Our non-negotiable requirement is only to do business with fully qualified, compliant, and high-performing suppliers. