Whistleblowing

Do you need to make a report?

We want to do the right thing

FSP wishes to act according to its values in an open and transparent manner and therefore maintain an ethical channel (whistleblowing) with which FSP’s employees and stakeholders may confidentially report incidents regarding potential illegal activities or other activities that go against FSP’s values and ethical principles.

Our Whistleblowing service

The channel is meant for all who have seen, know of or suspect possible illegal activity or an activity that goes against FSP’s ethical guidelines in any of the companies that belong to the FSP.

You can also report any activity that goes against the Market abuse regulation (MAR), the Finnish Securities Market Act and any official guidelines and other regulations related to them through this channel.

This ethical channel is operated and managed by an independent service provider BDO Oy (BDO). The service is offered in Finland, where Finnish legislation is also applied to it.

The technical implementation and maintenance of the reporting channel is the responsibility of our independent partner, WhistleB, Whistleblowing Centre.

How can I use the Whistleblowing service?

We encourage you to share your concerns as specifically as possible. This will help to investigate and resolve the issue, and to do this in the most efficient manner.

All reports made concerning a suspected violation of the ethical guidelines will be handled confidentially and investigated in a non-partisan manner as described below.

Your report will be handled securely

FSP and BDO guarantee that the identity of the person making a report will be protected and everything will be handled confidentially. The reporting process is encrypted and password-protected. FSP and BDO guarantee that all communications via the Ethical channel will stay within the chosen level of anonymity and will be confidential unless otherwise agreed.

BDO and FSP do not collect any digital footprints regarding the use of the site.

How the reports are handled

FSP ensures that its employers do not encounter any negative consequences regarding their employment relationship due to filing a report.

All reports received via the ethical channel will be handled in the following manner to protect the person filing the report, and to ensure a non-partisan investigation:

• BDO registers all reports
• BDO assesses the severity and the credibility of the report
• BDO makes a recommended plan of action and issues it with the report to FSP’s CEO, leading legal counsel and inspection committee’s chairman. No-one will receive or handle a report concerning themselves.
• The report is anonymized if requested by the person who filed it.
• FSP’s leading legal counsel determines the actions to be taken.
• All reports are handled according to their severity. Some reports may be solved without a formal investigation. The investigation will be handed over to officials as needed, and always when the law requires to do so. FSP can seek assistance from an external party or from BDO to investigate the incident.
• Any reports received via the channel will be kept for as long as the law requires and/or permits. After that, all personal information in the reports will be anonymized and/or deleted.