Supplier engagement
Engaging with our suppliers, capacity building, training and increasing awareness are some of the ways that we raise standards throughout the supply chain.
Capacity building, training and awareness
Our business units organised more than 24,000 training-hours of capacity-building initiatives in 2020. These initiatives involved various efforts to proactively build the local capacity of suppliers and sub-suppliers in order to drive continuous improvement in the supply chain. The activities vary from supplier to supplier depending on the overall risk picture. Typical activities include on-site briefings, awareness sessions, e-learning tools, workshops, forums, process support, etc. Key topics of the capacity building are: road safety, health and safety, anti-corruption, working conditions and other relevant sustainability requirements. Additionally, business units work in industry and cross-industry collaborations to synergise efforts in capacity-building.