Corporate Social Responsibility · AIM-Progress Supplier Day –Dubai 23 March 2017 Boris Abramovic ... (e.g. ISO 14001) Health and Safety Management System (e.g. OHSAS 18001) Quality

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Corporate Social Responsibility…and what it means for your company

AIM-Progress Supplier Day – Dubai

23 March 2017

Boris Abramovic

Supplier Engagement Executive


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Agenda

Going beyond regulatory compliance

Implementing a CSR Management System

How EcoVadis can help your company


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CSR

What is Corporate Social Responsibility?


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Regulation & going beyond “compliance”

REGULATIONS & LAWS

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Create business value

Go beyond legal requirements • Reduction in Energy Consumption • CO2/GHG Emissions • Monitoring Safety incidents• ...

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International Standards

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CSR

Management

System

Policies

ActionsResults Objetive:

Avoid legal issues

Meet legal requirements Pollution | Bribery | Discrimination |

Local Laws


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Creating business value from PERFORMANCE

Value CreationPerformance Mgmt

RiskMgmt

Depth / Resources required

ConventionnalSelf AssessmentQuestionnaire

« Compliance »

Site Audit

CSR ratings & scorecards


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Company purchasing practices are changing

Price

Quality

On-time delivery

Sustainability

BENEFITS FOR YOUR CUSTOMERSA KEY CRITERIA FOR YOUR CUSTOMERS

Risk Management

Innovation

Cost Reduction

• Protect the brand • Supply Chain Disruption

• Improve Total Cost of Ownership • Reduce waste • Reduce consumption

• Product differenciation • Access to new markets


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Benefits of implementing CSR for YOUR company

Customers

Attract customers

Retain customers

Protect reputation & brand

Competitiveness

Competitive advantage

Operational stability

Costs

Reduce costs

Reduce energy use

Reduce waste

Increase productivity

Reduce absenteeism

Compliance

Get ahead of regulations

Counter social pressure


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Increasing adoption of sustainability standards. . .


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International Sustainability Standards


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Initiatives in Middle East



Agenda






What is a Management System?

A management system is a framework of processes and

procedures used to ensure that an organization fulfills all tasks

required to achieve its objectives.

OBJECTIVE

PROCESS

PROCEDURE



What is a Management System? About Management Systems

A few examples of international standards setting the

requirements for management systems are:

Environmental Management System

(e.g. ISO 14001)

Health and Safety Management System

(e.g. OHSAS 18001)

Quality Management

System (e.g. ISO 9001)



Focus on Continuous ImprovementAbout Management Systems

An effective management system allows companies to

improve performance through a process of continuous improvement.

Improvement directly supports

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efficient resource use

business continuity

risk reduction

streamlined productivityIm

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A management system requires the adoption of indicators.

What is a CSR management system?

✓ Policies✓ Endorsement of

voluntary CSR initiatives

✓ Measures/actions✓ Level of implementation✓ Certificates/product seals

✓ Results/KPIs ✓ 360°

Policies Actions Results

The management system should be based on sustainability issues that are relevant to the sector



What are Corporate Social Responsibility topics?

4. SUSTAINABLE

PROCUREMENTSustainable Procurement-EnvironmentSustainable Procurement-Social

3. ETHICSBribery & corruptionAnti-competitive practicesResponsible Information Management

2. SOCIALEmployee health & safetyWorkiing conditionsSocial dialogueCareer management & training

Child & forced laborFundamental human rightsDiversity & anti-harassment

1. ENVIRONMENTEnergy consumption & GHGWaterBiodiversityLocal & accidental pollution

Product useProduct end of LifeCustomer health & safetySustainabl consumption

When is Migrant and Forced Labor a key criteria? When the sector has low skilled work, high use of temporary labor



Sector Focus : Child & Forced Labor

Risk assessments to identify

operations exposed to displaced

workers

Slavery prevention training

Whistleblower procedure to enable

access to remedy

NGO engagement (develop risk

assessment, work on remedies –

social supports locally)

High level of risk exposure due to:

