Whistleblowing - compliance

Our Business Principles – our commitment

Compliance is not an end in itself: Lawful, honest and responsible action serves our customers, the employees and ultimately our company.

Simply right

Compliance is, above all, a question of good corporate culture. We can create that culture only if we work together. Our compliance values and Business Principles help us in our day-to-day business.

·       to safeguard the interests of our customers and Caterite,

·       to be an attractive employer and

·       to protect the company and its employees from harm.

Our business principles are an important part of our compliance culture. Compliance with our business principles is part of our DNA and our promise also towards our customers. Acting against our business principles will not be tolerated by our community or by our company.

Whistleblowing System 

We strive to run Caterite in a long-term and sustainable manner. We are therefore keen to ensure that misconduct that could seriously harm the business or our employees is identified and investigated as early as possible. To make it easier for those who wish to provide information about misconduct, we have set up a whistleblowing system. If you believe that something isn’t right, please contact our Compliance Officer at compliance@caterite.co.uk.

If you wish to report in person, this can be requested in the report.

Since Caterite is part of METRO, a leading international food wholesaler, you can also use the groupwide METRO Whistleblowing System. This option is available both to employees and to third parties, e.g. customers, suppliers, and business partners. Reports may be submitted through our online whistleblowing system and can be sent anonymously.

More information regarding the METRO Whistleblowing System can be found here