Ethics and Conduct Committee

Powers and operation

The Ethics and Conduct Committee is an independent and impartial internal structure, that reports to the Audit Board, responsible for monitoring the implementation of the Code of Ethics and Conduct, as well as to follow up and clarify doubts regarding its application, and receive and process information transmitted to it under the Whistleblowing - Ethics Line, concerning alleged irregularities or infractions of the provisions of the Code of Ethics and Conduct or other internal regulations or rules dealing with the accounting, internal accounting controls, auditing and the fight against bribery, banking and financial crime. It is also responsible for promoting the training employees on matters of ethics and conduct. For more information, please see Ethics and Conduct and Reporting of irregularities pages.