Use this whistleblower portal as a confidential communication channel to report human rights and environmental risks as well as violations of human rights-related or environmental obligations within the meaning of the German Act on Corporate Due Diligence Obligations in Supply Chains (LkSG) that have been caused by the economic activities of a company in the business environment of IREKS GmbH (IREKS) or by a direct supplier.
The complaints procedure is free and accessible regardless of whether the whistleblower is employed by IREKS. IREKS maintains confidentiality of identity and ensures protection against discrimination or penalisation on the basis of a complaint.
The rules of procedure for the complaints channel can be found at the following link: rules of procedure of IREKS GmbH about the complaints procedure.
The complaints procedure is free and accessible regardless of whether the whistleblower is employed by IREKS. IREKS maintains confidentiality of identity and ensures protection against discrimination or penalisation on the basis of a complaint.
The rules of procedure for the complaints channel can be found at the following link: rules of procedure of IREKS GmbH about the complaints procedure.
Your complaint or report will be processed by the Director of our Group Legal Department based at Lichtenfelser Straße 20, D-95326 Kulmbach (report centre).
Please note that communication with you will only take place via this whistleblower portal in order to maintain confidentiality. It is therefore necessary for you to make note of the password provided on the confirmation page after submitting the complaint in this whistleblower system or to use the option of downloading and saving the corresponding access data. Please also treat your access data as confidential.
In addition to using this online report channel, you can make a complaint in German (or English) via telephone at any time by calling the German telephone number +49 (0) 9221 / 706 6333. Your complaint will be recorded on an answering machine that can only be listened to by the report centre. Please indicate a telephone number, e-mail address or other means of contact, so that we are able to provide feedback on your report.
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How our whistleblower system helps protect your privacy
- No identifying information is provided to the contacts.
- Your message will be stylometrically redacted to provide you with an even higher level of anonymity. We remove all punctuation and convert all words to lowercase."
- All information is end-to-end encrypted, so your sensitive information remains safe.
What you can do to protect yourself
- You are not on the corporate network (Internet/VPN).
- You should not use a device (smartphone, computer, etc) that is provided by your employer.
- You should not use the kinds of idioms or abbreviations that you frequently use in conversations or when writing emails.