building a better future - Cemex
building a better future - Cemex
building a better future - Cemex
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esponsible sourcing<br />
Our Supplier Sustainability Program is being embraced by<br />
our local operations and our suppliers and we are glad to<br />
mention some of the advances, according to its four phases:<br />
1.<br />
QUESTIONNAIRE<br />
2.<br />
COMMUNICATION<br />
3.<br />
POLICIES<br />
4.<br />
SCORECARD<br />
> Supplier Sustainability<br />
Survey:<br />
> Sustainable practices<br />
> Social behaviors<br />
> Environmental measures<br />
> Definition of the<br />
communication strategy:<br />
> Communicate to our<br />
suppliers the CEMEX<br />
sustainable commitment,<br />
practices and beliefs<br />
> Code of Conduct when<br />
doing business with us:<br />
> Sustainability clauses in<br />
contracts and purchase<br />
orders<br />
> Include in our<br />
scorecard an evaluation<br />
of sustainable<br />
practices.<br />
Each CEMEX Country has a different pace of implementation<br />
Phase I. Assessment during 2011, CEMEX continued<br />
assessing the sustainability practices<br />
and performance of current suppliers with the<br />
supplier survey. In addition to the suppliers<br />
in Mexico, Colombia, the Dominican Republic,<br />
and the Philippines that received the survey in<br />
2010. In 2011 CEMEX sent the survey to a total<br />
of 1,004 suppliers in the UK, Germany, Panama,<br />
Costa Rica, Nicaragua, USA, UAE, Puerto Rico, and<br />
a multinational group of suppliers categorized<br />
as Global Sourcing.<br />
For more information, please visit the Supplier<br />
Sustainability Program at www.cemex.com/<br />
Suppliers/SupplierSustainabilityProgram.aspx”<br />
Phase II. Communication: In 2011, we created<br />
a new section in the CEMEX website for Suppliers.<br />
In this section, our suppliers can find all<br />
the relevant information of our Four Phases<br />
Program. We have also developed an internal<br />
global community within our internal collaboration<br />
platform, Shift, with a special section for<br />
Supplier Sustainability. Through this platform,<br />
we share the progress of countries in each phase<br />
of the Program, share best practices and allow<br />
worldwide network and support.<br />
Phase III. Policies: We have developed the Code<br />
of Conduct when doing business with us, which will<br />
be rolled out in a schedule defined by each of the<br />
different CEMEX countries during 2012. This code<br />
of conduct is the result of a benchmark study analyzing<br />
industry best practices, the 10 UN Global<br />
Compact principles, and the procurement clauses<br />
contained in the Company´s Code of Conduct. The<br />
Code of Conduct when doing business with us can<br />
be found on our website.<br />
The CEMEX Procurement and Legal teams have<br />
developed sustainability clauses, aligned with the<br />
Code of Conduct when doing business with us, to<br />
be included in supplier contracts and purchase<br />
orders. These include requirements regarding<br />
confidentiality, anti-bribery, human rights, labor,<br />
health and safety, and environmental practices.<br />
Phase IV. Scorecard: We are moving forward<br />
with the application of a scorecard for sourcing<br />
decisions that take into account sustainability<br />
considerations. More and more, CEMEX awards<br />
contracts to suppliers with the best sustainability<br />
performance under similar economic conditions.<br />
For example, in Colombia, CEMEX has reinforced<br />
the negotiation evaluation standards that will be<br />
applied in every key negotiation or strategy of the<br />
country’s operation. These standards will:<br />
• reinforce industrial safety, norms for environmental<br />
protection, and risk coverage<br />
• standardize recruitment principles<br />
• incorporate supplier sustainable practices, promoting<br />
the principles of the UN Global Compact<br />
of which CEMEX is already a member<br />
In this way we will be able to encourage, from<br />
the moment we sign a contract, adherence of the<br />
suppliers to this important initiative.<br />
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