First Sentier Investors / FSSA Investment Managers / Igneo/ RQI/ Stewart Investors (“we”, “us”) is committed to maintaining high standards of corporate governance, ethics and behaviour in all of our activities, as part of which we require that our employees display the highest levels of professionalism in all aspects of their work to facilitate compliance with its Code of Conduct and all applicable laws.
We are also committed to maintaining a culture where all employees feel empowered to report misconduct and to feel protected from retaliation when doing so.
We encourage all current or past employees, as well as others with a connection to us, such as current or past suppliers or service providers and their employees or a relative or dependant or a spouse of any of these individuals who suspect misconduct to Speak Up. In Ireland, if a job applicant suspects misconduct they are also encouraged to Speak Up.
If individuals as noted above, (referred to as “you”) have reasonable grounds to suspect that misconduct has occurred or is occurring and believe the information in relation to the misconduct being disclosed is true, you are encouraged to Speak Up, by reporting it to our Whistleblower Protection Officer through the whistleblower telephone hotline or website or another person authorised to receive such reports in your location.
The hotline and website are hosted by a third party hotline provider, EthicsPoint. The information you provide will be sent to us by EthicsPoint and will be treated with confidentiality unless you consent to us disclosing personal information about you or others, on a need to know basis, or where we are legally required to. You can also choose to remain anonymous.
We treat personal information in accordance with the Company’s global Privacy Notice and any specific privacy notice relevant to your location.
Also see the EthicsPoint FAQs and Privacy Statement for more information on the service and how personal information is processed by EthicsPoint.