Recognition and promotion of sustainable practices across the supply chain is the aim of Cemex’s extension of its Supplier Sustainability Programme. The company has said that it operates a global procurement function to better align the company’s efforts, support implementation, and share best practices across its global network. But at a national level, it is the Supplier Sustainability Programme that aims to deliver the global aim.
Recognition and promotion of sustainable practices across the supply chain is the aim of Cemex’s extension of its Supplier Sustainability Programme.
The company has said that it operates a global procurement function to better align the company’s efforts, support implementation, and share best practices across its global network. But at a national level, it is the Supplier Sustainability Programme that aims to deliver the global aim.
Cemex has said that there are four phases to implementation. The first involves assessing a selected group of suppliers’ current commitment to sustainable practices, social behaviour, and environmental measures through the creation and publication of a questionnaire. Phase two communicates the company’s sustainable commitment, practices, and beliefs to its suppliers and their internal staff through the creation of a sustainable procurement channel and specific communication campaigns related to sustainability.
Under phase three Cemex informs its suppliers of the company’s basic sustainability requirements through clauses within purchase orders and contracts, as well as a code of conduct for suppliers when doing business with the company. In the final phase, the company tracks and rewards sustainable suppliers through a scorecard for sourcing decisions.
