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Whis­tleblower pro­tec­tion across the group: ALPLA Group chooses otris soft­ware

The ALPLA Group’s in­nov­at­ive re­cyc­ling solu­tions help to keep plastics in the ma­ter­i­al cycle world­wide. With more than 23,000 em­ploy­ees and 190 branches in 46 coun­tries, the company is a global player. ALPLA uses otris soft­ware solu­tions to im­ple­ment in­tern­al and ex­tern­al com­pli­ance re­quire­ments. Group cap­ab­il­ity, mul­ti­lin­gual­ism and ease of use were im­port­ant cri­ter­ia in the se­lec­tion process.

In­ter­na­tion­al stand­ards – legally com­pli­ant solu­tion
In Austria, the Whis­tleblower Pro­tec­tion Act (HSchG) passed the Federal Council on 16 Feb­ru­ary this year and thus came into force. For ALPLA, it was already clear in the run-up to the legal de­cision that the group would not want to do without the ad­vant­ages of a digital whis­tleblow­ing system in order to meet in­tern­al as well as ex­tern­al com­pli­ance re­quire­ments. After re­search­ing the market, the company opted for the otris whis­tleblow­ing system. “Par­tic­u­larly im­port­ant for us are com­pli­ance with the EU Whis­tleblower Dir­ect­ive in terms of an­onym­ity, com­pli­ance of work­flows, ad­her­ence to dead­lines and user-friend­li­ness: otris was able to con­vince us,” Chris­ti­an Sparl, Head of Legal at the ALPLA Group, ex­plains the de­cision. Fur­ther­more, the solu­tion scored with an optimal price-per­form­ance ratio.

Op­er­a­tion in the otris cloud – a solu­tion with a future
The in­teg­ra­tion of the soft­ware into the ex­ist­ing IT ar­chi­tec­ture was straight­for­ward: Op­er­a­tion in the otris cloud enabled rapid company-wide de­ploy­ment of the ap­plic­a­tion. After a few ad­just­ments, the system was ready for op­er­a­tion and ac­cess­ible to whis­tleblowers via a link on the ALPLA website. “We are now waiting to see what re­quire­ments we will have to meet, es­pe­cially in the in­ter­na­tion­al context, but we believe that otris whis­tleblow­ing is the best way to meet them,” says Chris­ti­an Sparl, looking to the future with a relaxed at­ti­tude.

„With otris, we have a re­li­able and trust­worthy partner at our side for the im­ple­ment­a­tion of com­pli­ance re­quire­ments.“

Chris­ti­an Sparl
Head of Legal, ALPLA Gruppe

An­onym­ity and mul­ti­lin­gual­ism
ALPLA at­taches par­tic­u­lar im­port­ance to the pos­sib­il­ity for whis­tleblowers to submit their reports an­onym­ously. “Of course, we also treat non-an­onym­ous reports with the utmost care and con­fid­en­ti­al­ity. But an an­onym­ous re­port­ing channel con­sid­er­ably in­creases ac­cept­ance among the re­port­ers and we can reach people much more easily who point out par­tic­u­larly im­port­ant facts,” ex­plains Chris­ti­an Sparl. The pos­sib­il­ity of sub­mit­ting reports in many dif­fer­ent lan­guages is also a high pri­or­ity for the glob­ally active group.

Hol­ist­ic com­pli­ance man­age­ment with otris com­pli­ance SUITE
Pre­ven­tion, edu­ca­tion and the or­gan­isa­tion of meas­ures play a de­cis­ive role in com­pli­ance man­age­ment at the ALPLA Group. The whis­tleblow­ing system is an im­port­ant com­pon­ent in this context in order to raise po­ten­tial for im­prove­ment, to comply with legal doc­u­ment­a­tion re­quire­ments and to avoid damage to the company’s repu­ta­tion. Com­pli­ance with legal re­quire­ments and the stand­ards set by the company itself are also the focus of the current otris project: ALPLA is op­tim­ising risk and policy man­age­ment with the spe­cial­ist solu­tions otris risk and otris policy. Chris­ti­an Sparl is looking forward to further co­oper­a­tion and sums up: “With otris soft­ware AG, we have a re­li­able and trust­worthy partner for the im­ple­ment­a­tion of com­pli­ance re­quire­ments at our side”.

About ALPLA Group
The ALPLA Group pro­duces in­nov­at­ive pack­aging systems, bottles, clos­ures and in­jec­tion moulded parts for a wide range of in­dus­tries. State-of-the-art tech­no­lo­gies as well as the know­ledge and com­mit­ment of the 23,300 em­ploy­ees in the 190 loc­a­tions world­wide dis­tin­guish the company and its products. Sus­tain­ab­il­ity and the climate-friendly use of re­sources are the found­a­tions of the company’s busi­ness activ­it­ies. With many years of ex­per­i­ence in re­cyc­ling and its own re­cyc­ling plants, ALPLA helps to ensure that plastics remain in the ma­ter­i­al cycle.

Picture credits:
The photos used (banner, quote) were kindly provided by ALPLA.

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