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1.3. GOOD PRACTICE AND

CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

QUALITY

Hisdesat fulfils its commitments to This year has also seen the imple-
quality and excellence in a timely mentation of the company’s new
manner, paying special attention to Ethical Code, approved by the Board
procedures and methodologies. In of Directors of Hisdesat. Its aim is to
this context, the company was awar- identify the principles and ethical va-
ded the ISO 9001 Quality Manage- lues that should guide the behaviour
ment System Certificate – valid both of the company´s employees, repre-
nationally and internationally – by sentatives and external collaborators
AENOR in 2008. This certificate has who are involved in the company’s
been renewed for another year after business and activities. It also provi-
a satisfactory audit. des guidelines for relations with su-
ppliers, customers, distributors and
In 2017 Hisdesat obtained the representatives of national or foreign
ISO14001 system of environmental public administrations.
management certification as well as
the ISO 27001 information safety ma- As an ethical, socially responsible and
nagement system certification. environmentally aware organisation,
Hisdesat attaches the highest impor-
tance to the fair treatment of not only
employees, customers and suppliers,
but also the authorities, investors and
the public at large. Likewise, the com-
pany formally expresses its condem-
nation of any form of corruption, as
well as its firm commitment to compl-
ying with the law.

As part of the activities oriented
towards the implementation of cor-
porate governance measures and
good practices, in 2017 the implemen-
tation of the Internal Financial Infor-
mation Control System (SCIIF) was
completed. In addition, the system for
the control and monitoring of risks
(operational, economic, commercial,
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