About the data
Methodology
In this question you are being asked to identify whether the company discloses supplier feedback on the its purchasing practices through a formal process.
Where to look for this information:
- Corporate Social Responsibility report
- In Modern Slavery Statement or
- California Transparency Act disclosure
- Company documents
- Company policies
- Company websites
- Company code of conduct
- Parent company documents (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
- Parent company policies (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
- Parent company websites (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
- Parent company code of conduct (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
Good keywords for your searches include:
- Better Buying
- Supplier feedback
- Purchasing Practices
Things to keep in mind:
- Publishing of supplier feedback might happen via the Better Buying platform, Supplier Summits, internal surveys of suppliers of brands’ purchasing practices
- Feedback itself must be publish, not enough to state that feedback is gathered
- Audits not sufficient