Significance

BPP operates its businesses by placing great importance on sustainable supply chain management because it realizes that
supplier’s operations have an impact on product and service quality. The supplier is a key factor in creating good reputation
and competitive advantages.It is also playing a key role in the ESG operations directly and indirectly. Subsequently, BPP focuses on creating participation and promoting suppliers’ ESG operations to create mutual benefits.

Management Approach

To achieve its goals to create a sustainable value throughout the supply chain, BPP developed the operating guidelines for supplier management in accordance with the Sustainable Supply Chain Policy. The Supplier Code of Conduct was also established to clearly communicate BPP’s expectations regarding suppliers. Moreover, BPP has focused on operating with its key suppliers categorized based upon the criteria, such as trading values, product specificity, which may be limited in the market, and suppliers playing a key role in ESG operations at BPP’s operational areas. BPP manages its suppliers as following approaches:

• Fairly and transparently selecting suppliers in accordance with the Code of Conduct principles.
• Choosing the suppliers by using the Supplier ESG Checklist for considering selecting suppliers in order to make joint operations the most beneficial and sustainable.
• Integrating the safety, occupational health, environment, social, and governance targets into the supply chain management strategies and other relevant policies.
• Driving all production units towards sustainable supplier management through the integration of the ISO 9001 Quality Management System Standard, the ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety Management Standard, and the ISO 14001 Environmental Management System Standard.
• Annually examining and reviewing supplier’s qualifications related to ESG to be able to identify and mitigate ESG related risks in the supply chain properly, and to report the result to executives of each production unit for acknowledgement.
• Promoting joint working with suppliers adhering to the ethical principles with social and environmental responsibility, respecting human rights, and complying with supplier code of conduct, as well as any associated policies.
• Regularly disclosing the supply chain’s sustainable performance to stakeholders.

Performance

• None of ESG related complaints regarding supplier management.
• No incidents suppliers violating applicable laws, human rights, labors and environment.
• None of fatalities resulted from supplier’s works.
• Suppliers’ LTIFR was zero.
• Developing supplier ESG checklist for integrating into the procurement system across the organization.

Key Activities and Projects

 

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Sustainable Supply Chain Policy

Supplier Code of Conduct