Corporate Policy
Date: 06/03/2024
To affirm the competitiveness and profitability of the company in an increasingly demanding market, it is necessary to reach and maintain a position of excellence in terms of the ability to supply quality products and services in compliance with mandatory regulations. For this reason, STILNOVO SRL has equipped itself with a company management system, compliant with international regulatory standards, aimed at ensuring the mastery and control of its processes, which is capable of guiding the entire organization to the continuous improvement of its performance in order to make it increasingly competitive and appreciated. In this sense, STILNOVO concretely undertakes to respect the following principles:
– promotion of complete client satisfaction;
– compliance with legislative provisions and regulatory requirements applicable to: the products and services offered, the means of production and company structures;
– fulfilment of predefined objectives with respect to improvements, by checking to see how far off they are to being achieved; in particular, the company aims to:
– improve the internal organizational structure by making it dynamic and flexible to market demands, as well as develop the staff’s professionalism, especially when it comes to expertise, reliability, motivation and sensitivity to corporate principles;
– improve the management of work flows;
– create a system compliant with the UNI EN ISO 9001: 2015 standard;
– monitor the implementation of its processes in order to assess the progress of company performance and be able to recognize the achievement of objectives and possible further ideas for improvement;
– train and sensitize all internal staff, as well as suppliers who play a significant role, to compliance with their principles and working methods;
– comply with the mandatory legislative requirements regarding the protection of the health and safety of workers and environmental protection
– respect the Code of Ethics in place at STILNOVO, which opposes any form of violence and violation of civil rights and any action that could produce an environmental crime due to the extraction and marketing of minerals originating from war areas, and therefore avoiding the use of mineral materials that are not “conflict free” certified by signing a suitable material declaration that is compliant with the RJC- Chain of custody ethical production standards contained in the RJC – Code of Practice manual.
Stilnovo srl adheres to the principles of the OECD Organisation for the respect of human rights, labour, the environment and anti-corruption.
During the period of application, non-compliance with the dictates of the OECD guidelines and rules of conduct did not occour.
Stilnovo’s supply chain is controlled and involved in sharing the values and practices contained in the RJC-Chain of Custody ethical production standards; this chain is made up of COP and / or COC certified companies, or in any case verified, assessed and controlled directly by Stilnovo.
Management at Stilnovo srl has allocated funds and made its staff and necessary tools available for the implementation of the Quality Management System, which will be constantly monitored and periodically evaluated, measuring the achievement of the objectives set for the controlled processes. Stilnovo srl must pay the utmost attention to:
– clients’ requests and expectations;
– the requirements of the applicable rules and regulations;
– the continuous improvement of the organisation;
– client satisfaction, as well as that of interested parties.
Stilnovo srl must pursue quality in all phases of each process, where each employee is involved in achieving the objectives. Management periodically verifies that this policy is appropriate for the intended purposes and the business context, and that the policy is implemented and shared at every level of the organization, establishing objectives for continuous improvement and client satisfaction.
Code of Conduct
ARTICLE 1. RECIPIENTS
The rules of the Code shall apply to anyone who operates or contributes in any way to the Company, or to all the Recipients, and in particular (glossary):
- to the company’s employees, both in senior positions and employees;
- freelancers to the company;
- stakeholders in the company.
Each Recipient has a duty to:
- know the rules contained in the Code;
- refrain from engaging in behaviour contrary to the provisions of the Code;
- work closely with local structures and/or persons performing activities to check compliance with this Code;
- not take any initiative which is contrary to the contents of the Code.
ARTICLE 2. CORPORATE VALUES
2.1 Compliance with the law and honesty
Stilnovo assumes strict compliance with the laws, rules and regulations as an essential principle, including those referred to in this Code, in force in Italy and in other foreign countries where it operates.
In no case shall pursuing or achieving the Company’s interest in breach of the law be permitted, nor does the company approve and justify behaviours, also associative type behaviour, intended to break the law or to coerce or solicit anyone to act in breach of the law.
