What is Ethical Sourcing, and How Do You Know You’re Doing It Right?

Procurious – August 2021 – Euan Granger, Senior Manager, ”…… The movement to ethical and sustainable sourcing has grown exponentially in recent years, with more people prepared to pay more for products and services that can truly be classed as ethical and sustainable…… ….Take tenders, for example – more and more of them now include an ethical sourcing policy which includes mandatory requirements or weighting, for responses showing ethical behaviours. Supply chains are also scrutinised at every level to ensure these behaviours are followed through……”

So what exactly is ”Ethical sourcing”?

Find the Ethical Trading Initiative’s internationally recognised ‘Base Code’ (which is based on existing conventions of the International Labour Organisation) with its nine clauses that define ethical practices here.

Do you source ethically? fips consulting can help you find out and make your supply chain more ethical. Contact us

Read more about ”Why is ethical sourcing important? And who is responsible?” in this article from Procurious

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Andrea Fimian is a dedicated Inclusive Sourcing Leader based in Zurich, Switzerland. She is the owner and founder of fips consulting, a Supply Chain consulting firm with core competencies in Supplier Diversity /Inclusive and Responsible Sourcing. Andrea spent over a decade in supply chain at IBM where she also led and developed the Supplier Diversity & Inclusion 1st Tier program for EMEA and the Global 2nd Tier program for several years.

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