Dutch Lady Code of Ethics
Dutch Lady Code of Ethics
Dutch Lady Code of Ethics
www.frieslandcampina.com
The culture of our company is simply the sum of the behaviours of all of
us. The success and reputation of our company depend on our behaviour,
our good business conduct, every day again.
Being a company living up to its purpose and its values means that all of
us must take responsibility. We do this by following Compass for good
business conduct. Whenever you face dilemmas or are in doubt about what
to do, please speak up and discuss with your colleagues what are the right
steps to take.
Thank you for deepening your understanding about Compass and for
representing our code of conduct. It is critical for our business success!
Hein Schumacher
Chief Executive Officer
Royal FrieslandCampina N.V.
Our company
10. Use of company resources 12
11. Protection of confidential information 12
12. Data protection 13
13. Integrity of (financial) reporting 13
14. Prevention of fraud 13
3. Sustainability
We are committed to running our business in an environmentally sound
and sustainable manner. In 2010, we promised to make our business grow
in a climate-neutral way. We minimise the impact of our processes and
products on the environment and at the same time maximise our efforts to
secure health and nutrition globally and support small farmers in Asia and
Africa. In this way we contribute together to sustainable development
without preventing future generations from fulfilling their own needs.
These initiatives are an integral part of our business and our growth
strategy; therefore we monitor and annually report about our
sustainability performance in a transparent and consistent manner.
→ FrieslandCampina’s CSR strategy
5. Business relations
We want to establish and maintain fair and mutually challenging relations
with reliable business partners that apply standards similar to ours and
contribute to our goals and integrity commitments. We regularly evaluate
business partner relations in order to ensure this. Furthermore, we
monitor and adhere to trade sanctions and we expect our business
partners to do this as well.
→ FrieslandCampina’s Procurement policy
→ FrieslandCampina’s Business practices for business partners
8. Fair competition
We believe in competition based on fair play and an equal playing field.
This is why we all conduct our activities in a fair and competitive manner
while carefully complying with competition laws. When we have any doubts
about an action being fully in line with competition rules, we first discuss
this internally.
→ FrieslandCampina's Fair competition policy
Common sense
This Compass for good business conduct describes how we want to do
business in a responsible way and what is expected from all of us. However,
our Compass can never cover all situations we are confronted with in our
daily work. Common sense and professional personal judgment remain
necessary to make sure that we daily demonstrate our company values
integrity, respect and transparency, safeguard our excellent reputation and
expand our success.
Managers
Of course, our Compass also applies to our managers, our Executive Board
and Supervisory Board. Actually, people in management positions have