HIVEGLOBAL CODE OF ETHICS

Our company is fully aware of the extent of its responsibilities. Through its activities, HIVEGLOBAL builds relationships on a daily basis with a wide range of partners and stakeholders. Despite their great diversity, our interactions, projects and initiatives all share a common thread. They are based on principles of conduct on which we will not compromise: strict compliance with regulations, the fight against discrimination, the prevention of all forms of harassment, and honesty in all circumstances.

This collective code of conduct guides HIVEGLOBAL every day in its many activities. It is based on everyone’s commitment to putting into practice the principles of solidarity, efficiency and loyalty that guide us, the main ways of implementing which are set out in this code of ethics.

OUR COMMITMENTS TO PROFESSIONAL ETHICS

HIVEGLOBAL’s raison d’être is to become the leading player among socially responsible European companies and to facilitate inclusion in order to promote employment.

The company carries out its work in accordance with its values:

• Solidarity & Social Utility
• Openness & Proximity
• Fairness & Transparency
• Commitment & Service

Enabling the company to fulfil its mission in accordance with its values requires each and every one of us to demonstrate solidarity, efficiency and loyalty. This charter sets out and illustrates the conduct we are committed to upholding within the company and specifies the types of behaviour that are prohibited.

Implementation and promotion of the charter

The Code of Ethics is a tool designed to guide the conduct of those covered by the Code. It also serves as a reminder to everyone of the best practices expected of them. The company provides access to a whistleblowing scheme so that anyone witnessing a breach of the principles set out in the Code can report it anonymously.

The company’s directors, senior executives and managers bear a particular responsibility for disseminating, promoting and implementing the Code. They take particular care to ensure that their own conduct sets an example in the course of their work within the company.

Compliance with the laws and regulations governing our business

The company’s activities are conducted within a legal and regulatory framework that applies to all persons covered by this charter. Our charter complements this framework without replacing it.

The company implements internal policies, charters and procedures designed to ensure compliance with these regulations.

These bring the relevant texts to the attention of those covered by the charter and encourage their adoption. In return, these individuals undertake to familiarise themselves with them and to comply with them.

SOLIDARITY, A CORE VALUE OF OUR COMPANY

We, the signatories to this charter, undertake to behave with respect and kindness towards our colleagues, other companies and their employees, our clients and our shareholders, and more generally towards anyone we encounter in the course of our work within the company.

We act in good faith in all circumstances and do not take any action that could be contrary to the interests of HIVEGLOBAL. In case of doubt, everyone must be able to raise the matter with their peers or line managers.

We are committed to complying with the circulars issued by HIVEGLOBAL’s governance body and to doing everything within our power to ensure that our organisation’s activities are conducted in accordance with these guidelines.

The law prohibits any form of discrimination against any of our stakeholders (shareholders, customers, employees, etc.). We take care to prevent any form of harassment and report situations we witness or experience to our line managers or via the whistleblowing scheme.

The company’s success is everyone’s responsibility: being part of HIVEGLOBAL commits us collectively to a culture of mutual support and collaboration between entities, teams and employees, directors or board members, which may take the form of participation in cross-functional projects, professional mobility or mutual assistance.

EFFICIENCY: THE ESSENTIAL DRIVING FORCE BEHIND A COMPANY’S SUCCESS

Professional secrecy

We are committed to respecting the confidentiality of information obtained from our shareholders, customers, employees and stakeholders in the course of our business.

No personal or financial data shall be disclosed except where necessary for administrative purposes or in cases provided for by law and established procedures. In particular, we undertake to disclose information relating to a client’s file only to the client themselves, which excludes any disclosure to a relative.

We are personally committed to maintaining the strictest confidentiality regarding the information we receive, the discussions in which we participate and the decisions taken. In particular, where we hold non-public information about the organisation in which we serve as a director, we refrain from using or disclosing such information.

Fight against money laundering and terrorist financing

All HIVEGLOBAL employees must contribute to the fight against money laundering and terrorist financing. As employees of an organisation directly involved in this initiative, we comply with these obligations when processing client files. We pay particular attention to the identity of our clients and the consistency of the information they provide, and report any anomalies in accordance with the procedures put in place by our organisation.

Maintaining and improving our skills

Whatever role we play within the company, our effectiveness depends on our skills: we are committed to maintaining and improving our skill levels through active participation in the training programmes offered by the company.

LOYALTY, A PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO SERVING EVERYONE

Respect for the company’s positions and image

We are committed to expressing HIVEGLOBAL’s position and the guidelines set by its governance bodies within the company’s forums in which we are called upon to represent HIVEGLOBAL.

In order to protect the company’s image, we are bound by a duty of confidentiality and discretion in the performance of our duties within HIVEGLOBAL, as well as in any communications we may post on social media in particular. We shall only associate HIVEGLOBAL with our posts on public social media if we are expressly authorised to do so.

Exercise of mandates

We are committed to complying with the relevant legal provisions and the rules set out by the company’s governance structure regarding conflicts of interest.

Fight against corruption

We formally refrain from initiating or responding to any attempt at corruption, whether active or passive.

As such, we specifically refrain from soliciting or accepting any financial compensation, in any form whatsoever, from a shareholder, supplier, customer, or service provider, and from benefiting or allowing our relatives to benefit from free or reduced-price services or work.

The company reaffirms its commitment to combating corruption through its Code of Conduct, which sets out and illustrates these rules, which we are committed to upholding.

Conflicts of interest

Any one of us may face a potential conflict of interest when our personal interests, whether direct or indirect, influence the impartial performance of our duties within the company.

We are committed to avoiding such situations.

If a conflict of interest arises, we must report it immediately and take all measures within our power to resolve the conflict.

Depending on our position within the company, we should speak to our line manager and/or Human Resources, or the department to which we belong.

We refrain from using any inside information to which we have access in the course of our work within the company for our own personal gain or for the gain of any other person. We only engage in patronage or sponsorship activities strictly within the scope of the entity’s corporate purpose.

Respect for the principle of fairness

We are committed to treating those who request our services, as well as shareholders, candidates, etc., with respect, courtesy, and kindness. We review applications in strict compliance with regulations and ensure that all applicants are treated fairly.

In particular, we strictly refrain from giving preferential treatment to applications submitted by our relatives or from soliciting such favours, as well as from deriving any personal benefit from the activities of any company entity.

As HIVEGLOBAL staff, we refrain from soliciting our entity or any of its subsidiaries for any reason whatsoever other than in the course of our duties.

Protection of company assets

We ensure that the company’s assets and expertise are protected and respected, and that the resources entrusted to us are used appropriately. By avoiding waste and misuse, we do our bit to keep operating costs under control, so that the company can devote the majority of its resources to its development objectives.

ETHICS AT HIVEGLOBAL

HIVEGLOBAL’s Ethics Committee is responsible for dealing with ethical issues within the company.

It proposes to management any additions or amendments that may be necessary to the charter.

On its own initiative or at the request of any part of the organisation, it provides advice to management on the implementation of the principles set out in the charter and examines specific cases referred to it by those covered by the charter.

As a founding text with operational scope, this charter is subject to change in line with its collective adoption.

Management