Supply Chain employees complete annual training specifically on anti-corruption and competition law. Our supplier performance managers are trained to identify non-compliances, such as unsafe working practices, whenever they are on site.

Sustainability questions also make up 10% of the scorecard which we use to evaluate the overall performance of key global suppliers every a year.

Scores are reviewed by our supply chain team who make recommendations and work with suppliers to put in place improvement plans that address any issues identified. The scorecard criteria is updated and strengthened on a regular basis to continuously raise standards and improve supplier performance.

Follow-up assessments or on-site audits are conducted where necessary to check improvements have been made as planned. See our Sustainability report [PDF] for more information on recommendations for improvement made this year.

Supplier scorecard

Sustainability questions in the supplier scorecard cover:

• Commitment to the CEP
• Public reporting of their performance on labour, environment, and health and safety issues
• Certification of environmental management systems to ISO 14001 or EMAS standards
• Certification of labour management systems to SA8000 or equivalent standards
• Certification of health and safety management systems to OHSAS 18001
• Evidence that the supplier manages labour, environment, and health and safety issues in its own supply chain
• Evidence that the supplier manages the risks and opportunities associated with climate change
• Evidence of steps to manage and prevent bribery and corruption
• Adoption of a common industry approach (such as E-TASC, an industry tool to manage supply chain standards effectively and efficiently (see raising standards throughout the supply chain)