Whistleblower Policy

It is Good.Lab’s intent to protect its integrity, ensure the highest standards of conduct among its employees, and adhere to all applicable laws and regulations. Good.Lab therefore encourages employees and external stakeholders to report any reasonable belief that a legal or ethical violation has potentially occurred due to any policy, practice or activity by Good.Lab or its employees, customers, or vendors. Aside from legal violations, a non-exhaustive list of potential violations includes conflicts of interest, breaches of confidentiality, misuse of resources, failure to uphold professional responsibilities, and greenwashing.

A report of any such potentially improper activity may be submitted on a confidential basis by the employee or external stakeholder via the Whistleblower Policy form on the company’s website. Employees and external stakeholders may provide an anonymous report, but anonymous reports must include sufficient specific facts to enable Good.Lab to investigate the matter.

Good.Lab will not retaliate against an employee or external stakeholder who, in good faith, reports any potentially improper activity. Nor will Good.Lab tolerate any other employee retaliating against or attempting to influence the employee. Any employee who does so will be subject to discipline up to and including termination of employment. For external stakeholders, Good.Lab will treat reports of improper activity with appropriate understanding and seriousness and will not take any action against a Whistleblower with a grievance found to be legitimate. Both employees and external stakeholders have the right to submit anonymous reports to further protect themselves from retaliation.

Good.Lab’s Chief Sustainability Officer and Controller will conduct a prompt and appropriate investigation within 30 days into all reports of potentially improper activity. This investigation will include, among other steps, fully understanding the grievance, verifying its validity, and determining to the extent possible root cause. All employees are required to cooperate with Good.Lab’s internal investigations by providing any requested information and truthfully and fully answering questions.  Failure to cooperate with or impeding an investigation, or knowingly providing false information, will result in disciplinary action. For external stakeholders, cooperation with Good.Lab’s investigations is requested to facilitate a resolution. Reports of potentially improper activity and related investigations will be kept confidential to the extent possible, consistent with the need to conduct an appropriate investigation. It is Good.Lab’s aim to resolve investigations within 90 days and to notify all interested parties of the outcome. An update at least every 30 days will be given.

Anyone found to have engaged in improper activity will be subject to disciplinary action up to and including termination of employment.  Civil liability or criminal prosecution of the wrongdoer may also result.

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Contact Us

If you have any questions about this Whistleblower Policy, please contact us:

• By email: info@getgoodlab.com
• Or fill out the below form, and Good.Lab’s Chief Sustainability Officer will follow up with you if you’d like. You can also fill out the form anonymously.