Ethics and Conduct

Manuel Champalimaud Group is committed to creating sustainable value for present and future generations. Being aware of the demanding objectives that we set ourselves within the scope of this commitment, the way in which we pave our way towards achieving them and safeguarding the integration of the Group's values and ethical principles in all of our decisions and actions, is an essential condition for ensuring that this mission is upheld.

Our guiding values and principles
Code of Conduct
It establishes the set of principles and values regarding professional conduct, ethics and deontology that must be recognized and adopted by all those who work for the Manuel Champalimaud Group.

The Code of Conduct of the Manuel Champalimaud Group (Manuel Champalimaud SGPS, S.A. and any of the companies in which Manuel Champalimaud SGPS, S.A. holds a stake of more than fifty per cent of the respective capital) is also a reference for the outside world, concerning the standards of conduct applied by the Group in its dealings with third parties, to encourage the creation of a climate of trust with all the entities that have dealings with it.

See the document here:
Code of Conduct

Transparency and prevention of corruption
It formalizes a set of rules to ensure that the GMC's activities are carried out ethically, with integrity, and transparency.

In the Manuel Champalimaud Group, the Regulatory Compliance Program for Transparency and Prevention of Corruption is made up of a Compliance Program, supported by: 

  1. A reinforced governance model, which includes the appointment of an Executive Director (CCO) with responsibility for Compliance.
  2. The appointment of a Compliance Officer, responsible for the regulatory compliance.
  3. In the Code of Conduct.
  4. A Plan for the Prevention of Risks of Corruption and Related Offenses (PPR), which includes:
    1. the identification, analysis and classification of risks and situations that may expose the Group to acts of corruption and related offences; and
    2. the preventive and corrective measures to be implemented to reduce the probability of occurrence and the impact of the risks and situations identified.
  5. A set of other policies that fall under the General Regime for the Prevention of Corruption.
  6. Internal policies and procedures across the entire Group.
  7. A continuous improvement and training/awareness program covering the entire Group and all its stakeholders. 

Manuel Champalimaud Group also seeks to ensure an adequate control environment, a robust risk management system and a continuous monitoring process.

Reporting Irregularities
Internal whistleblowing channel for reporting irregularities at Manuel Champalimaud SGPS, S.A. or any of its subsidiaries.

At the Manuel Champalimaud Group, irregularities can be reported in writing to:

or in alternative

  • letter, to the attention of the Chairman of the Ethics Committee, at the following address: Avenida Duque de Ávila, n.º 79, 1000-139 Lisboa

Communications may be anonymous or may identify the whistleblower.
Whistleblowing regulations establish the internal rules and procedures applicable to receiving, registering and processing reports made through this mechanism. 

See the document here:
Whistleblowing Regulations

Regulatory Compliance Program
See here other documents within the scope of the Manuel Champalimaud Group's Regulatory Compliance Program: