02.11.2021.
At the “Criminal Compliance – ISO 37001” conference, Croatian compliance guidelines were presented and were endorsed by the Environmental Protection and Energy Efficiency Fund.Compliance means not only conformity, but doing business in accordance with the laws and regulations as it comprises a number of preventive measures in order to avoid corruptive behaviour in the first place.
These are the first guidelines to introduce high anti-corruption standards for public companies, and private ones that accept them.
ICCrA - Institute for Compliance, Criminal Compliance & Anti-Money Laundering organised a conference at which they presented the guidelines for controlling marketing, compliance of business entities with the existing national and international standards, and prevention of: undesirable corrupt activities, strengthening the system for reporting irregularities, bribery, abuse of power and authority, fraud in public procurement, trading in influence, mobbing, money laundering, etc.
The aim is to implement these guidelines in all business entities in the private and public sectors to strengthen legal security and create a favourable business environment.
The Fund endorsed Croatian Compliance Guidelines, and by signing them the director of the Fund, Siniša Kukić, took on the role of Compliance Ambassador in Croatia. The guidelines were signed by the president of the ICCrA Institute, Davor Iljkić, and on behalf of the director of the Fund his advisor, Ljiljana Bukovec.
The guidelines were endorsed by: the Croatian Employers’ Association, Croatian Chamber of Economy, U.S. Chamber of Commerce, Ministry of Justice and Public Administration, Ministry of Physical Planning, Construction, and State Assets, Janaf d.d., and a number of private and public companies.