Honesty constitutes an essential principle which underpins the Company’s activity.
2.2. Product and process quality
The Company puts the customer at the heart of its activities and undertakes to know the customer’s needs in depth and deliver products and services that meet their needs, seeking high customer satisfaction. Attention to the optimisation of operational and, in particular, production processes and product care are one of the on-going objectives of the business.
2.3. Appreciation of Human Resources
The Company identifies in respect for individuals one of the factors of success of its business and protects personal freedom and dignity in all its forms, rejecting any act or fact aimed at restricting personal freedom and any manifestation of violence, as well as any phenomenon of exploiting individuals, in general.
2.4. Environmental protection and safety at work
The Company recognises a business priority in the management of the environment and health and safety at work, and therefore establishes policies, programmes and procedures for conducting activities in an environmentally correct manner and in respect of the physical and moral integrity of workers.
The Company undertakes to contribute to the development and well-being of the environment in which it operates and constantly pursues the aim of safeguarding the health of Employees, other Freelancers and communities affected by the Company’s activities. The operational management of industrial activities must refer, in complete respect of the legislation in force on environmental prevention and protection matters and the most appropriate criteria for protecting the environment and energy efficiency, in order to reduce its impact on the environment.
The protection of health and safety at work is a primary objective for the Company, which is also committed to expanding and consolidating a culture of safety among all Recipients, aimed at increasing their sensitivity and awareness of any risks at work and to promote responsible and respectful behaviour and conduct in respect of their own and others’ safety.
3.1 General Criteria
Any actions, operations and transactions carried out in the interest or to the advantage of the Company must be guided by the maximum correctness, completeness and transparency of information, legality both formally and substantially and clarity and truth in accounting results, according to the rules in force and according to the procedures laid down and must be subject to review by supervisory bodies.
For this purpose, Recipients are required to perform the duties assigned to them in compliance with the provisions identified in this Code of Ethics and in strict compliance with the applicable laws and regulations, also in relations with third parties.
In performing the tasks assigned, everyone is responsible for actions taken when carrying out their work. However, those who perform management and supervision activities also have a responsibility to oversee the activities carried out by those who are subjected to their management and control.
Business development must take place in relation to correct economic principles, in a regular market context and in fair competition with competitors, in constant compliance with the applicable law and regulations.
3.2 Conflicts of interest
Any business decisions and choices made on behalf of the Company must be in its best interests and Stilnovo undertakes to take all the measures necessary to prevent and avoid cases of a conflict of interest, i.e. situations in which the Recipients pursue interests that conflict with those of the Company and of its objectives, or perform activities incompatible with the duties of office. 10 Any situations that can also only appear in a conflict of interest, i.e. those in which a person can pursue a personal interest using their business or professional role, must be avoided or at leasr reported to the Code of Ethics Manager.
ARTICLE 4. RELATIONS WITH CUSTOMERS AND SUPPLIERS
4.1 Customer relations
The Company pursues its success as a firm on markets by offering high-quality products and services at competitive prices, in compliance with all the rules on fair competition. The Company, in particular, undertakes not to market products that are harmful to the user’s health and physical integrity and to provide comprehensive information on its products and services.
Stilnovo considers customer satisfaction a factor of primary importance to achieve its business objectives and considers transparency a fundamental value in managing its relationship with Customers.
4.2 Supplier relations
Purchase processes are based on seeking the maximum competitive advantage, the granting of equal opportunities for each supplier, fairness and impartiality, the permanent disapproval and opposition to any form of organised crime, even at transnational level, however, with the aim of product quality.
In selecting its suppliers, Stilnovo takes into consideration, in addition to economic convenience, technical capacity, reliability, the quality of raw materials, the compliance of the supplier with the quality procedures adopted by the Company, its credentials, as well as the capability of suppliers to ensure compliance with the law and, in particular, with the regulations on the subject of work (with particular attention paid to illegal employment and child labour and legal health and safety requirements), tackling stolen goods, money laundering and the illegal use of money, as well as the Model and the Code.
