Ensuring the compliance with voluntary environmental and social sustainability standards by suppliers and sub-suppliers

• Research unit: INNOSUISSE
• Project number: 12780.2;4 PFES-ES

Short description (German)

Sicherstellung der Einhaltung freiwilliger ökologischer und sozialer Nachhaltigkeitsstandards durch Lieferanten und Unterlieferanten

Short description (English)

Ensuring the compliance with voluntary environmental and social sustainability standards by suppliers and sub-suppliers

Abstract (German)

Consumers, investors and other external stakeholders increasingly expect companies to respect environmental and social interests. They hold the brand owner responsible for all practices involved in the making of a product, independently whether this concerns the brand owner's or a supplier's activities. Thus, any party in the supply chain not complying with the brand owner's communicated voluntary sustainability standards (e.g. codes of conduct) can potentially damage reputation or harm customer confidence. The project seeks to develop a hands-on «sustainability supply chain management approach» to ensure compliance with environmental and social voluntary sustainability standards by suppliers and sub-suppliers.

Abstract (English)

Consumers, investors and other external stakeholders increasingly expect companies to respect environmental and social interests. They hold the brand owner responsible for all practices involved in the making of a product, independently whether this concerns the brand owner's or a supplier's activities. Thus, any party in the supply chain not complying with the brand owner's communicated voluntary sustainability standards (e.g. codes of conduct) can potentially damage reputation or harm customer confidence. The project seeks to develop a hands-on «sustainability supply chain management approach» to ensure compliance with environmental and social voluntary sustainability standards by suppliers and sub-suppliers.