Woodscape’s Ethical supply chain policy seeks to cover the ethical issues and social responsibility within supply chains when managing business to business supplier relationships and the purchasing of goods and services from our suppliers.
Upholding the principles of this policy is a shared responsibility between Woodscape and its suppliers and the policy will be adopted at senior and director level within the company. Woodscape expects its suppliers to assign and accept similar responsibility. All Woodscape staff involved in the procurement of goods and services have a responsibility to be aware and have a thorough understanding of the ethical issues referred to in this policy.
Sustainable Procurement
Our sustainability objective is to ensure a continuous improvement in procurement decisions measured against delivering sustainable and ethical trading. More specifically, we seek to avoid adverse social and environmental impact in the supply chain, the reduction of environmental impact from service operations and the purchase of products that meet recognised environmental standards.
Ethical Procurement
Our ethical objective is to ensure that people in the supply-chain are treated with respect and have rights with regard to employment including the rights to freely choose employment, freedom of association, payment of a living wage, working hours that comply with national laws, equal opportunities, recognised employment relationship, freedom from intimidation and to a safe and healthy working environment.
Ethical Procurement Standard
We expect our suppliers to comply with legal requirements and to adopt the following moral principles:
• Suppliers shall comply with all national and other applicable law and regulations. Where the national law and this Standard are in conflict, the highest standards consistent with national law should be applied.
• Where the provisions of law and this Standard are not in conflict but address the same subject, the provision, which affords the greatest protection to people and the environment, should be applied.
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