When selecting and managing relations with suppliers, Recipients must:
- strictly observe the current legislation and internal procedures regarding the selection of suppliers and managing relationships with them;
- adopt objective and transparent assessment criteria in the selection of possible suppliers, in possession of the necessary requisites;
- obtain the cooperation of suppliers to ensure customers’ needs are met (in terms of quality, cost and delivery times);
- observe and comply with the applicable legal requirements and conditions contractually provided for in the supply relationships;
- adhere to the principles of correctness and good faith, in line with the strictest commercial practices, in correspondence and discussions with suppliers.
ARTICLE 5. MANAGING HUMAN RESOURCES
Stilnovo recognises the need to protect personal freedom and dignity in all its forms and rejects any act or fact aimed at restricting personal freedom and any manifestation of violence, as well as any phenomenon of exploiting individuals, in general.
The Company denounces any discriminatory behaviour or otherwise offensive opinions regarding politics and trade unions, religion, race, ethnic origin, nationality, age, sex, sexual orientation, state of health, family status, and, in general, any personal characteristic.
The Company also promotes any form of freedom of association between workers and expressly recognises the right to collective bargaining and rejects any form of forced labour and/or the use of any form of child labour.
In the selection and management of relations with staff, Recipients must strictly observe the current legislation and company procedures. In particular, in the event of hiring foreign workers, specific attention must be paid to checking their residence permit, which may never be missing, expired (and not renewed), revoked or cancelled.
The Company is constantly engaged in developing the capacities and skills of Employees, in such a way as to ensure that the creativity of individuals is fully expressed and realised.
Requesting personal favours or any behaviour in breach of this Code of Ethics of employees is prohibited.
To ensure that each employee’s capabilities and skills can be valued and each employee can reach their potential, company departments and/or the people charged with managing human resources must:
- apply criteria of merit and professional competence when making any decision in respect of Employees;
- select, hire, train, reward and manage Employees without any discrimination, doing so in such a way that they can enjoy fair and equal treatment, regardless of their sex, age, nationality, religion, ethnic origin, political, philosophical or sexual orientation and with reference to all aspects of employment (including, purely by way of explanation, professional recognition, wages, refresher courses and professional training);
- value the work of the Employees requiring performance that is consistent with the tasks assigned to them;
- promote the involvement of Employees making them share business objectives and their achievement;
- create a working environment in which personal characteristics or orientations do not give rise to discrimination among Employees;
- ensure equal opportunities in all aspects of work life.
The Company, in addition to respecting fundamental human rights, rejects the use of child labour and does not use forced labour (or performed in conditions of slavery or servitude), it also rejects the following behaviour that, however, Recipients must, therefore, consider prohibited:
- gives rise, in internal and external work relations, to undermining or keeping someone in a state of subjection (by means of violence, threats, deception, an abuse of authority, taking advantage of a situation of physical or mental inferiority or a situation of need or promising or giving sums of money or other benefits to those who have authority over the person);
- gives rise to harassment, such as for example, the creation of a hostile work environment in respect of individual workers or groups of workers, unwarranted interference with the work of others and the creation of obstacles or barriers to the professional prospects of others, including sexual harassment (meaning opportunities for professional growth or another advantage are subject to the provision of sexual favours or proposals for private interpersonal relations that, due to the fact of being unpleasant for the recipient, they may find disturbing);
- gives rise to discrimination and/or ridicule in respect of individual employees or groups of workers, in, for example, situations of physical or mental inferiority or of other personal characteristics.
Any form of violence and sexual harassment or referring to gender, personal and cultural diversity is prohibited.
If an Employee believes that they have been the victim of harassment or bullying, they will have the right to formally report this situation to the Code of Ethics Manager for the necessary clarifications.
