CGU discloses Regulation for the Pro-Ethics Company Seal 2022-2023

CGU released the regulation for qualification in the program to receive the pro-practical company seal of the 2022-2023 biennium.

This project, which is an initiative of the Ethos Institute in partnership with CGU, aims to encourage good voluntary practices to prevent, detect and remedy risks of practices that pay attention to integrity, fostering a whole environment as part of business culture.

Pro-practical evaluates companies that have honesty and transparency in their commercial negotiations, seeking to stimulate and give visibility to companies that operate against attitudes that may harm organizations, such as corruption and fraud.

There are several benefits for companies that are approved at the end of the evaluation, such as public recognition, market and business partners on the institution's commitment to prevent and combat corruption, which positively impacts on image and reputation of the company. In addition, organizations also receive a detailed assessment of the integrity program that shows hits and points to be improved.

so that they can register in the pro-practical, companies must meet the following requirements:

1. Not in the CEIS (registration of unhealthy and suspended companies), CEPIM (registration of non -profit private entities prevented), or the CNEP (National Register of Punished Companies) by penalties applied as a result of administrative accountability processes;

2. They cannot appear on the dirty list of slave or slave -like labor;

3. It is necessary to fully fully fulfill all questions in the compliance form, presenting the supporting documents required by the available instructions, as well as send the profile and compliance forms duly completed within the stipulated deadline;

4. It is necessary to present the certificates that prove fiscal regularity in the labor and tax areas;

5. Be signatory to the business pact for integrity and against corruption, promoted by Ethos;

6. Not responding to the administrative liability process (pair), negotiating conclusion by leniency agreement, or being monitored by the CGU due to a leniency agreement entered into;

7. Have an area responsible for the integrity program, with attributions established in the company's formal document, approved until 12/31/2021;

8. Advertise the code of ethics or conduct, or equivalent document, on the company's website, in Portuguese; E

9. Ensure that channels of complaint on the internet, in Portuguese, are accessible, and whose access link is disclosed on its institutional website, even though the complaint channel is outsourced.

there is a novelty in the current program regulation: the prohibition of state registration, since such companies already have a legal obligation to implement various measures of integrity pursuant to Law No. 13.303/2016. P>

The schedule of this edition of the project is organized as follows:

· 21/11/2022-31/01/2023: registration period

· 02/2023 - Admissibility Analysis

· 03/2023 - admissibility appeal phase, one of the news compared to the last biennium regulation

· 03/2023 to 08/2023: Evaluation of the integrity programs of companies approved in the admissibility phase

· 08/2022 to 10/2023: appeal phase of the evaluation phase

· 11/2023: Communication of the results of evaluations to companies

· 12/2023: disclosure of companies approved in the Pro-practical project 2022-2023

If you want to get the pro-practical seal, Zugno and Peña has a compliance area to better help your company in conquering the seal, contact us.

Source: Veirano Advogados.