Protect people and brand integrity across complex retail organisations

Retail organisations operate at scale across multiple locations and countries. Whispli centralises reporting across frontline and corporate teams to ensure consistent governance and protect people and brand integrity.

Enable speak up across stores, warehouses and head office teams
Detect misconduct, harassment, fraud or supply chain risks earlier
Protect brand reputation while maintaining consistent, auditable governance

Designed for retail regulatory, labour and supply chain obligations

Support whistleblower protection and labour regulations

Enable secure speak up processes aligned with whistleblower protection laws, labour regulations and workplace conduct requirements across retail organisations, including EU Whistleblower Protection laws, UK whistleblowing frameworks and equivalent regulations worldwide.

Address modern slavery and supply chain due diligence obligations

Support reporting related to supplier practices, labour conditions and ethical sourcing in line with regulations such as the UK Modern Slavery Act, Australian Modern Slavery Act, EU Supply Chain Due Diligence laws and similar international requirements.

Protect personal data and confidentiality

Ensure confidential handling of reports involving employees, contractors or suppliers, in line with GDPR, data protection laws and privacy obligations across customer-facing and workforce environments.

Stay audit, ESG and regulator ready

Maintain clear, traceable records of reports, investigations and remediation actions to support audits, ESG reporting, regulatory inspections and stakeholder scrutiny with confidence.

Key capabilities that support
international, high-volume retail environments

Multilingual speak up access for frontline teams

Enable employees, temporary staff and partners to report concerns in their local language through a branded speak-up entry point available in more than 70 languages, supporting adoption across countries and cultures.

Global hotline accessible from any country

Provide a phone-based ethics line or voice intake solution that allows anyone to raise concerns regardless of location, language or internet access, especially for store staff, warehouse teams and suppliers.

Flexible reporting channels adapted to retail realities

Capture issues via web, mobile, hotline, email or in-person intake, ensuring concerns are reported whether they arise in stores, warehouses, head offices or supplier sites.

Centralised oversight with local execution

Consolidate all reports into a single governance framework while allowing local teams to handle cases in line with regional labour laws, languages and operational constraints.

Structured handling of people and supply chain issues

Manage reports related to harassment, discrimination, theft, fraud, health and safety or supplier practices with consistent processes across the retail network.

Audit-ready documentation at scale

Maintain complete, time-stamped records of reports, investigations and actions across brands and countries to support audits, regulatory reviews and ESG reporting.

What retail organisations achieve with Whispli

Earlier detection of people, conduct and supply chain risks

Issues related to harassment, unsafe working conditions, theft, unethical behaviour or supplier misconduct are surfaced earlier across stores, warehouses and partner networks.

Stronger protection of brand and reputation

Consistent handling of sensitive reports reduces the risk of public incidents, social media escalation and reputational damage across consumer-facing brands.

Consistent governance at scale

Speak-up processes are applied consistently across countries, brands and business units, supporting compliance, ESG obligations and executive oversight.

Empowering global organisations with higher engagement and stronger compliance outcomes

Organisations trust us
300
+

More than 300 companies, organisations and education institutions rely on Whispli to run their global speak up programs.

Countries
60
+

Whispli has been deployed in over 60 countries, demonstrating its flexibility and ease of configuration.

Languages
70
+

With no language barriers, Whispli empowers everyone to speak up confidently.

Industry
Retail - Sporting goods
Company size
103k+ employees
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"Whispli offers us a flexible and simple platform that adapts to our organisation. It has helped us streamline case handling worldwide and improve the way employees share concerns."
Pierre Poujade, Compliance Officer at Decathlon
Pierre Poujade
Compliance Officer
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Frequently asked questions

What types of issues are typically reported in retail environments?

Reports often include harassment, discrimination, unsafe working conditions, theft, fraud, breaches of codes of conduct, and concerns related to suppliers, labour conditions or ethical sourcing.

Why is multilingual reporting important for retail organisations?

Retail workforces and suppliers are often highly international. Multilingual reporting removes language barriers, improves adoption on the ground and ensures concerns can be raised consistently across countries.

Can suppliers and third parties use the same speak-up system?

Yes. Retail organisations can extend speak up access to suppliers, contractors and partners, supporting supply chain transparency and compliance with human rights and due diligence requirements.

How does Whispli help protect brand reputation?

By enabling early, confidential reporting and consistent case handling, Whispli helps retail organisations address issues internally before they escalate into public incidents or reputational crises.