Rabobank Nederland and the local Rabobanks have a Regulation on the Internal Reporting of
Malpractice (whistleblower regulation). Under this regulation, an external confidential contact
person has been appointed to whom employees can report malpractices. Employees at a
number of Rabobank Nederland subsidiaries can also make use of this regulation, while
Robeco, Rabo Real Estate Group, De Lage Landen and Friesland Bank have their own internal
whistleblower regulations. Employees of foreign branches can use local whistleblower
regulations or the Trusted Persons Network (TPN) offered by KPMG.
In 2012, the external confidential contact person received ten reports from employees.
He referred two of these cases to the Whistleblower Regulation Confidential Committee for
discussion. Seven cases did not come under the whistleblower regulation, and the persons who
reported them were referred to another regulation where necessary. The confidential contact
person received another report at the end of 2012, but at the time of writing he had not yet
decided on how the case should be handled. In addition, the external confidential contact
person received two reports through the TPN. One of these cases was submitted to the
Confidential Committee in 2012; while the other will be dealt with by the Committee in 2013.
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