Any breaches of the Code of Conduct and Ethics, the Supplier Code of Conduct, related policies, and issues that may adversely affect ORIX. This may include any criminal offence, breach of legal obligation, unsafe behaviour, harassment or bullying. (See ORIX’s Whistleblower Policy for more information.)

Stopline is an Australian company which specialises in providing integrity/whistleblowing services. It has been operating for over a decade and assists listed and private companies, local, state and Commonwealth public sector bodies and not-for-profit organisations. Further details are available at www.stopline.com.au

No. Your call to Stopline can, if you wish, be anonymous and the staff of Stopline will not ask for any personal details. You may volunteer the information anonymously to Stopline if you desire or you can be overt. If you do not wish to remain anonymous, this information may be provided to the Disclosure Officer at ORIX. If you choose to remain anonymous Stopline will issue a confidential reference and password should you wish to seek the status of your disclosure at some later date.

ORIX is committed to the protection of genuine Whistleblowers against action taken in reprisal for the making of protected disclosures. Maintaining confidentiality is a crucial component of this protection. All disclosures will be treated with a high level of confidentiality. (See ORIX’s Whistleblower Policy for more information.)

Stopline enables employees, contractors and stakeholders to report in good faith, suspected misconduct via telephone, email, internet or mail, to an independent organisation with trained staff who will receive your concerns confidentially (anonymously if you wish) and provide the confidential information to the Disclosure Officer at ORIX. The program then necessitates procedural requirements dealing with and finalising the outcome of the disclosure.

A person within ORIX is responsible for ensuring that all serious complaints are handled appropriately. The nominated officer is responsible for ORIX’s role in managing disclosures and being the contact point for both Stopline and ORIX. As at January 2024, those people are Naoyuki Yuasa, Executive Director, and Peter Di Girolamo, Group Risk & Compliance Manager.

You can telephone the Stopline on 1300 30 45 50 (Australia) or 0800 425 008 (New Zealand) 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.  A Stopline investigator will answer your call during business hours (0800 – 1800 Mon – Fri AEST).  Any messages left with our overnight team will be responded to within one working day. You can also send your disclosure via the internet (this website), email or mail.

The strength of Stopline is that all allegations will be professionally managed by trained Stopline staff. The experience of Stopline is that vexatious calls occur very infrequently. Stopline focuses on the message, not the messenger. The Disclosure Officer may decline to investigate the matter if satisfied that the disclosure is trivial, frivolous or vexatious.

Where a person who makes a disclosure is implicated in the misconduct, ORIX will use all reasonable efforts to protect the individual from reprisals; however the act of reporting improper conduct may not shield the person from the reasonable consequences flowing from any involvement in serious misconduct. If the disclosure is a protected disclosure under the Australian Corporations Act or Taxation Administration Act, you may have legislative protection from liability. If you have concerns you should seek independent legal advice.

Full details are available on ORIX’s intranet sites. The Whistleblower Policy, Code of Conduct and Ethics and Supplier Code of Conduct are also available from the ORIX website (Australia or New Zealand).