Through the irregularities reporting channels made available by Banco Português de Fomento, its employees, clients, partners, suppliers and other stakeholders may, independently and anonymously, report any situation or well-founded suspicion related to the practice of irregularities.
Irregularities are considered to be practices or acts that constitute a breach of the following instruments:
- Legislative and regulatory framework inherent to the Bank’s activity;
- Internal regulations;
- Ethical and deontological principles to which all employees are subject in the course of performing their duties.
Accordingly, the irregularities reporting channels should be used to report any situation related to a breach of one of the instruments identified above.
Such situations may involve issues such as money laundering, terrorist financing, corruption, conflicts of interest, fraud, harassment, discrimination, data protection, breach of the duty of confidentiality, among others.
Reports may be submitted at any time through specific, independent and anonymous means, which duly ensure the receipt, handling and archiving of reports, namely:
- Letter addressed to the Audit Committee or any of its members, to the following address:
Rua Professor Mota Pinto,No. 42-F, 2nd Floor, Room 2.114100-353 Porto
or by email: caud@bpfomento.pt
- Telephone contact via the number: (+351) 222 452 020 (call to national fixed network)
- Online irregularities reporting form, available through the "Whistleblowing Channel” (Access hyperlink to the Whistleblowing Channel: https://bpfomento.integrityline.com/).
Whistleblowing Channel