| Continue to develop the Responsible Sourcing Program in Latin America and Eastern Europe. |
- Proportion of procurement from low-cost countries increased from 30% in 2004 to approximately 56% in 2010 and will continue to rise.
- Expanding the Responsible Sourcing teams enables the Group to cover a greater number of suppliers and continue with development projects in the areas where support is most needed.
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- The number of specialists increased with focus on expanding Mexican and Polish presence.
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- New suppliers in high-risk countries such as the Ukraine require greater geographical coverage and new challenges for the Responsible Sourcing Program.
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| Integrate Responsible Sourcing in global and local purchasing procedures. |
- Define a cohesive approach to evaluating existing and potential suppliers among global and local suppliers.
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- Internal training sessions and joint audits with quality departments.
- Code of Conduct priorities integrated into regular purchasing procedures for identifying and evaluating suppliers group-wide.
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- Ongoing.
- Increase monitoring activities in high-risk countries.
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| Supplier development program (Workplace standard compliance). |
- Encourage supplier ownership for upholding high environmental and social standards by presenting how to meet expectations and raise standards.
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- Broadened the scope of strategic suppliers.
- Established a supplier development team in Asia/Pacific.
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- Increase the number of projects in all regions.
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Raise the level of environmental criteria.
- The Electrolux Workplace Standard requires that all suppliers measure their energy use.
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- Increase understanding among suppliers for their environmental impacts and what is required to address them.
- In the long term, develop a system to collect carbon data from suppliers.
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- Piloted the Energy Efficiency Partnership Program (EEPP) among six selected suppliers in China.
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- Apply EEPP learnings to more suppliers.
- Collect and analyze energy data from selected suppliers.
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| Conduct audits on compliance to Code of Conduct and Environmental Policy among existing and potential suppliers. |
- Increase the number of audits.
- Stimulate long-standing commitment to high environmental and social standards among suppliers.
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- 328 (290) audits conducted, 271 by Group sustainability auditors and 57 by third-party assurers.
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