Ensuring our suppliers and contractors respect our human rights policies
We build strong relationships with our supply chain and we require compliance with internationally recognized standards, such as the provisions on safety, the environment, ethical behavior, and respect for human rights that are currently in force in our internal regulations.
We ensure that our suppliers, contractors, and distributors' behavior is aligned with our commitments through the following processes:
For that, we include clauses in contracts with our partners and contractors, and we carry out social audits to promote compliance with our principles and commitments with partners, while encouraging them to reach our standards through awareness-raising activities.
One example is the success story of our communication of the Human Rights policy to our contractors in Bolivia.
Responsible supply chain management is essential for preventing and mitigating risks. It brings specific risks to light and is linked to job creation and the development of the local economy in the communities where we operate. We establish control levels and a system to help us ensure that our suppliers and contractors always act in line with our commitments.
The Ethics and Conduct Code for Suppliers (PDF l 6.97 MB) includes rights such as the rejection of child labor, rejection of forced labor, freedom of association, and the right to collective bargaining. All of the companies that maintain a contractual relationship with us have to respect this code. We work to ensure that our relationships with more than 4,500 suppliers are sound. We build relationships based on integrity and mutual respect and trust, in addition to the quality of the products and services they offer us.
Repsol's General Conditions for Procurement and Contracting (PDF l 531 KB) in the calls for proposals and tenders and in the auditing and qualification questionnaires are used to regulate the relationship between the company and suppliers. All of the requirements we have for our contractors also apply to subcontractors, including a specific clause on sustainability.
3. We assess our suppliers to identify the economic, technical, social, ethical, and environmental risks in the various phases of our business relationship. We are constantly thinking about how to contribute to the economic development of the places where we operate, especially through the local suppliers we contract. That's why we use different supplier management tools throughout the procurement process: