Expolink

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Expolink Europe Ltd
Company type Privately held company
Industry Business Services

Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance

Business Ethics
Founded1995 (1995)
FoundersDavid and Jackie Crook
DefunctDecember 31, 2021 (2021-12-31)
FateAcquired
SuccessorNAVEX Global
Headquarters
Wiltshire
,
United Kingdom
Parent NAVEX Global, Inc.

Expolink Europe Ltd (branded as Expolink) was a British company founded in 1995 to provide independent whistleblower services that was acquired by NAVEX Global on 3 June 2019. [1]

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Expolink provided confidential reporting for users predominantly through its staffed hotline facility and online platforms. It also offered enterprise software to support the management and investigation of whistleblowing reports. Expolink worked with organisations all over the world to implement systems for governance, risk management and compliance, with a strong presence in the United Kingdom and mainland Europe.

The business was fully incorporated into NAVEX Global and made defunct as of 31 December 2021. [2]

History

Expolink was founded in 1995 by local business owners David and Jackie Crook. Its first offices were in Castle Coombe, Wiltshire but soon moved to a business park within Chippenham, Wiltshire.

The whistleblowing hotline service was created after the owners were alerted to an alleged instance of sexual harassment against one of their employees at a client's premises. Many of the company's first clients were local government authorities and Public limited companies.

At the time it was founded, Expolink was the first outsourced whistleblowing service provider in Europe. Expolink's staffed telephone hotline service was launched in 1995, becoming a 24/7 service in 2001. A web reporting platform was introduced later that decade, followed by online case delivery in 2014. A mobile app reporting channel was launched in March 2017.

As of 2019, Expolink worked with more than 750 organisations worldwide, with the majority headquartered in the UK and Europe. Its clients included L’Oréal, BAE Systems and the BBC. [3] Expolink also worked with eight of the UK's top 10 retail banks and around one-third of companies listed on the FTSE 350 Index.

Benchmarking report

Expolink published a Benchmarking Report annually, which summarised data from the thousands of whistleblowing reports it processed each year.

In 2018 it revealed that whistleblowing reports relating to workplace sexual harassment and abuse had risen 89%, linking the trend to recent media revelations and the impact of the #MeToo movement. [4]

The company's 2019 Report highlighted a 57% increase in workplace whistleblowing rates between 2016 and 2018. [5]

References

  1. ↑ "ANNOUNCEMENT: NAVEX Global Acquires Expolink". Expolink. 2019-06-03. Retrieved 2019-06-20.
  2. ↑ "Expolink is Now Part of NAVEX". Navex. May 20, 2022.
  3. ↑ Waterson, Jim (2018-06-20). "BBC staff caught up in claims of sexual assault at Welsh assembly". The Guardian. ISSN   0261-3077 . Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  4. ↑ "HR issues dominate complaints from whistleblowers". People Management. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
  5. ↑ "Report: Whistleblowing rates rise 57% in two years". Expolink. 2019-04-24. Retrieved 2019-05-14.
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