{"id":28123,"date":"2020-05-19T09:35:28","date_gmt":"2020-05-19T07:35:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gruppoigd.it\/?p=28123"},"modified":"2020-06-25T10:37:34","modified_gmt":"2020-06-25T08:37:34","slug":"stronger-governance-to-better-manage-the-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gruppoigd.it\/en\/stronger-governance-to-better-manage-the-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Stronger governance to better manage the business"},"content":{"rendered":"

On\u00a020\u00a0April\u00a0IGD\u00a0obtained\u00a0UNI ISO 37001:2016 \u201cAnti-bribery management system\u201d\u00a0certification.\u00a0A significant result,\u00a0consistent with the path\u00a0undertaken to\u00a0continuously\u00a0strengthen the Company\u2019s\u00a0governance,\u00a0which confirms the desire to run the Company\u2019s business in the most transparent and correct way possible.<\/p>\n

We spoke\u00a0about the path leading to the certification\u00a0with Carlo Barban,\u00a0IGD\u2019s Director of Administration, Legal and Corporate Affairs,\u00a0who promoted and followed the entire process.<\/h4>\n

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When did you decide to undertake this certification process<\/span><\/b>?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

IGD\u00a0<\/span>has al<\/span>ways been sensitive to topics like<\/span>\u00a0business<\/span>\u00a0integrity and\u00a0<\/span>transparency.\u00a0 In Italy,\u00a0<\/span>where\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0Law<\/span>\u00a0231 has been in effect since 2001, there\u00a0<\/span>are already extensive norms and regulations governing the administrative liabilities of companies for crimes (<\/span>including bribery and corruption) committed in their interest or benefit by top management.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>IGD<\/span>\u00a0quickly<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>adopted\u00a0<\/span>and implemented an organizational, management and control model capable of preventing<\/span>\u00a0commission of these crimes which is applicable to all Group compa<\/span>nies (including foreign subsidiaries).\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>I<\/span>n Romania,\u00a0<\/span>where\u00a0<\/span>no specific national legislation in this regard exists, the Group decided voluntarily to\u00a0<\/span>begin the pilot project to obtain\u00a0<\/span>ISO 37001<\/span>\u00a0certification<\/span>,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>which was successfully completed in early\u00a0<\/span>2018,\u00a0<\/span>in order to further improve the Group\u2019s standards while<\/span>, at the same time, increasing international visibility.\u00a0<\/span>In light of<\/span>\u00a0this result we asked ourselves if it didn<\/span>\u2019t make sense to replicate the experience in Italy, as well, unifying the anti-corruption standards\u00a0<\/span>on a larger scale.\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Was obtaining the certification for the Italian perimeter difficult<\/span><\/b>?<\/span><\/b>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

To a certain extent it was clear that the process would be more complicated\u00a0<\/span>than in\u00a0<\/span>Romania<\/span>;<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>in Ital<\/span>y the Parent Company is a listed company and, consequently,\u00a0<\/span>before\u00a0<\/span>undertaking the project\u00a0<\/span>it\u00a0<\/span>needed to be approved by the Board of Directors and the Board\u00a0<\/span>committees<\/span>.\u00a0 It was also subject to\u00a0<\/span>different degrees of complexity based on\u00a0<\/span>business operations and\u00a0<\/span>specific corporate procedures<\/span>.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>In any case, t<\/span>he process was begun in August 2019.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Briefly, the implementation of the anti-brib<\/span>ery management system was broken down into different phases<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n