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This section gives a few examples of well known UK organisations which have put in place processes to work with suppliers so as to enhance sustainability performance.
Carillion are committed to “engaging Carillion's supply chain in the sustainability programme to improve supplier sustainable development performance and assist in achieving Carillion's targets” To secure this they are “continuing sustainability dialogue with key Carillion suppliers, with a view to influencing environmental and social performance through agreement of improvement criteria and targets”. [source http://www.carillionplc.com/sustain-2002/c3_3.htm ]
Carillion has developed a suppliers charter which sets out in general terms what Carillion expects of its suppliers including the expectation that suppliers will “commit to and apply the Carillion values” (which include the commitment to “providing sustainable solutions”. Details of this can be seen at http://www.carillionplc.com/assets/downloads/pdfs/carillion_supplier_charter.pdf
Sainsbury's Supermarkets has a very large number of suppliers of own-brand products. It has the goal of influencing suppliers to reduce their direct environmental impacts and improve the environmental quality of own-brand products through more sustainable sourcing.
To achieve this Sainsbury’s has developed Guidelines called "Raising the Standard" and issued them, after piloting, to all own-brand suppliers. The Guidelines cover:
For details see http://www.j-sainsbury.co.uk/csr/envrep2003/performance_products.htm
B & Q supports its suppliers in the moves to being greener through its QUEST for suppliers programme. QUEST involves the setting of targets for the achievement of a number of “principles”. For example principles 6 (Environmental Policy and Awareness ), 7 (Environmental Action and Achievements) and key environmental issues through principle 10 (Product Integrity). For example it had set a target that: “All suppliers should achieve at least grade B for QUEST 6, QUEST 7 and QUEST 10”.
Acheivements at the end of 2002 were:
75% of suppliers had achieved A or B grades in QUEST 6.
74% of suppliers had achieved A or B grades QUEST 7.
22% of suppliers had achieved A or B grades in QUEST 10.*
where A is reserved for “leadership, commitment and innovation” and E for a “major problem which contravenes B & Q’s environmental policies; the grades in between reflect good or average performance accordingly”.
[source http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/aboutbandq/social_responsibility/TARGETS.PDF]
Further information about the management of this scheme is given at http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/aboutbandq/social_responsibility/MANAGING.PDF
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