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Means of protection for Electrica's whistleblowers

  • Article 24.2 of Electrica’s Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct, enacted through the decision of the Board of Directors no. 3/02.02.2015: „Electrica S.A.’s personnel will not be sanctioned for reporting illegal acts or any violations of the existing Code”.
  • Point 4 of the Procedure for reporting ethical misconduct, irregularities or any other violations of law by professional alerting devices (whistleblowing policy), enacted through the decision of the Board of Directors no. 3/02.02.2015: „The General Director, as well as all responsible factors of the Company must ensure that the whistleblower or any other employee who offers information is protected against retaliation by:
    • Strictly forbidding retaliation. Retaliation is also forbidden if, after investigation, it is established that the complaint was unfounded but it was made in good faith;
    • Training all employees including superior management in regards to the interdiction of retaliation;
    • Undertaking disciplinary action or other action provided by law or internal regulations of the Company on employees who undertake retaliation on whistleblowers, on employees who offer information or tips that lead to information or who participate in investigations. To this end, the Company will draw attention to the fact that any kind of retaliation against a person who made a complaint in good faith represents a serious disciplinary misconduct and can result in dismissal.”
  • Collecting, processing and communicating whistleblowing regarding Electrica’s activities are carried out by an independent organization, contracted for this purpose.
  • The independent operator is Asociația REPER pentru Management prin Valori whose vision is that of a society based on virtues, where Romanian private and public sectors adhere to common values and through their conduct, rise up to the expectations of the people they serve. REPER’s approach is to convince public and private managers to involve all those concerned with a particular activity, both in the decision-making process related to the setting of objectives, in the procedural stage-setting and scrutiny process and lastly to have them acknowledge the outcome of everyone’s contribution, as well as to adopt an attitude that would bring positive results to all involved when they are in a position of taking a decision. Everything starts with integrity! That’s why REPER aims to encourage and provide its expertise to managers who want to follow an integrity management system.
  • Whistleblowing complaints can be submitted to REPER pentru Management prin Valori in various ways, as follows:
  • Complaints collected by REPER pentru Management prin Valori will be sent to Electrica only after removing the items and information that may lead to the identification of the person who submitted them, as follows:
    • Complaints collected by phone will be sent to Electrica only after distorting the voice and removing those fragments which allow the identification of the person who submitted them.
    • Complaints collected electronically, from the online platform or e-mail, will be transmitted to Electrica in an electronic format only after erasing the data and information that can lead to the identification of the person who submitted them.
  • All complaints collected by REPER pentru Management prin Valori which contain details that can allow identifying the people who have submitted them will remain archived in its headquarters, with the exception in which REPER pentru Management prin Valori is bound to provide them to authorities, according to the legal provisions in force.
  • REPER pentru Management prin Valori successfully implements a data protection policy, available here.
  • REPER pentru Management prin Valori sends all received complaints to the Audit Department in Electrica.
  • The investigation and resolution of all acts reported by whistleblowers will be conducted by the Audit Department and other Electrica’s specialized departments, paying attention to avoid all conflicts of interest and directly applying the principles and norms of the Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.