ARTICLE 6. RELATIONSHIPS WITH FREELANCERS
Each manager and employee, in relation to their roles will ensure they implement the principles listed above of:
- strictly observe the internal procedures regarding the selection of Freelancers and managing relationships with them;
- carefully select people and companies, from those with a good, qualified reputation;
- adequately inform third parties who enter into a relationship with the Company of the provisions of this Code, requesting their adherence;
- promptly report any breaches of the Code to the Code of Ethics Manager and take the expected initiatives.
In the conferral of professional assignments, the Company is guided by the principles of transparency, fairness and affordability and assesses the moral integrity and ethics of its consultants, paying them fees proportionate to the activity carried out and properly documented. The Company shall not enter into or continue any relationship with those who manifest not wanting to comply with the principles referred to in this Code of Ethics.
ARTICLE 7. PROTECTION OF HEALTH AND SAFETY
7.1 General principles
The Company guarantees the health, safety and physical and mental integrity of its Employees, Freelancers and Consultants and, more generally, of the Recipients, as well as working conditions that respect individual dignity and safe and healthy working environments, in accordance with the applicable legislation.
The protection of health and safety at work is a primary objective for the Company, which is also committed to expanding and consolidating a culture of safety among all Recipients, aimed at increasing their sensitivity and awareness of any risks at work and to promote responsible and respectful behaviour and conduct in respect of their own and others’ safety. In line with this objective, the Recipients, and particularly Employees, and everyone involved in tasks relating to health and safety at work (employer, managers, officers, company doctor, Health and Safety Officer, workers’ safety representatives) shall cooperate, as part of their respective duties and responsibilities, to eliminate or gradually reduce risks at source and improve usage conditions in accordance with the principles set out below, in particular, when decisions or choices must be made and, later, when they have to be implemented.
All those who are responsible for implementing the rules (legislation and internal) adopted at various levels on the matter of health and safety at work must, by way of example and without limitation, each within the scope of their duties:
- promote and implement any reasonable initiative that may minimise risk or remove causes that may affect the health and safety of the Employees as well as of third parties who work at the Company and customers;
- quickly and constantly adapt internal procedures to the legislation in this field;
- create and maintain a constructive and collaborative relationship with the Public Institutions responsible for monitoring activities in the field of health and safety at work;
- promote and develop training programmes and specific information, that differs according to the target audience
- carry out periodic checks on the effective application of the procedures adopted on matters of protection of the health and safety of workplaces;
- in the management of activities entrusted under contract to third parties,
- ensure cooperation and coordination between the Company’s activity and
- that of the prime contractor’s company.
7.2 Smoking
The Company undertakes to ensure the health and safety of its Employees, as well as ensuring a healthy environment, without prejudice to the ban on smoking in workplaces. The smoking ban also includes the use of electronic cigarettes, it must also be interpreted as extended to breaks at work, where such times are not spent in the dedicated smoking areas indicated by the company.
7.3 Alcohol and drug abuse
Working while under the influence of alcohol or drugs, or substances that cause a similar effect is prohibited. Consuming these substances while working is also prohibited.
ARTICLE 8. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
The Company undertakes to contribute to the development and well-being of the environment in which it operates and constantly pursues the aim of safeguarding the health of Employees, other Freelancers and communities affected by the Company’s activities.
The operational management of industrial activities must refer, in complete respect of the legislation in force on environmental prevention and protection matters and the most appropriate criteria for protecting the environment and energy efficiency, in order to reduce its impact on the environment.
In particular, in conducting its business, the Company aims to:
- continually improve its policies, programmes and environmental behaviour, taking account of technological progress, scientific knowledge, the needs of consumers and society’s expectations;
- disseminate its environmental policy through information, training, consultation and involving Recipients so that they do their work responsibly in an environmentally-friendly way;
- minimise environmental consequences in the context of waste production and its disposal, made safe and responsible by the design, development and management of plants and considering the safe and efficient use of energy, materials of hazardous substances and preparations and the sustainable use of renewable resources;
- reduce the environmental impact of its products and services, with reference to raw materials, products, processes, emissions and waste related to the company’s activities.
