GRI 414 Supplier social assessment

When reporting its management approach for supplier social assessment, the reporting organization can also disclose:

the systems used to screen new suppliers using social criteria, and a list of the social criteria used to screen new suppliers;

processes used, such as due diligence, to identify and assess significant actual and potential negative social impacts in the supply chain;

how the organization identifies and prioritizes suppliers for assessment of social impacts;

actions taken to address the significant actual and potential negative social impacts identified in the supply chain and whether the actions are intended to prevent, mitigate, or remediate the impacts;

how expectations are established and defined in contracts with suppliers to promote the prevention, mitigation, and remediation of significant actual and potential negative social impacts, including targets and objectives;

whether suppliers are incentivized and rewarded for the prevention, mitigation, and remediation of significant actual and potential negative social impacts;

practices for assessing and auditing suppliers and their products and services using social criteria;

a list of the type, system, scope, frequency, current implementation of assessment and audit, and which parts of the supply chain have been certified and audited;

the systems in place to assess the potential negative impacts of terminating a relationship with a supplier as a result of assessing the supplier for social impacts, and the organization’s strategy to mitigate those impacts.