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Support with a focus
From 2007 to 2009, Geberit made
donations and financial contributions
amounting to a total of CHF 8 million.
In addition, Geberit employees
contributed approximately 900 hours
of charitable work towards social
projects in 2009. Furthermore, institutions
for disabled persons and the
long-term unemployed were awarded
orders in the amount of CHF 3.9 million
from most European production
sites for simple assembly and packaging
work. All donations and related
commitments are neutral from a party
political point of view. Geberit does
not make donations to parties or politicians,
issues no political statements
as a rule and does not involve itself in
political lobbying. This is verified globally
in the annual audit of the Code of
Conduct.
Fair play in interaction with
other stakeholders
For Geberit, high ethical standards
are a matter of course. The Code of
Conduct introduced in 2007 set
the cornerstone regarding conduct
with integrity in the business environment.
For instance, a fair competitive
conduct throughout the world
is an important principle in this respect.
Price-fixing, cartels and other
competition-distorting activities are
rejected. As member of the international
organization Transparency,
Geberit is committed to high standards
in combating corruption.
At Geberit several departments
work together on the topic of compliance
in order to further optimize the
internally existing processes. The five
topical areas of compliance with antitrust
laws, prevention of corruption,
employee rights, product liability and
environmental protection are the
most important aspects from a compliance
perspective. The meas ures
taken are based on one another. For
prevention, the guidelines were further
developed and employees trained
comprehensively. Compliance with
the guidelines is monitored as part of
the binding reporting on the Code
of Conduct. Internal auditing is supplemented
by on-site audits. In the
event of misconduct, corrective measures
are taken. Since 2007, Geberit
has been reporting annually on the
results of these controls. They are
Apprentices on assignment
in Ecuador
Geberit implemented a social aid project
in 2008 near Quito, Ecuador. In addition
to comprehensive project planning, eight
Geberit apprentices from Switzerland,
Germany and Austria traveled to Ecuador
in October 2008. There they worked voluntarily
for two weeks so that the schoolchildren
were later able to use new sanitary
systems.
specified in detail in the GRI Report
in accordance with the criteria of the
Global Reporting Initiative (GRI).
Reporting on compliance was again
expanded in the GRI Report 2010.
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