We collaborate with suppliers to deliver customer capability. These relationships are often long-lasting due to the complexity of our products and their long lifecycles, so it is critical that our suppliers share our values.
Governance of the supply chain
To support our governance in this area and to clarify what we expect from our suppliers and their supply chains, we have developed the Supplier Code of Conduct (formerly Supplier Principles – Guidance for Responsible Business). The Supplier Code of Conduct expects compliance with all applicable laws. They also set out best practice guidance in relation to matters such as anti-corruption behaviours, environmental issues, responsible payment, conflict minerals and how employees are treated. Maintaining and improving the systems and processes to reduce the risk of slavery or human trafficking is also of the utmost importance when it comes to governance of the supply chain. We are strongly committed to this task and have published a response to the UK Modern Slavery Act .
We use risk-based due diligence for all our suppliers with whom we engage and have a number of other procedures to satisfy ourselves that we only work with suppliers who have standards consistent with our own.
We value the relationships we have with our suppliers and the vital role they play in helping us to deliver equipment and services to our customers. We offer different kinds of support and programmes to help and collaborate with our suppliers.
Supplier Code of Conduct (formerly Supplier Principles - Guidance for Responsible Business)
Our priorities
We will aim to:
Develop a Sustainable Procurement Charter which sets out our responsible environmental, social and economic procurement principles
Continue to extend coverage of Supplier Code of Conduct assurance
Continue to assess our business partners and suppliers on the adoption of our Supplier Code of Conduct
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