Integrity line - whistleblowers

In order to promote transparency in our behaviour and integrity in the way we conduct our business, we encourage a free-speech culture, in which employees can report any questionable behaviour to their superiors. Reporting a suspected violation is the duty of all employees and is encouraged by management. 
However, circumstances may require that certain matters be reported through a confidential internal reporting channel instead. 

To this end, we want to ensure that all employees have the tools, resources and information they need to make the right decisions at all times. This is why the Group launched the Holcim Integrity Line in 2014, which is a global ethics advice and reporting system that complements our existing advice and reporting. 

Since December 2023, an additional internal reporting channel has been introduced in Belgium under the new Belgian whistleblower law. Within this framework, an additional directive ("Whistleblower Policy") has been established specifically for Belgium. It determines, among other things, which types of offences can be reported via this local reporting channel: the list of these types of offences is slightly longer than that included in the Holcim Group's global whistleblower policy. 

To report problems or ask questions, you therefore have access to the Holcim Integrity Line (with a secure telephone and a web-based ethics advice and reporting system as well as the support of an independent consultant), as well as a dedicated email address and telephone number for raising an alert at Belgian level. 

The Integrity Line platform and the national procedure will give you the opportunity to make an anonymous report, although we encourage you, if possible, to identify yourself. You will therefore never have to fear reprisals if you make a report in good faith.