Building a culture of transparency

When we speak of transparency, we refer to the commitment to carry out our activities through practices and methods that, in the presence of others, have nothing to hide. Under that premise, this value is essential to how we relate to other individuals and organizations; when others perceive us as transparent, we transmit a feeling of trust that facilitates and improves our relationships.

For this reason, transparency is of great importance for companies, in terms of being able to have a good relationship with their customers, suppliers and other stakeholders. This is achieved through the implementation of measures to counteract or avoid actions that go against ethical principles. This is even more necessary in companies that are part of key sectors for the development of the country.

Promoting good corporate values

In our commitment to promote the value of transparency inside and outside the organization, we at Enel Colombia participate in an audit process conducted by RINA, a certifying organization with the authority to evaluate the performance of companies in anti-corruption issues, and between November and December 2018 it carried out the verification process of the international standard of the ISO 37001 standard by the Enel Group companies in the country.

Based on the results of this audit, we obtained the Anti-Bribery Management System Certification, which is an ISO 37001 standard accreditation that accredits our system as capable of helping to prevent, detect and manage bribery risk in the most appropriate way, and It also evidences to the different interest groups our commitment to zero tolerance towards corruption and bribery, strengthening the ethical culture, good corporate governance and the implementation of good practices in our processes and activities with suppliers, subcontractors, among others.

Obtaining this certification is also a way to motivate other companies in the country to join the commitment to work with transparency and to strengthen a culture focused on ethics and good corporate governance.

“With the anti-bribery certification we generate value for the company, first internally because it shows our employees that the company carries out its processes in a transparent manner, builds trust in the different actors, and acts responsibly with its acquired commitments. And at an external level it gives a sign of corporate maturity and shows that we are committed to honestly complying with the rules”

– Eugenio Belinchong, Audit Manager.

Tools to achieve transparency

The Anti-Bribery Management System Certification is one more step that Enel Colombia takes towards the pursuit of excellence in our anti-corruption practices, and is the result of the work we have done for more than 10 years with our Compliance Program, which covers a series of initiatives, protocols and activities, to avoid the risk of fraud, corruption and other crimes by our employees, suppliers and contractors.

One of the tools in this program is the zero tolerance plan against corruption, which defines our actions and identifies possible corruption risks, while creating controls to avoid or detect these events in time. In this way we identify the areas of our company with potential corruption risks, such as those in charge of bidding contracts. We also devise ways to avoid bribing, gifts, and deals that may favor any of the parties involved.

Likewise, we seek to create spaces for our workers to join our zero tolerance against corruption vision. For this we carry out regular activities, training programs and build dissemination strategies to promote good practices and raise awareness of our policies on issues of ethics, crime management and anti-corruption practices.