All ADEO companies have strong VALUES: TRUST, SHARING, RESPECT, PROXIMITY, and the SPIRIT OF PERFORMANCE which must accompany all behavior and decisions. Our values define our behavior within our companies but also within our ecosystem of customers, suppliers, service providers, administrations, etc.

1. Gifts, invitations, and travel
   • Gifts, invitations, and travel gifts can influence your freedom of judgment in terms of business relationships and also the judgment of your partners.
   • The rule is not to offer anything to our employees in a personal capacity and for our employees not to accept anything.

2. Conflicts of interest
   • We must be particularly vigilant so as to prevent or avoid any conflict of interest between our personal interests and the interests of ADEO. We must always act in the interest of ADEO only, so that neither the reputation of ADEO nor any of its colleagues and employees is harmed.

3. Facilitation payments
   • Facilitation payments, meaning any sum of money or benefit in kind, such as a gift, even modest, paid as a personal benefit to civil servants or employees in the private or public sectors in order to ensure the implementation or acceleration of routine acts (transition through customs, buildings permits, etc.) are prohibited.

4. Non-discrimination and non-harassment
   • The respect due to each employee at his/her place of work is a key value of ADEO. Therefore, any form of harassment is strictly prohibited. Likewise, any discrimination, notably based on origin, sex, disablement, family situation, pregnancy, state of health, sexual orientation, age, political and philosophical opinions, trade-union activities, or the belonging or non-belonging, real or assumed, to an ethnic group, nation or religion, is prohibited.
   • ADEO fully adheres to international laws and agreements that combat these behaviors. Our collaborators come from all walks of life and ADEO considers diversity to be one of its greatest strengths.
   • Our decisions on recruitment, employment, training, remuneration, benefits, and assignment of missions and promotions of Collaborators are based on objective foundations such as qualifications, function, experience, and performance.

5. Relations with suppliers and intermediaries
   • All first-rate suppliers as well as all intermediaries will have to follow a process enabling ADEO to do a background check and to confirm that they do not appear on any international economic sanction lists and Adeo can be sure of their integrity.

6. Accounting control procedures
   • ADEO puts into place accounting controls, and internal or external audits to ensure that books, records, and accounts are not used to hide the facts of corruption and/or trading in influence.

7. Respect International Sanctions
   • ADEO is subject to compliance with applicable laws and international regulations on the control of its imports and exports. ADEO oversees the legality of its commercial exchanges and also ensures that its activities are carried out in full compliance with the economic and financial sanctions regimes imposed by the USA, the United Nations, the European Union, and France.

8. Environmental
   • ADEO and its companies undertake to act in a way that is more respectful of the environment, including all players concerned, from the initial design of products and packaging and during their entire life cycle, relating to several preservation issues: water, the air, climate change, soil, noise, biodiversity, raw materials, and energy.

In case of behavior or situations contrary to the Code of Ethical Conduct and to report this behavior or situation to the company, you can use directly the secure alert channel in place, having the choice between that of your company or that of ADEO SERVICES.

This channel is a tool at your disposal to assist the company and by making the company aware of unlawful and unethical behavior the necessary measures can be implemented to prevent this.

Who does it apply to?
The internal alert channel of your company and ADEO SERVICES reporting channels, enable the collection of information on acts or behavior which are contrary to the Ethical Code of Conduct and can be reported by any colleague, contractor, intern, commercial partner, sub-contractor, supplier, or customer.

The author of the report must act in good faith, that is, without malice or without seeking any personal reward. He must have, at the time of the report, elements allowing him to believe in the veracity of the reported remarks.

1- Confidentiality & Discretion

The person reporting a concern should identify him/herself. In return, ADEO SERVICES and ADEO’s companies have taken all the necessary measures to protect the identity of the “whistle-blower” as well as that of the people concerned by the allegation. The investigations and reports resulting from an allegation will also be treated with the highest confidentiality.

2- Protection of the “whistle-blower”

The person reporting a concern which is done in good faith is protected. Therefore, there will be no sanctions or dismissal, he/she will not be the target of either direct or indirect discrimination even if investigations reveal that the allegations prove unfounded.

Improving homes and the surrounding environment must entail LEROY MERLIN’s participation in the broader debates on these matters. If each LEROY MERLIN company is free to define its own marketing domains in its country, the banner can thus pursue two important themes:

• Thought: which means pooling the knowledge acquired and tested by LEROY MERLIN employees alongside customers with that of experts: researchers, architects, ergonomists, sociologists, and others
• Action: this allows a country to invest financial and human resources to make the resulting decisions a reality for the customer