Building safer, more transparent supply chains
Protecting human rights and the environment through human and environmental rights due diligence.
Making the right kind of impact
Since we’re creating change in global key markets, it’s vital to make this change positive. Our Social Compliance team implements legal requirements regarding human and environmental rights throughout our business operations and supply chain.
To put these duties and responsibilities into action, we’ve developed our own Social Compliance Management System (SCMS). It is split into five key elements:
Risk analysis: Identification, assessment and prioritisation of human rights and environmental risks using specific third-party data intelligence software. BayWa r.e. uses the platform IntegrityNext for an abstract risk analysis of our own business areas and our direct suppliers
Prevention: Measures to minimise and prevent risks in the company's own business unit, direct and indirect supply chain, like appropriate procurement strategies, internal training, supplier audits and industry initiatives
Complaint procedures: providing access for employees, suppliers, and third parties to the BayWa r.e. whistleblower system and its complaint procedure. Reports received by internal and external stakeholders via the dedicated whistleblower mechanism are evaluated by the Corporate Compliance team
Remedial action: Taking appropriate remedial action after a risk is identified to prevent, stop or minimize violation.
Documentation and reporting: Public annual reporting in accordance with legal requirements on identified human rights and environmental risks, actions taken, and evaluation of their effectiveness
Taking the initiative
As members of the Energy Sector Dialogue, Branchendialog Energiewirtschaft and the Solar Stewardship Initiative (SSI) BayWa r.e. collaborates with other organisations who share our dedication to social compliance.
Through the Energy Sector Dialogue, the participating companies, business associations, trade unions, civil society organisations, the German Institute for Human Rights and the Federal Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs want to pool expertise and resources, addressing human rights and environment-related risks faced by the German energy industry in its global supply and value chains. The aim is to improve the human rights situation and the state of the environment.
The SSI works collaboratively with manufacturers, developers, installers, and purchasers across the global solar value chain. This fosters responsible production, sourcing, and stewardship of materials.
Policies and Guidelines
We outline our values, along with the standards we expect from ourselves and suppliers, in the documents available here:
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