Ethics & Compliance

Albemarle is fully committed to working with integrity. Doing what is right, and doing what we say we will do, is our starting point for everything. We care as much about how results are achieved as we do about the results themselves, and we have a responsibility to operate our business in a transparent and ethical manner.

Our Approach

Our Chief Compliance Officer is responsible for our comprehensive ethics and compliance program. We report on emerging compliance risks and the status of our program to the Audit and Finance Committee on a quarterly basis. Our approach to business ethics is directed by our code of conduct, which provides an overview of our expectations and standards for ethical behavior and compliance, as applied in day-to-day employee activities.

Programs & Initiatives

• We require our workforce to complete annual code of conduct training and provide additional in-depth compliance training to employees according to potential ethics and compliance risks they might face. 
   
• We conduct periodic assessments of specific ethics and compliance risks of importance to our stakeholders, such as anti-corruption. These assessments also involve an assessment of the effectiveness of our existing controls and are reported in a manner consistent with our ERM framework.
• We conduct real-time analytics to provide us with insight into our ethics and compliance program and to help us direct resources where needed.
• When employees or other stakeholders recognize or suspect activity that is potentially in violation of our Code of Conduct or an applicable law, we encourage them to speak up. Employees may do so anonymously and without fear of retaliation. Concerns can be raised with employees’ supervisors, the Global Ethics & Compliance team, the General Counsel or members of the Legal Department, the Chair of the Audit and Finance Committee of the Board, the Human Resources Department, or via our Integrity Helpline.

Our Core Values – Care, Curiosity, Collaboration, Humility, Accountability and Integrity – power our potential, guide our work, and protect our corporate reputation. Our Code of Conduct represents our Core Values in action and provides an overview of our expectations and standards for ethical behavior and compliance, as applied in day-to-day employee activities.

Albemarle maintains an Integrity Helpline for confidential reporting of matters related to its Code of Conduct or the law.

The Integrity Helpline is operated by an independent company and can be contacted 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, in multiple languages, by phone or online. In the U.S., it can also be contacted by text message. Your concern may be submitted confidentially and anonymously to the extent allowed under the law.

To report online please visit our Integrity Helpline website:
www.IntegrityHelpline.Albemarle.com

If you would prefer to speak to someone confidentially, call the Integrity Helpline. Once a concern is submitted, it will be assigned to a member of our Global Ethics & Compliance team for review. You will be provided with a unique pin number, allowing you to follow up on your concern by receiving and sending messages in a secure environment.

• If calling inside the U.S. call (800) 461-9330.
• If you are dialing internationally, visit www.IntegrityHelpline.Albemarle.com and choose your location to find the correct number for your country.

Albemarle employees are encouraged to visit the speak-up section of the eCode for information on other available channels for reporting.