Evaluation of supplier CSR risk

Objectives :
  • To heighten supplier awareness of the importance of CSR and encourage them to establish and maintain good practices linked to the environment and social and human rights,
  • To initiate, where appropriate, joint measures to improve CSR,
  • To factor in CSR criteria when selecting suppliers.
Priorities :
  • To integrate the broadest possible spectrum of expenses in the evaluation of CSR,
  • To factor in CSR ratings (minimum 3%) when selecting suppliers.
Highlights in 2009
  • Over 700suppliers listed in the database,
  • Supplier expenditure accounted for over € 3 billion,
  • 76% of suppliers had a rating of 5/10 or above.
The methodology behind CSR evaluations was formalised in 2006 and has been integrated within the Department's Tool@achats e-Sourcing tool which is used to process files on line.
Evaluations are based on a questionnaire of ten standard questions used to assess a supplier's CSR commitments, either at the time a product or service is purchased or when they are rated.
The tool's database is updated as and when CSR evaluations are validated by the purchasers. This avoids suppliers being sent the same questionnaire several times. Moreover, when an invitation-to-tender is sent out, the purchaser is able to consult the existing CSR rating of a candidate in the database. If a supplier has not yet been rated, a questionnaire is sent at the same time as the invitation-to-tender.
The 49 high-risk products and services undergo additional evaluation.