Compliance at the Salzgitter Group

Providing information

FAIR TOGETHER is publicly accessible. All Group employees, business partners and anyone else affected by the activities of the Salzgitter Group - whether in Germany or abroad - can contact the Salzgitter Group's reporting channels to submit information. FAIR TOGETHER offers the opportunity to point out violations of the law or other circumstances through which people, the environment, Salzgitter AG or one of its Group companies are harmed, unjustly disadvantaged or natural resources are unlawfully impaired in connection with the economic activities of the Salzgitter Group or one of its suppliers.
 

Reporting Channels

Reports can either be submitted via our electronic reporting portal or directed to our Compliance Hotline or our Ombudswoman.

Our electronic reporting portal can be used to submit reports in numerous languages. Our Compliance Hotline and our Ombudswoman accept reports in German or English. They are also available for a personal meeting upon request and after making an appointment.
 

Confidentiality and anonymity

All information is treated confidentially. The information they contain about persons and facts is only accessible internally to employees who need it to process the case.

Anonymous tips can be submitted via our electronic reporting portal. Our Ombudswoman does not disclose the identity of the whistleblower or other parties involved to the Salzgitter Group at the whistleblower's request.

Frequently, there are follow-up questions to the information received. We are grateful to whistleblowers who give us the opportunity to contact them. To this end, we kindly ask whistleblowers to provide us with their contact details. If anonymity is to be maintained, we ask that you use our electronic reporting portal or contact us via the ombudswoman.
 

No disadvantages for whistleblowers

No whistleblower who, at the time of reporting, had sufficient reason to believe that the information he or she reported was true need fear any disadvantages. The protection of Salzgitter Group employees who provide use information via our whistleblower system is specifically regulated in the Group's Corporate Compliance Guideline.

Fairness

Reporting inaccurate information may unfairly expose affected individuals and companies to suspicion. Therefore, please handle the opportunity to provide information responsibly.
 

Clue processing

Every whistleblower who gives us the opportunity to contact him will receive confirmation of the receipt of his report within seven days. After three months at the latest, we inform the whistleblower about planned and already taken follow-up measures. The responsible Compliance Office examines the validity of each report and discusses it with the whistleblower. The underlying facts are clarified either by the Group Internal Audit department of Salzgitter AG or by the management of the Group company concerned, if necessary with the support of the responsible Compliance Office or the responsible legal department. Once the facts have been clarified, the management of the Group company concerned shall initiate the preventive, remedial or other improvement measures to be taken.
 

Privacy notice

For more detailed information on data protection and the processing of your personal data within the whistleblower system, please refer to our Whistleblower System – Data Privacy.