Governance

Respecting Human and Labor Rights with Ethics and Corporate Responsibility, creating value for all Stakeholders
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At Secil, aligning with good governance practices is a transversal objective to our sustainability strategy at Secil. This is, the company's entire activity is based on governance principles, such as respecting Human and Labour Rights with Ethics and Corporate Responsibility.

 

Our code of conduct establishes that a fundamental pillar at Secil is high standards of business ethics and personal integrity in carrying out our activities. The code of conduct also ensures that Secil's governing bodies and employees act in compliance with the laws and regulations governing their activity at national and international level.

 

We also expect our suppliers not only to comply with local and national laws, requirements and regulations, but also to meet the same standards to which Secil is committed, namely protecting human and workers' rights, managing environmental impacts and anti-corruption and bribery. This is described in the suppliers' code of conduct for suppliers.

 

In 2023, we approved a diverse set of policies that describe the high ethical standards that guide Secil’s actions.

 

This new set of documents identifies the group’s commitment in the following matters: Human Rights; Corruption Prevention; Money Laundering; Tax; Fair Competition; and Stakeholder Engagement.

  • Corporate Sustainability Management

    Secil’s Executive Committee president is responsible for promoting sustainability issues, namely Governance, and strategic objectives, initiatives and priority actions. One of the executive directors is responsible for environmental issues. Since 2023, Social pillar’s topics has been handled by the Human Resources Department. Our Sustainability Committee, set up in 2016, identifies the main issues on the national and international sustainability

  • Ethics, Integrity and Compliance

    Ethics and integrity are part of our identity, distinguishing and shaping our culture at Secil. As such, our governance model was developed based on the principles of ethics, compliance and respect for human rights, covering all the countries in which we operate.