building a better future - Cemex

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