Agrarian Credit Corporation JSC (hereinafter referred to as the Company) highly appreciates its reputation as a reliable and transparent institution for the development of the agro-industrial complex and understands that customers expect an honest, fair and impartial performance by the Company of its tasks and the implementation of state policy.
For this purpose, the Company has established the Anti-Corruption Compliance Service, which ensures control over the Company's compliance with the legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan, internal and external rules, procedures, basic moral and ethical principles of doing business and the corporate governance system.
The main functions of compliance are: prevention and counteraction to the legalization (laundering) of proceeds obtained illegally through the financing of terrorism, as well as the detection and prevention of corruption; effective resolution of conflicts of interest; control over compliance by the Company's employees with the requirements of professional ethics.
In September 2022, Agrarian Credit Corporation JSC became the first of the subsidiaries of Baiterek Holding to pass the ISO 37001 anti-corruption management system certification audit. The management system and anti-corruption policy help to reduce corruption risks, increase business reliability and credibility of the organization. As a result of the audit, a Certificate and a trademark of the certification body were received. This standard is aimed at preventing bribery, increasing competitiveness and trust on the part of customers and the public, ensuring a healthy functioning and competitive environment for the Company and all stakeholders, while strengthening the corporate culture.
The systems of anti-corruption measures in the Company are:
1) anti-corruption monitoring;
2) analysis of corruption risks;
3) formation of an anti-corruption culture;
4) identification of corruptogenic norms in the preparation of internal regulatory documents of the Company;
5) formation and observance of anti-corruption standards;
6) prevention and resolution of conflicts of interest.
Order of the Chairman of the Agency of the Republic of Kazakhstan for Civil Service Affairs and Anti-Corruption dated October 19, 2016 No. 12 approved the Model Rules for Conducting an Internal Analysis of Corruption Risks, in accordance with which, from June 10 to June 30, 2022, the working group created by the order of the Chairman of the Management Board of the Company, an internal analysis of the Company's corruption risks was carried out for the period from January 1, 2021 to December 31, 2021. As a result of which, in the regulatory legal acts affecting the activities of the Company, discretionary powers and norms that contribute to the commission of corruption offenses were not identified;
Based on the results of the analysis, the issued recommendations were implemented, job descriptions were updated, and a responsible person / joint venture was appointed by order of the Chairman of the Management Board for the timely development and updating of job descriptions for the Company's employees.
Anti-Corruption Policy of Agrarian Credit Corporation JSC
In order to prevent, prevent or detect corruption / fraud, employees and clients of the Company may inform the Anti-Corruption Compliance Service / Security Department in any of the following ways that ensure confidentiality:
- Feedback
- Helpline: +7 /701/ 006 18 18 (for reporting corruption and fraudulent activities)
- Working hours: from 9:00 to 18:30, break: from 13:00 to 14:30. Sat, Sun - days off.