ARTICLE 9. SAFEGUARDING THE COMPANY’S PROPERTY AND ASSETS
Each Recipient is obliged to operate with due and necessary diligence to protect corporate resources, avoiding any misuse that may cause damage to reduce the efficiency, or in any way that conflicts with the Company’s interests, or dictated by professional reasons extraneous to the relationship with the Company.
Similarly, Recipients shall not only protect these goods, but also prevent their fraudulent use or misuse by third parties. Each Recipient is the custodian and responsible for the corporate assets (tangible and intangible) assigned, instrumental to the activity performed: no Employee or contributor can engage or permit others to engage in the improper use of the assets assigned and, in general, of the Company’s resources, in particular:
- plant, machinery, equipment and any production materials;
- assets assigned to Employees and Freelancers, such as, by way of example, safety prevention devices, cars and computing devices of various nature (e.g. computer, telephone).
ARTICLE 10. USE OF COMPUTER SYSTEMS
The Company ensures, by means of appropriate procedures and controls, that its computer systems operate in compliance with the law, and, in particular, the legislation in force on the matter of safety and the protection of privacy and to combat cybercrime.
The Company denounces any alteration, however it is carried out, of the operation of the Company’s computer and/or telecommunication systems, and/ or the illegal intervention.
These instruments must also be used in accordance with the legislation in force on the matter of processing personal data and/or data protection, even that emanating from the EU and company policies.
System administrators must use the instruments in accordance with the principles of due diligence and correctness, for the sole purpose of verifying and ensuring their efficient and optimum operation, in relation to that laid down by the company’s policies. Any external companies, whose work the Company uses to manage and use the computer system, must follow the same principles.
Each Employee and Contributor has a duty to appropriately safeguard the computer and telecommunication instruments made available to them and promptly report any theft, damage or loss.
Each Employee and Contributor has a duty to apply the company’s policies on the use of e-mail services and access to the internet in relation to the possibility, which may be granted or not by the Company, of using them for personal, as well as professional, purposes.
In any case, each Employee and Contributor must know the correct operation of the company’s computer systems can to date only be guaranteed as a result of monitoring activities, often automatic/automated on the same systems, performed for better efficiency and security of said systems: these activities are focussed on this single purpose, and are not implemented to in any way achieve any form of control over the activity carried out by users of the system.
Using the instruments (e.g. computer) and the company’s facilities for the following is prohibited: i) in any way storing or facilitating – nationally or internationally – the circulation of pornographic material; ii) facilitating organised, national and transnational crime.
ARTICLE 11. PROTECTION OF CORPORATE INFORMATION
The Company ensures the confidentiality of the information in its possession and ensures that the acquisition, processing and storage of the personal information and data of the Recipients and of any persons the Company works with or whose data and information it processes, are carried out in accordance with the existing legislation.
Any information that is not in the public domain relating to the Company, or related either to its activities or business that the Recipients are aware of due to their duties or in any case to the work and professional relationship must be regarded as confidential, as it is strictly the property of such entities, and can only be used for carrying out their work tasks.
Confidential information refers to, purely by way of example: technical information relating to products and work procedures; design and production processes, management systems; purchasing programmes; strategies involving costs, prices, marketing or services; information about sales, mergers and acquisitions; information relating to business processes (of any type, not just production processes) and/or to the company’s organisation and know-how in the broadest sense.
Recipients must make every effort to avoid inappropriate dissemination of such confidential information and must not use or permit the use of information that is not in the public domain, relating to the Company, its activities or business, or relating to subjects who have dealings with it, to promote their own interests, or those of third parties.
