Sopra Steria's action falls within the framework of strong ethical principles and compliance with all the rules governing its activity. This commitment forms the basis of trust between the company and its stakeholders.
The Group is a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact (Advanced level), and respects the fundamental principles and rights of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Charter of Fundamental Rights of the European Union.
The Group also reaffirms its fundamental principles and values in its Code of Ethics. The Management ensures compliance with the rules laid down in the Code of Ethics which applies to all Group employees in order to guarantee the proper execution of its activities.
The Group's compliance system is also founded on a common set of rules and procedures, including a new Supplier Code of conduct.
Sopra Steria has introduced a programme in all its entities to prevent and combat corruption and influence peddling, which relies on:
- Undertaking by the Group’s Management emphasizing the importance of prevention and the policy of zero tolerance towards corruption.
- Horizontal governance managed by the Internal Control and Risk Management Department, which relies on a network of Internal Control Managers in charge of compliance and risk management in each of the entities.
- A Code of Conduct for the prevention of corruption which is illustrated with concrete examples and published in 10 languages, covering all Group entities.
- A training program consisting of an e-learning course to raise awareness among all employees and classroom sessions for employees considered to be more vulnerable to risks of corruption.
- Strengthened procedures and controls throughout the entire programme.
- A whistleblowing system, available for all stakeholders: ethics@soprasteria.com
The security, integrity and confidentiality of the data and of the identity of the whistleblower are ensured. The whistleblower must act in good faith and without direct financial compensation. The whistleblower is protected against any form of retaliation, discrimination or disciplinary sanction in relation to the whistleblowing. This protection extends to any person connected with the whistleblower and/or the raising of the alert.
The Code of Ethics is supplemented by Insider Trading Rules relating to securities transactions and the prevention of insider trading compliant with the EU market abuse regulation.
And lastly, the Group’s commitment and performance in the area of Corporate Responsibility have been recognised with the award of the CSR Platinum Medal by Ecovadis, a global rating platform applying social, ethical, environmental and supply-chain criteria.