Supply Chain
ICL Group strives to give customers full beneficial communications solutions, while keeping safety in mind.
Supply Chain
Supply Chain Sustainability (SCS) is a key focus area for ICL. We require responsible business conduct from all our suppliers in accordance with our Supplier Conduct Principles (SCPs); this includes human rights requirements. Our requirements are complemented by systematic monitoring and risk management. We believe that decent working conditions, respect for human rights and the environment as well as willingness to improve standards amongst our suppliers is the only viable route forward. By working together with our suppliers, we can raise the bar and build competitive edge.
Supply Chain Sustainability
Supply Chain Sustainability (SCS) is a key focus area for ICL where we aim to build our competitive advantage through setting high requirements to our suppliers and following up with inspection and risk mediation. The main elements of ICL’s Supply Chain Sustainability framework are the following:
Supplier requirements
All suppliers and parties that have a direct contractual relationship with ICL and offer products or services to ICL must comply with our Supplier Conduct Principles (SCP). An Agreement on Responsible Business Conduct (ABC) legally obliges the supplier to comply with the SCP and certain requirements set out in the ABC Agreement. Trained in-house inspectors are checking compliance and carrying out inspections of suppliers in accordance with written standards and best practice. ICL is committed to working with suppliers to drive continuous improvement.
Capacity building, training & awareness
In addition to the contractual requirements and checking compliance we have a high focus on educating and training local suppliers. Thus, in order to raise the standards on sustainability, ICL’s Business Units carry out supplier training sessions on HSSE, human rights and anti-corruption in the local markets.
Supply Chain Sustainability Risk Mitigation
Each ICL company has people working locally on a regular basis on supply chain sustainability. Monitoring the supply chain, identifying and mitigating risks are key tasks and can best be done on local level with support from and reporting to Group.
Supplier Self Assessments
ICL uses supplier self assessments as an important part of the supply chain monitoring. These may be carried out as part of procurement processes or as ad-hoc supplier risk assessments by using a Supplier Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ). ICL also carries out a global SAQ on an annual basis to assess the overall SCP risk picture in the supply chain and its development.
