For Drees & Sommer, compliance is an essential component of responsible and successful corporate management. The objective of our comprehensive compliance processes is to ensure that all employees and governing bodies of companies in the Drees & Sommer group act in accordance with the law. Our certified compliance management system ensures that all principles and measures have been established in a risk-oriented manner and integrated into our processes: We provide training for our managers and our employees, and we've implemented control and monitoring equipment, and set up channels for reporting any suspected issues. 

The primary goal for Drees & Sommer is to be a reliable partner, always, both to our customers and to our business partners. This is our fundamental outlook, forming the foundation of our "Success with Integrity" statement, which is a part of our corporate philosophy, as well as being in our Code of Conduct. Both sets of rules are an integral part of the compliance management system and the employment relationship for all our employees. Anyone acting in contravention of the principles defined in the Code of Conduct, is going against the cornerstone of our corporate values. Compliance failures will not be tolerated and will be rigorously pursued.

We have a reporting system available for use by our employees and our business partners, if they suspect a compliance failure. Reports to Drees & Sommer can be made either to the internal Reporting Office, or to the Compliance Officer, or anonymously to our external legal ombudsperson. The Drees & Sommer Group  Whistleblower Policy  specifies the points of contact and defines the structure for this reporting process.

Our supply chain – LkSG

Drees & Sommer is committed to environmentally and socially responsible corporate management. We are equally committed to the observance of internationally recognized human rights and to the protection of the environment within our value chains and supply chains. Our goal is to ensure that, not only do we prevent human rights violations and contraventions of environmental laws, but we also achieve continuous improvements in these areas. 

Since 2023, Drees & Sommer has been governed by the LkSG (the German supply chain due diligence act). You can read our report on our compliance with the LkSG due diligence requirements in the 2023 financial year here. The basis for our responsibility is our human rights strategy, which is enshrined in our policy statement on respect for human rights.

Any reports of potential human rights violations or other infringements, or potential environmental risks are received by our Complaints Office . Our process and the internal organizational structure we have established for handling and dealing with this type of information are defined in our LkSG Rules of Procedure.  

OCCUPATIONAL HEALTH AND SAFETY AT DREES & SOMMER

Our Occupational Safety Policy provides a framework for our occupational health and safety objectives. Since 2021, we have had a certified Occupational Health and Safety Management System (AMS) in place, to ensure full coordination of all related elements and activities in accordance with ISO 45001.

QUALITY AT DREES & SOMMER

Drees & Sommer has been certified since 1995 in accordance with the internationally recognized Quality Management Standard ISO 9001 .