Whistleblowing Channel

To promote an open, transparent, and safe culture, we have launched a whistleblowing channel. This initiative is grounded in the Whistleblower Protection Act and the European Union's Whistleblower Protection Directive, which form the legal basis for implementing the Whistleblower Reporting System.

The whistleblowing channel provides a confidential mechanism for reporting suspected misconduct or policy violations for internal investigation. Reports in the whistleblowing channel can be submitted anonymously.

We encourage Raute employees to raise your concern or suspicion about violating the company's Code of Conduct directly with your line manager, a member of management, or local HR. If direct discussion is not possible or does not resolve the issue, you can always use this channel to report the matter. The whistleblowing platform is designed to protect your identity, and you can choose to report anonymously. The whistleblowing channel is also available to Raute's external stakeholders.

All reports will be treated confidentially and in a way that protects the privacy of the whistleblower and the subject. Personal data is processed in accordance with the obligations under the Data Protection Act (1050/2018).

At the end of the reporting process, you will receive a personal code to track the progress of the report.

If you have filed a report and loose the case code, we will ask you to file a new report referring to your original report. This will allow us to continue the investigation in cooperation with you.

You can report here: www.firstwhistle.fi/raute

For more information on how to report, please visit our service provider's website at

https://www.juuriharja.fi/en/for-whistleblower-faq

If our internal channel does not work, you can report abuse under the Whistleblower Protection Act to the Chancellor of Justice's centralized external reporting channel. Please note that to qualify for whistleblower protection, irregularities in the organization's operations should be reported primarily
through our internal reporting channel.

A report can be filed on the basis of suspicion and without actual evidence, as long as it is made honestly and in good faith. Whistleblowing reports are handled by our internal Ethics team, who will launch the necessary investigations. Case management is confidential. Confidentiality also applies when the whistleblower reveals their identity. 

If the report concerns one of the case managers, they are not involved in the case management and investigation of the case.

Once received, we will acknowledge receipt of your report within 7 days. If necessary, we will ask you for further information during the investigation. This step will also be done through the channel, confidentially and anonymously. We will inform you of the outcome of the investigation via the First Whistle within 3 months of the notification.