JBS’ due diligence system, which provides a reputation assessment on third parties interested in partnerships with the Company completed almost 10,000 analyses in 2019. The assessment considers data from the interested companies and crosses such data with databases from public organizations, internal lists, keywords in search engines and international embargo lists, amongst others.
The third parties assessed that present any non-compliance are automatically blocked and go through a second checking procedure made by the compliance area. The Company has enhanced the system and expects to increase the number of assessments per month.
Also in 2019, JBS coordinated 45,000 hours of training, 37,000 of them focused on the Code of Conduct and Ethics, which was completed by more than 115,000 Team Members in Brazil, and 8,000 hours were focused on anti-corruption, reaching over 16,000 Team Members. The actions reinforce the evolution and expansion of compliance initiatives from JBS.
In 2020, JBS will continue to invest in the qualification of its Team Members, as a crucial pillar of our compliance programme. Training sessions will include topics such as conflicts of interests and a review of the anti-corruption content.
“We are fulfilling our duty as a leader in global food safety. This includes raising awareness amongst members of our team and partners to positively influence the value chain. . The volume of training completed so far is evident in the daily routine of our workforce across our operations,” states the global Compliance director, Marcelo Proença.
Lecture in Japan
Proença went to Japan in December 2019 to present JBS’ compliance practices at the Keio University, in Tokyo. In the audience, in addition to the university students, there were Seara Team Members headquartered at the Company’s office in the Japanese capital.