Ethical Procurement Policy
Policy
Weyland Europe's ethical procurement policy requires that the ethical issues and social responsibility within supply chains are understood and addressed when managing business to business supplier relationships and through the purchasing of goods and services from our suppliers.
Objectives
Sustainable Procurement
To ensure continuous improvement in procurement, decisions are made to deliver sustainable and ethical trading. We seek to avoid adverse social and environmental impact in the supply chain, the reduction of environmental impact from service operations and the purchase of products that meet recognised environmental standards.
Ethical Procurement
Our ethical objective is to ensure that people in the supply chain are treated with respect and have rights with regard to employment, including the rights to freely choose employment, freedom of association, payment of a living wage, working hours that comply with national laws, equal opportunities, recognised employment relationship, freedom from intimidation and to a safe and healthy working environment.
Weyland Europe requires that materials and products supplied be REACH-compliant, and that food-grade suppliers be accredited to the BRC standard or an alternative standard of a similar level.
Weyland Europe requires suppliers to comply with their national laws in respect of health and safety at work and employment law, including the minimum wage, discrimination in respect of race, gender, religion, disability, and harassment and bullying.
Procurement process
Environmental and social factors shall be considered in the purchasing process. Specifically, this includes considering what the product is made from, where and by whom it is made, the product’s efficiency during use, the processes involved in its production and distribution, the disposal requirements, and whether it can be reused or recycled.