Indicator 1.3.1

Happen anywhere;

Involve anyone;

Take many forms. For example:

A manager buys supplies from a friend and in return, the friend gives 20% of the profits to the manager. This may go as far as the manager excluding other appropriate suppliers from the system of approved suppliers.

A piece of infrastructure has an unsafe mechanism and the owner pays the manager cash to not disclose this at the next audit.

Employee A threatens to provide information to the manager which could get Employee B into trouble or fired, unless Employee A is paid a requested amount of money.

A site owner threatens to hurt the owner of the neighbouring plot of land unless the land-owner agrees to give up some of his land so that the site can build an additional building.

A site manager getting cash from the first point of sale in exchange for under-declaring harvest volumes (i.e. the purchaser receiving more product that they are paying for).

A sourcing manager purchases cheaper non-eligible feed but registers them as eligible and provides documentation falsely declaring it as more costly eligible feed, as financial sourcing performance increases the sourcing manager’s bonus.

A supplier buys a new car for a site manager, in exchange for the site manager giving the sourcing contract to that supplier.

A site pays cash to customs officials to speed up the passage of their feed through the import and export system.

A sustainability manager offers auditors excessive accommodation and lunches to reduce the audit effort or to turn a blind eye to non-conformities.

what these practices involve and how to recognise them.

the policies in place for preventing corruption, including extortion, embezzlement and bribery.