(C12.2a) Provide details of the climate-related requirements that suppliers have to meet as part of your organization’s purchasing process and the compliance mechanisms in place.
Question dependencies
This question only appears if any “Yes…” option is selected in response to C12.2.
Change from last year
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Rationale
Setting climate-related requirements for suppliers increases their awareness of climate-related issues and drives climate action across the supply chain. This question indicates to data users the extent to which a company is committed to driving action through its supply chain.
Connection to other frameworks
SDG
Goal 12: Responsible consumption and production
RE100
Response options
Please complete the following table. You are able to add rows by using the “Add Row” button at the bottom of the table.
| Climate-related requirement |
Description of this climate related requirement | % suppliers by procurement spend that have to comply with this climate-related requirement | % suppliers by procurement spend in compliance with this climate-related requirement | Mechanisms for monitoring compliance with this climate-related requirement | Response to supplier non-compliance with this climate-related requirement |
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| Select from drop-down options below |
Text field [maximum 1,500 characters] | Percentage field [enter a percentage from 0-100 using a maximum of 2 decimal places] | Percentage field [enter a percentage from 0-100 using a maximum of 2 decimal places] | Select all that apply:
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Climate-related requirement drop-down options:
- Complying with regulatory requirements
- Climate-related disclosure through a public platform
- Climate-related disclosure through a non-public platform
- Fugitive emissions reductions
- Implementation of emissions reduction initiatives
- Measuring product-level emissions
- Purchasing renewable energy
- Setting a low-carbon energy target
- Meeting minimum emissions intensity standards for the supplied product or service
- Product Carbon Footprint (PCF) reductions
- Setting a science-based emissions reduction target
- Setting a renewable energy target
- Waste reduction and material circularity
- Other, please specify
Requested content
Description of this climate-related requirement (column 2)
- Describe the climate-related requirement selected in column 1. For example, if you selected “Meeting minimum emissions intensity standards the supplied product or service”, state the minimum emissions intensity figure you expect your suppliers to meet for a specific product or service, and the product life cycle stages the emissions intensity figure applies to (see “Additional information” for further guidance on life cycle stages).
- Specify whether your suppliers must meet this climate-related requirement as part of their contract with your organization. If not, specify how this climate-related requirement is integrated into your organization’s purchasing process.
% suppliers by procurement spend that need to comply with this climate-related requirement (column 3)
- State the percentage of your organization’s total procurement spend in the reporting year that the group of suppliers that have to meet this climate-related requirement represent. Note that total (direct and indirect) procurement spend includes all operational expenses on raw materials, goods, and services procured.
- Do not include new or potential suppliers for whom you do not have spend data.
% suppliers by procurement spend in compliance with this climate-related requirement in reporting year (column 4)
- State the percentage of your organization’s total procurement spend in the reporting year that the group of suppliers that are in compliance with this climate-related requirement represent. Note that total (direct and indirect) procurement spend includes all operational expenses on raw materials, goods, and services procured.
- Do not include new or potential suppliers for whom you do not have spend data.
Mechanisms for monitoring compliance with this climate-related requirement (column 5)
- Select the type(s) of monitoring mechanisms your organization has in place to assess compliance with the climate-related requirement selected in column 1. If your organization does not monitor compliance of this climate-related requirement, select “No mechanism for monitoring compliance”.
Response to supplier non-compliance with this climate-related requirement (column 6)
- Select the most appropriate procedure for responding to non-compliant suppliers. Further details on each of the options are provided below:
- Exclude: Select this option if you end a purchasing relationship with a non-compliant supplier (in the case of a prior or ongoing relationship) or avoid purchasing from a given non-compliant supplier (in the case of spot markets or lack of an ongoing purchasing relationship). This option is also applicable if you do not establish a purchasing relationship because of supplier unwillingness to comply with the climate-related requirement.
- No response: Select this option if you do not have a procedure for responding to non-compliant suppliers.
- Retain and engage: Select this option if you continue to purchase the product or service while engaging with the supplier to resolve the non-compliance(s).
- Suspend and engage: Select this option if you temporarily pause purchasing from a supplier but continue to engage with the supplier to resolve the non-compliance(s).
- If you select "Retain and engage" or "Suspend and engage" and the engagement is applicable to the reporting year, you should disclose details of this engagement in C12.1a.
- If you have a publicly available procedure for your response to supplier non-compliance you may attach it here (this is optional).
Explanation of terms
- Third-party verification: Verification conducted by an independent entity that does not provide other services to the company.
Additional information
Life cycle stages (in line with the GHG Protocol Product Life Cycle Accounting and Reporting Standard):
- Material acquisition & pre-processing stage: A life cycle stage that begins when resources are extracted from nature and ends when the product components enter the gate of the studied product’s production facility.
- Production stage: A life cycle stage that begins when the product components enter the production site for the studied product and ends when the finished studied product leaves the production gate.
- Use stage: A life cycle stage that begins when the consumer takes possession of the product and ends when the used product is discarded.
- End-of-life stage: A life cycle stage that begins when the used product is discarded by the consumer and ends when the product is returned to nature (e.g. incinerated) or allocated to another product’s life cycle.
