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0 300 600 900 1,200 1,500 Special training Basic compliance knowledge 2019 526 238 2020 1,387 597 4. Ethics and governance 4. Ethics and governance 4.1 Compliance Compliance means ensuring adherence to laws and internal rules, to which the company independently undertakes to adhere. For Festo, upholding integrity and responsibility towards people and the environment is elementary. At all our locations, we attach great importance to acting ethically, legally and in accordance with the rules. Compliance management system (CMS) Festo has a zero-tolerance policy. This means that every violation will receive an appropriate sanction. In order to systematically ensure the avoidance of legal and reputational risks, Festo set up a compliance management system back in 2012, which controls and monitors the activities required to prevent legal violations. This is continuously expanded worldwide.  GRI 102-17 To ensure and further raise awareness, 6,431 employees world- wide were trained on compliance from 2016 to 2020. These train- ing courses were conducted by Corporate Compliance, the Regional Compliance Officers and the 62 Local Compliance Officers, among others. Whistle-blower portal Our whistle-blower portal was converted to the new Halo system in 2020 and complies with the requirements of EU Directive 2019/1937. It enables employees and business partners world- wide to anonymously and safely report any misconduct or viola- tions of our Code of Conduct (CoC) or the applicable law without fear of reprisals. You can find the link and additional information on the whistle-blower portal at  www.festo.com/compliance Regular review of CMS and business partners Observance and implementation of the compliance regulations are subject to regular audits by the group auditing department. In addition, our compliance management system has been regularly audited by external auditors since 2015. No legal proceedings have been initiated due to anti-competitive behaviour or the for- mation of cartels and monopolies.  GRI 206-1 Since 2020, Festo has systematically checked selected business partners for regulatory requirements with the help of Dow Jones. This also ensures that we enter into ethically sound business rela- tionships. Compliance guidelines 2020  GRI 102-16 1) Code of Conduct 2) Supplier Code of Conduct (from 2021: Code of Conduct for Business Partners) 3) Anti-Corruption Policy 4) Antitrust (Antitrust Law) 5) Exclusion list of industries: Weapons and nuclear industry  GRI 1 02-11 GRI 205-2: Information and training on anti-corruption strategies and measures Guidelines for internal and external documents Our compliance guidelines include both internal and external doc- uments and are accessible to every employee. Until 2020, our sup- pliers were obligated to adhere to the Supplier Code of Conduct. At the turn of the year 2020/2021, this code was replaced by the Code of Conduct for Business Partners, which has since been a binding document for all our business partners. Both the Code of Conduct and the Code of Conduct for Business Partners are available for download in several languages on our corporate website.  www.festo.com/compliance Compliance training offer The Festo compliance training offer consists of basic compliance knowledge, special training and mandatory web-based training for all employees with system access. The central focus of the basic compliance knowledge is on the con- tents of our Code of Conduct as well as the internal compliance regulations. Basic compliance knowledge was also provided in 2020 in web-based training and at onboarding events at the Esslin- gen headquarters and in almost all national Festo companies. Within the framework of the special training courses, further focus areas of compliance are addressed in depth. 38 39 Festo SE & Co. KG Sustainability Report 2020 Festo SE & Co. KG Sustainability Report 2020