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CAREERS

Sustainable supply chain

We procure raw materials, products and services from all over the world and ensure compliance with ethical and legal standards.

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Partnership and Control

Through our supplier management, we make sure that fundamental ethical, environmental and social standards as well as legal requirements are complied with – while also ensuring high quality, reliable delivery and competitive prices. To avoid violations of these supply chain standards, we follow corresponding strategies, processes and guidelines, which we continuously improve.

We invite our suppliers to allow us or trusted partners conduct assessments or audits to increase our supply chain transparency and identify areas of improvement. To this end we are a member of the Together for Sustainability (TfS) initiative. Through TfS, suppliers are assessed either based on audits conducted by TfS or based on self-reported information provided by the rating agency EcoVadis.

Learn more in our Sutainability Statement under ESRS S2 - Workers in the Value Chain. 

Together for Sustainability

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    Through TfS, we have access to more than 2,100 assessments of our suppliers.

    Evaluating the sustainability of our suppliers

    In line with our sustainability strategy, we aim to create transparency in all our sourcing regions and fully integrate sustainability into all our value chains. Two key indicators help us measure our progress by evaluating the sustainability performance of relevant suppliers with valid sustainability assessments: In 2024, 73% of our relevant suppliers were covered by a valid sustainability assessment; 96% of our procurement spend attributable to thesesuppliers was covered by suppliers with a valid sustainability assessment.

    Learn more in our Sustainability Statement under ESRS S2 - Workers in our Value Chain.

    Supplier Decarbonization Program

    We believe that climate protection will pay off in the long run – for the environment and our business. But we also know that reducing our own emissions is not enough. Over 40% of our carbon footprint occurs upstream in our value chain. Our Supplier Decarbonization Program is a key element of achieving our Science Based Target. Through the program, we aim to reduce greenhouse gas emissions associated with purchased goods and services as well as capital goods.

    Read more in our Sustainability Statement under ESRS E1 - Climate Change.

    Responsible conflict minerals sourcing

    We procure and use minerals from multiple sources worldwide. We recognize that there can be risks of significant adverse impacts associated with the extraction, trade, handling and export of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. Therefore, our overarching goal is to source minerals responsibly.

    We have developed a comprehensive due diligence management system to address the sourcing of minerals from conflict-affected and high-risk areas. Our basic principles of responsible minerals sourcing are laid down in our Responsible Minerals Sourcing Charter.

    Committed to complying with due diligence obligations, we also publish a summary of our Independent Third Party Assessment from 2023, including our latest Assessment from 2024.

    Committed to complying with due diligence obligations, we also publish a summary of our Independent Third Party Assessments which are performed annually by an external auditor.

    As we work to identify, prevent, mitigate and remediate adverse impacts, we aim to ensure we are not blocking market access for compliant artisanal and small-scale miners, who represent some of the world’s most marginalized communities.

     

     

     

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    Our compliance hotline

    Any suspicion of misconduct can be reported via our whistleblowing communication platform (https://www.bkms-system.net/ISPEAKUP). We thoroughly investigate known cases and take disciplinary actions where appropriate. 

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