IGD undertakes to operate ethically and to ensure that all the necessary safeguard measures are in place, in order to guarantee compliance with the law both with regard to its own conduct and by positively influencing the context in which it operates.
Material issues
Governance, Ethics and Corruption
Targets
UP TO 2024
Increasingly integrate sustainability risks into Enterprise Risk Management
Develop a corporate cybersecurity strategy
Codify a system for the assessment of suppliers along the supply chain with a view to sustainability
Maintain the Legality Rating with the maximum score
Maintain UNI ISO 37001 Certification
UP TO 2030
Best-in-class for corporate governance and legality
Include the supply chain in our corporate CSR policies in an increasingly organic way
Implement all the available controls needed to guarantee privacy and cybersecurity
Obtained the three-yearly renewal of the anti-bribery certification
ERM
Adopted the "ERM Policy of the Group"
Supply Chain
Defined the "Responsible Supply Chain Policy"
Governance, Ethics and Corruption
We have adopted a governance system aligned with the best practices of listed companies, in line with the provisions of the Corporate Governance Code for listed companies developed by the Corporate Governance Committee of Borsa Italiana. Our governance structure, based on the traditional model, consists of the following bodies: Shareholders’ Meeting, Board of Directors, and Board of Statutory Auditors.
The importance of the Code of Ethics in our activity
In 2006, IGD’s Board of Directors approved its Code of Ethics, a document that groups together and defines the values and principles that inspire and shape IGD’s conduct in its relations with its stakeholders.
The Code of Ethics:
is the first element on which the Organisational, Management and Control Model;
is an integral part of employment relationships with employees and it is included in the employment Contract signed at the moment of recruitment;
is a benchmark for relations with suppliers, as IGD requires that they endorse it in tenders and mandates;
gives anyone that learns about breaches of the principles of the Code itself and/or of the operating procedures which make up the Model, the opportunity to notify the Compliance Committee
The Board of Directors held on 5 November 2020, approved a new version of the Code; the need for this version arose as a result of both the adoption of new internal policies and procedures by the Company (anti-bribery, privacy, whistleblowing, corporate welfare, etc.) and the need to comply with external laws and regulations. . The Code also contains the new version of the Charter of Values, the element that inspires corporate behaviour. The Supervisory Board is responsible for verifying the existence of any potentially unlawful behaviour reported by stakeholders by means of the whistleblowing procedure. In 2023 no notification was received by the Supervisory
In Romania in 2012 we adopted a “Protocol to promote business sustainability”, a document which is appended to the contract signed by all new suppliers and which commits them to behave in such a manner that is consistent with the ethical principles defined in the document itself, and failure to do so constitutes a breach of contract. Between 2012 and 2022 a total of 390 Sustainability Protocols were signed, actively contributing to the dissemination of respect for workers’ rights in Romania.
Our commitment to protect legality
In line with what is defined in our Charter of Values and consequently in our Code of Ethics, we are committed in guaranteeing human rights and compliance with legality. Therefore in 2020 we joined the Global Compact, , the highest reference at international level on issues of respect
for human rights and labour conditions and on active policies against corruption.
In contractual relations with suppliers and tenants, the Company has included specific areas to be monitored to safeguard legality and ethics. In relations with both these stakeholders, the Company is working in order to develop procedures and policies to safeguard these aspects. Both suppliers and tenants are subjected to due diligence before the relative contract and/or agreement is signed, to assess the nature and entity of the risk of corruption.
At the end of 2023, IGD started defining a Responsible Supply Chain Policy, with the aim of sharing both internally and externally a tool that determines those which, for the Company, are considered to be the standards for healthy and safe work conditions and for environmental responsibility throughout the entire supply chain. The Policy was approved at the beginning of 2024 and refers to all the supply contracts of the Group and of the Shopping Centre Consortiums
for purchases exceeding €10,000.
ANTI-CORRUPTION
Moreover, prevention and the fight against corruption, Both in relations with the private sector and in those with the public administration, in addition to the spread of a culture of legality, are an indispensable priority for IGD. For this reason, over the years, IGD SIIQ S.p.A has introduced increasingly stringent measures on this issue:
in 2018 we obtained UNI ISO 37001 – Anti Bribery Management Systems Certification, for our Romanian subsidiary Win Magazine SA. This is the only internationally recognized standard that certifies a management system actively involved in preventing and combatting corruption within the corporate environment.
In 2019 we voluntarily launched also in Italy a project aimed at the implementation and execution of a management system for the prevention of corruption pursuant to ISO 37001:2016 international regulations and we defined an Anti-Corruption Policy;
The internalisation process of IGD’s IT systems, which began in 2022, continued in 2023. With the introduction of the new role of IT Network & Security Specialist, security measures were applied aimed at protecting wi-fi and wired networks and preventing possible cyberattacks
Our conduct regarding taxation
Aware that our tax payments contribute to the economic and social development of the areas in which we operate, we pay taxes exclusively in the countries where we do business, that are Italy and Romania.
We align our conduct regarding taxation to comply with the laws and regulations in force and, in accordance with the responsibility principle as stated in the Group’s Code of Ethics, the approach and the fulfilment of tax obligations are carried out with a view to transparency and legitimacy. We annually report on the tax operations in our Annual Report, with a country-by-country approach.