the applicable statutory data protection regulations.
Further information on the whistleblower system can be found in the OBO Whistleblower Policy.
We thank you in advance for your hints.
Your OBO whistleblower team