GEC report outlines socially responsible procurement guidelines for IT products
"Purchasers Guide for Addressing Labor and Human Rights Impacts in IT Procurements", Nov 2017
...[T]his guide is focused on purchasers and providing them both procurement questions and examples of supplier supporting documentation so that they can leverage their purchasing power to address pressing labor and human rights impacts while also meeting their goal of a successful procurement...The procurement questions, supporting documentation examples and other resources provided in this Guide can be used by purchasers throughout the procurement process to:
- Better understand the IT sector’s capacity to address labor and human rights impacts.
- Introduce labor and human rights related performance criteria in technical specifications, supplier selection and procurement award criteria, as well as in contract performance clauses.
- When monitoring and evaluating the results of procurements, provide purchasers with supplier labor and human rights performance data to confirm that purchasers are meeting their internal responsible sourcing and sustainable procurement goals.
- Assist purchasers in assuring that labor and human rights regulatory requirements are met.
...The chart below is an overview of the "socially responsibility due diligence" expectations identified by institutional purchasers during the development of this Guide...[The expectations] reflect phases of a supplier due diligence and management process.
- Developing and communicating measurable labor and human rights expectations for suppliers...
- Supplier risk screening...
- Assessing suppliers to confirm implementation of Codes and Policies...
- Responsible sourcing practices...
- Corrective action...
- Continuous improvement...
- Capacity building...
- Reporting...
- Impacts from raw material extraction...
- External collaboration...