In the event in which the Company has signed a confidentiality agreement in regard to any confidential information disclosed to the Company by third parties, Recipients who receive such information must comply with the terms of the afore-said agreement. The confidentiality obligations remain in force even once the employment or collaboration relationship has ceased.
With specific reference to data and information processed according to the specific activity, the Company undertakes to the aforesaid processing, on paper or in electronic format in line with the legal requirements in force, also those emanating from the EU.
The obligation for each employee to carry out their work in such a way as to ensure the protection of data and information from undue intrusions or communications and disclosures that are not relevant in relation to the duties assigned remains in force.
ARTICLE 12. COMPETITION
Stilnovo undertakes to produce and deliver quality products and to compete on the market according to the principles of honesty, fair and free competition and transparency, maintaining appropriate relations with public, governmental and administrative institutions, with third parties and with customers, including any competitors. In particular, in relations with third parties, the Company characterises its activity by following the rules of fair competition, avoiding improper and/or unfair commercial practices, misleading information and behaviour that may in any way confer an unjustified advantage from others’ positions of economic weakness and/or lack of information.
The Company, recognising the importance of a competitive market, undertakes to comply with the legislation on competition and denounces any conduct intended to upset the competition and, in general, standard industry and trade practice.
More generally, acts of unfair competition and, in general, improper actions in business competition, are prohibited. Merely by way of example, the following conduct is prohibited: corruption or use of bribes to promote an activity or inducing a breach of contract by third parties; acquiring a competitor’s trade secrets through corruption or theft; false, misleading or derogatory statements or comparisons in relation to competitors or to their respective products; statements without reasonable foundation issued in response to third party or competitors’ products; disclosure of the company’s commercial information to competing companies; transfer of the company’s employees or agents to competing companies; disclosure of information on the company’s clients to third parties.
All public statements issued on behalf of the Company (including those contained in advertising or promotional material, declarations of sale, guarantees) must always be truthful, based on reasonable grounds that are not misleading.
ARTICLE 13. ACCOUNTING TRANSPARENCY
The Company undertakes to ensure that legally required corporate financial statements and communications are drafted with clarity and suitable to represent the Company’s assets and liabilities and financial situation in a correct and accurate way. This is in line with the legal requirements and the accounting standards applicable to the case in question.
ARTICLE 14. SAFEGUARDING THE COMPANY’S REPUTATION
Behaving in a disgraceful and/or undignified way in the work environment, which could damage the company’s prestige, honour and reputation, i.e. that can even just cause the risk of harming the company’s image and credibility, is prohibited.
ARTICLE 15. OTHER REQUIREMENTS
15.1. Possession of stolen goods, money laundering
The Company and the Recipients undertake to comply with the application of the laws on the subject of money laundering in Italy and abroad.
The Company and the Recipients must never perform, or be involved in activities that involve the purchase, receipt, concealment, laundering (i.e. the acceptance or processing) or use in economic or financial activities of money, assets (e.g. goods) or other benefits arising from criminal activity, in any way or form.
15.2. Taxation
The Company’s choices in the area of taxation must always be based on the principles of transparency.
Conduct in respect of the Public Administration must always be correct and transparent, such as not to lead to a mistake or hinder the due verification activity, as well as always being collaborative, in order to provide all the information required or useful for the regular performance of the control tasks.
15.3. Illicit brokering and exploitation of labour
The Company rejects any activity aimed at hiring labour for the purpose of using such labour for work with third parties in conditions of exploitation, taking advantage of the state of need of workers.
The Company does not use, hire or employ labour, even by means of the intermediation activities referred to above, subjecting workers to conditions of exploitation and taking advantage of their state of need.
The Company guarantees: i) wages in line with the current legislation and the related national and regional collective bargaining, proportional to the quantity and quality of work done; ii) compliance with the provisions on working time, breaks, time off and holidays; iii) compliance with the guidelines on the matter of health and safety in the workplace; iv) the absence of cases of subjecting the worker to conditions of use, supervision methods or degrading accommodation situations (where necessary).
