GLS Compliance

GLS Group Environmental Standard

Guideline for the minimisation of environmental impacts by GLS Group

Guide download

Code of Business Standards

The trust GLS receives from customers, employees, business partners and the public is a top priority for the GLS Group.

To further strengthen this trust, the GLS Group has assigned itself a Code of Business Standards that establishes the fundamental values and standards of behaviour of the company in binding form for all employees.

The GLS Code of Business Standards forms the basis of all business decisions and regulates responsible interaction with all stakeholders.

Code of Business Standards download

German Supply Chain

German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG)

On 01.01.2023, the German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act (LkSG) came into force. As a subsidiary of GLS Verwaltungs- und Service GmbH, we accept your reports of human rights and environmental risks or violations in the supply chain based on this legal regulation through our dedicated ombudsman system. For more information on the LkSG and the complaint procedure, please click on the link below.

 

Supplier Code of Conduct

GLS expects its suppliers to respect the standards laid out in this Supplier Code of Conduct, implement them using appropriate measures and adhere to them in their business activities.

Supplier Code of Conduct download

Whistleblowing / Ombudsman System

The GLS Group has implemented a whistleblowing/ombudsman system to enable employees, business partners and third parties to report in confidence any concerns that they have about criminal acts and similar serious offences.

On such matters all employees, business partners and third parties may contact the

Attorney Dr Rainer Buchert
Kaiserstraße 22
60311 Frankfurt am Main
Germany
Tel: +49 69 710 33 330 or +49 6105 92 1355
Fax: +49 69 710 34 444
E-Mail: kanzlei@dr-buchert.de

Dr Buchert will not consider complaints concerning matters which are not of a criminal or similar serious nature. When in doubt, he will advise on how to proceed.

All complaints will be treated in confidence. Dr Buchert is required by his statutory lawyers’ confidentiality obligations not to disclose the identity of callers without their explicit consent to do otherwise. He also has the right to refuse to give evidence (including the identity of whistleblowers) if requested by a court of law. Complaints to the ombudsman will only be passed on to the GLS Group once the consent of the complainant has been received.

Of course, concerns in respect of the above matters can also be reported to an employee's line manager or other contact person within the GLS Group.

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