Ethics at Bel

Code of Good Business Practices

The Bel Group carries out its business worldwide.

Its employees and external stakeholders are faced with many situations that may involve questions related to ethics.

In this context, the Bel Group’s Code of Good Business Practices, in compliance with the laws and regulations applicable to it, spells out a minimum set of common principles and rules, in order to:

  • ensure the conformity of the Group’s operations, a condition of the operational and legal security of its activities;
  • promote all stakeholders’ human rights as well as the protection of the environment in the course of our activities;
  • guarantee the development of a common corporate culture, beneficial to everyone and aligned with the values upheld by our brands.

These common rules guide the behaviour of all Group employees and partners, both within the Group and with respect to persons and third-party entities that have a relationship with the Group.

Discover our Code of Business Practices: code-of-good-business-practices-version-2023-anglais-vf-1.pdf

Alert Mechanism

At Bel, we conduct our business in compliance with applicable laws and regulations as well as steadfastly promoting our values and commitments. BEL has set up a Code of Good Business Practices which underlines the 7 key principles to be applied in conducting our business and is a core part of our ethics-first approach.

When employees, corporate representatives, partners or external stakeholders of the Group, are aware of or are the victim of a breach of the Code or of behavior that they consider unethical, they have the right to report such breaches internally (e.g., Ethics Referents, Managers, HR, etc.) and/or via a dedicated and confidential whistleblowing system, the Bel Ethics Line.

The whistleblowing system ensures that all reports are handled appropriately and impartially by the Bel Group, while respecting the principles of confidentiality and protection from retaliation which whistleblowers may benefit.

For more information on the alert modalities and their handling, we invite you to refer to our alert system: Intrabel - BEL alert system (ENG) - 2024_v2.pdf - Tous les documents