15.4. Racism and xenophobia
The Company rejects any propaganda activity of ideas based on racial or ethnic superiority or hatred, i.e. any activity aimed at committing or inciting to commit acts of discrimination on racial, ethnic, national or religious grounds. The Company also rejects any initiative aimed at committing or inciting to commit violence or acts of provocation to violence on racial, ethnic, national or religious grounds. Staff must strictly refrain from engaging in racist or xenophobic behaviour (as described above), and also avoid participating in and/or supporting organisations, associations, movements or groups that have the purpose of inciting discrimination on racial, ethnic, national or religious grounds.
15.5. Industrial and intellectual property
The Company recognises the importance of industrial and intellectual property rights, as well as of copyright, as a stimulus to innovation, as a way of protecting investment in research and development and the correctness of competition.
The Company, therefore, ensures constant and timely compliance with the rules on the protection of copyright and of industrial and intellectual property rights, and denounces any act of counterfeiting and/or illegal use of the intellectual and industrial property rights of others, including, without limitation, any unauthorised use or counterfeiting of trademarks and other distinctive marks, unauthorised use of patented inventions, counterfeiting of industrial designs and models, as well as the publication, reproduction (permanent or temporary, full or partial), transcription, execution, distribution, communication to the public, translation, adaptation, loan, hire, of the works of others (including software) without the authorisation of the owner of the related copyrights.
15.6. Pornography and paedophilic pornography
Using the company’s facilities and tools to promote the circulation of pornographic material (in particular, paedophilic pornography) in any way – nationally or internationally – as well as storing them on the Company’s premises or on its assets (e.g. Computer) or in any place that can somehow be traced back to the Company is prohibited.
ARTICLE 16. PENALTIES AND CONTROL
16.1 Penalties
Recipients must scrupulously follow the obligations imposed on them by the law and by the regulations and, each for their own position, observe the special requirements referred to in this Code of Ethics.
The principles expressed in the Code of Ethics are an integral part of the conditions governing the employment relationship as an expression of the behaviour that Recipients are required to observe, in virtue of the civil laws and penalties in force and of the obligations provided for by collective bargaining.
Specific sanctions referred to in the disciplinary system provided by the Organisational and Management Model adopted by the Company, of which the Code is an integral part, which are in line with those laid down by the applicable National Collective Agreement (CCNL) will be imposed on Recipients who breach this Code.
16.2 Reporting breaches
The Company demands strict observance of the requirements of this Code of Recipients. If any Recipient becomes aware of situations, even only potentially illegal or contrary to the principles expressed in this Code of Ethics, they must take action to provide immediate information to the subjects responsible for receiving it and using the appropriate procedures, as described below: failure to comply with the disclosure duty may be subject to disciplinary action (reporting). It should be specified immediately that direct or indirect acts of retaliation or discrimination towards reporting parties, for reasons directly or indirectly linked to the disclosure, are prohibited: Stilnovo thus immediately guarantees that the Company shall not retaliate in any way following reporting.
ARTICLE 17. EFFECTIVENESS AND DISSEMINATION OF THE CODE OF ETHICS
Responsible of the Code of Ethics
The Company identifies and appoints a Code of Ethics Responsible, with specific skills, who shall:
- verify the punctual application of the rules contained therein
- provide employees with information and answers to questions regarding the application of the Code of Ethics
- provide the company management with periodic reports on the application and critical issues encountered
- propose modifications and adaptations to the code itself
The Code of Ethics must be brought to the attention of the recipients by appropriate means, as well as the methods by which the above reports are to be made. In any case, the Code of Ethics and its updates will be available in electronic format, on the company bulletin boards and in any other way (suitable to ensure maximum dissemination and knowledge), in a special dedicated section, also on the company website, so that all recipients and third parties can be fully aware of it.