Communication
Communication initiatives that are aimed at publicizing and ensuring the transparency of all compliance actions implemented by the company, as well as guiding, raising awareness about, and answering possible questions of the various stakeholders.
Communication initiatives that are aimed at publicizing and ensuring the transparency of all compliance actions implemented by the company, as well as guiding, raising awareness about, and answering possible questions of the various stakeholders.
In addition, we make a specific page on compliance issues available on the intranet featuring the main actions implemented, the corporate guidelines, other internal procedures, the legislation, and important documents, such as the Code of Ethical Conduct and the Compliance Program.
Training
We continually deepen the workforce’s knowledge on corporate guidelines, requirements, and legal responsibilities. We also hold training actions to identify, prevent, treat, and communicate situations of risk, misconduct, or conduct with signs of fraud and corruption in our business deals.
We implement specific training for those who hold positions that are at higher risk so that they can understand the exposure of their attributions and the care they must take while doing their work.
Due to the importance of the reach of this knowledge, we add, as an eligibility criterion to the process of Merit Increase, the - successfully and within the agreed deadlines - completion of the annual training on the subject of compliance and ethics, in addition to proof of execution of the Code of Ethical Conduct of the Company.
Compliance Agents
To collaborate with the compliance actions, we have several professionals who act as Compliance Agents in all organizational units, with a commitment to disseminate the compliance culture, encouraging, in their areas, discussions that include compliance with domestic laws and regulations, especially those related to the combating fraud, corruption, and money laundering.
Audits
Internal Auditing
Organizational unit linked to the Board of Directors, responsible for conducting activities in planning, executing, and evaluating internal audit activities and for advising the Board of Directors, Audit Committee, the Office of the President, and the Executive Board in controlling the Company’s main operations, in addition to for meeting the demands of the Audit Committee and external control bodies aiming to strengthen management, internal controls, and risk mitigation.
External Auditing
Company chosen by Petrobras’ Board of Directors, that is independent and impartial and whose basic attribution is to make sure that the financial statements adequately reflect the Company’s reality.