Whistleblowing

🇬🇧 The General Regime for the Prevention of Corruption (RGPC), approved by Decree-Law no. 109-E/2021, of 9 December, made it compulsory for all entities with 50 or more employees to implement a Regulatory Compliance Programme aimed at preventing, detecting and sanctioning acts of corruption and related offences carried out against or through the entity.

The Executive Committee appointed Luís Folhadela, Executive Director for Administration and Finance, as Responsible for Compliance, since, under the terms of Article 11 of the RGPC ‘Responsibility of the management body or manager’, ‘the management body or manager of the entities covered is responsible for the adoption and implementation of the regulatory compliance programmes provided for in this regime, without prejudice to the competence conferred by law on other bodies, managers or employees’, he is the Director whose profile is suited to the Audit, Risk Management and Compliance functions that the RGPC implies.

The Executive Committee also appointed the Head of Legal Affairs and the Head of Human Resources as Whistleblower Handling Officers, as they have the appropriate profile and training and the appointment of two people guarantees impartiality if the complaint concerns an issue for which they are responsible.