| Engage suppliers in the Group’s sustainability strategy |
- Gain suppliers’ commitment and support to the Electrolux sustainability strategy.
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- Hosted a workshop with some 60 suppliers in Thailand.
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- Introductory workshops with main suppliers in Brazil and China in 2013.
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| Integrate suppliers’ energy use into Electrolux reporting. |
- Gain better insight into the energy consumed by suppliers and how they are managing it.
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- Collected data from approximately 60% of the Group’s OEM supplier spend on their environmental performance. Supplier energy consumption is not integrated into the Group’s external reporting of energy use.
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- Incorporate environmental data from 80% of OEM / ODM supplier spend, and introduce improvement targets.
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| Continue to develop the Responsible Sourcing Program globally. |
- Proportion of manufacturing from low-cost countries increased from 30% in 2004 to approximately 60% in 2012 and will continue to rise.
- Increasing numbers of local suppliers to Group factories in risk-based countries require a shift in strategy and awareness-raising.
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- 293 (360) audits were conducted with a focus on markets defined as high or medium risk. Most findings related to health and safety issues
- Follow-up audits carried out at 53 suppliers indicate considerable improvement by most.
- Procedures are in place to accommodate new suppliers in high-risk countries such as the Ukraine, Argentina and Egypt.
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- Ensure that the right resources are in place in high-risk countries.
- Continue to follow up on performance and progress.
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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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- Developed a common process for establishing the annual audit program across all regions.
- Procedures for continuous sharing of supplier performance established.
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- Improve and align tools for supplier risk assessments and results reporting in 2013.
- Implement new supplier rating principles in 2013.
- Tighten escalation process to drive the pace of improvement of suppliers’ CoC performance in 2013.
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