The Code of Ethics for Business Partners (“Code”) outlines Greenify Energies’s expectations regarding ethical and business standards. Below are the General Ethical Standards:
Compliance with Laws, Rules and Regulations
Business Partners should operate in full compliance with the laws of their respective countries and with all other applicable laws, rules, and regulations. This should include, but is not limited to, applicable U.S. export control laws and regulations, as well as applicable laws of other countries.
Conflict of Interest
Any employee of a Business Partner who has a personal, business or financial interest that is incompatible with the loyalty and responsibility owed to Greenify Energies should be reported to Greenify Energies.
Equal Employment Opportunity, Anti-Harassment and Sexual Harassment
Business Partners should provide a workplace free of harassment and discrimination. Discrimination by reason of race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, age, disability, national origin, or any other factor made unlawful by applicable laws and regulations is not condoned.
Political Payments
Business Partners should not use any funds or assets to assist any candidate or nominee to gain political office, or to assist any political parties or committees generally, unless permitted by law and, if required, approved in advance by the relevant authorities.
Proprietary Data
Business Partners should take reasonable precautions to protect the confidentiality of Greenify Energies’s proprietary data and deal with them in accordance with any agreements concerning their use or disclosure.
Use of Personal Data
Business Partners should treat personal data of Greenify Energies employees in accordance with applicable data protection laws and any other applicable laws, rules or regulations.
Insider Information and Securities Trading
Business Partners should not buy or sell Greenify Energies stock or other Greenify Energies securities, or direct someone else to buy or sell on their behalf or on behalf of other parties if they have knowledge of material inside information that has not been made public.
Business Integrity
Any corruption, extortion and/or embezzlement is prohibited. Business Partners should not pay or accept bribes or participate in other illegal inducements in business or government relationships and should comply with all applicable anti-corruption laws such as the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act and the UK Bribery Act. Gifts, for whatever reason, are discouraged.
Antitrust / Competition Laws
Business Partners should comply with Antitrust/Competition Laws and should not enter into any understanding, agreement or plan, express or implied, formal or informal, written or oral, with a competitor with regard to prices, terms or conditions of sale or service, production, distribution, territories or customers. Business Partners should not exchange or discuss with a competitor prices, terms or conditions of sale or service, or other competitive information, or engage in any other conduct that violates any of these laws. If a Business Partner identifies what could be an antitrust/anticompetition problem, he should notify Greenify Energies promptly.
Health, Safety and Environment
Business Partners should be committed to compliance with all federal, state and local laws and regulations that apply to its operations, including those concerning health, safety and environment anywhere in the world.