• Low-skilled work associated with

manufacturing

• Exposure to displaced workers

• Weak legal systems &/or enforcement

in key manufacturing hubs

Manufacturing plastics

Actions ResultsPolicies

High level of risk exposure due to:

• Exposure to trafficked individuals

• Operations generally outside of

regulatory oversight (e.g. international

waters, country-country)

• Weak legal systems &/or inadequate

customs/port procedures

Transport & Logistics

Actions Results

Customer due diligence

(“know your customer”)

Freight due diligence (“know

what you are carrying”)

Slavery prevention training-

specific to trafficking of

persons

NGO engagement

Whistleblower procedure to

enable access to remedy

Policies

Policies showing

commitment to

prevent child,

forced and

trafficked labor

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Sector Focus : Child & Forced Labor SU

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Actions Results

Develop supplier code of conduct with

provision prohibiting child & forced labor,

excessive hours and recruitment fees

Questionnaire assessments

On-site social audits

Training of buyers in anti-slavery and

sustainability

…

Policies

Policies to source

responsible products

and from sustainable

suppliers

Low level of risk exposure due to skilled nature of work:

• Less exposure to migrant/displaced workers

• Skilled workers are aware of labor standards and laws

Risk exposure is in the supply chain

• Souring of office/IT equipment manufactured with slave labor

• Labor trafficking and abusive recruitment practices



Agenda






A complex challenge

● Time-consuming ● No reliable indicators ● Not scalable ● Duplicate efforts ● No standards ● Little feedback

CO2 footprints

Buyers

Suppliers



EcoVadis Solution

Buyers Suppliers



Evaluation process customized to your company operations

Registrer Online

Will help to adapt the questionnaire to your

company size, sector and location f operations.

Expert Analysis

EcoVadis analyzes and

transforms your answers

into an easy-to-read

Scorecard

Document audit by a third-party with CSR experts

Data Collection

Respond to the

questionnaire and provide

supporting documents

Secure, confidential

Results Online access to your

scorecard and improvement areas

Review results, share with multiple clients, work

towards improvements

Supplier Engagement Help CenterEcoVadis provides multi-lingual support to you thoughout the entire process.

http://support.ecovadis.com/hc/en-us/articles/209755358-Contact-Us



Examples of documents collected *

In order to rate your CSR performance, EcoVadis needs evidence to demonstrate your company’s practices.

You can upload any type of document that can reflect your company’s commitment to CSR:

Any type of supporting documents: written policies, reports, action plans, certificates, etc.

All formats accepted: text, PDFs, web links, images, etc.

• ISO 14001 Certificate• Eco-label certification• CSR report• QHSE Charter• RoHS Declaration for ML600G• Internal Safety inspection report• Business code of conduct• Environmental impact assessment• Health & Safety plan• Quality Manual• Accident Incident Rate Scorecard• Supplier Audit Report (Factory X)• REACH Declaration• Employee Handbook 200X



Scorecard Results

CSR PerformanceRating by theme of your CSR performance,

(Environment, Social, Ethics, Suppliers) on a scoring

scale out of 100

Benchmark*Allows you to compare your performance with other

companies in your industry sector

Strengths & Improvement Areas

Detailed presentation of your strong CSR practices and

your improvement areas. They are divided into 4

categories that are the four themes used in the CSR

rating (environment, social, suppliers and ethics)

360° Watch* Keep an eye on information from up to 800

stakeholders (NGOs, Trade unions…) concerning your

company

+ Corrective Action Plan



CSR Assessment Results & Benefits

Get a clear picture of your CSR performanceWith a score out of 100 for four CSR themes

(environment, social, ethics, suppliers)

Access a Benchmark to visualize performance

compared to competitors

Prioritize actionswith a scorecard that highlights main improvement

points

Manage improvement plans directly onlineShare them with clients and get feedback

Embrace a continuous improvement processWith a yearly re-evaluation of your CSR performance

Access up-to-date information on your CSR

performance

Meet clients needsMore and more companies raise questions about

their supplier’s environmental and social

performance

Use a unique communication tool Share evaluation results with all clients directly

online

Secure

Platform

Client A

Client B

Client C

Understand Improve

Update Communicate


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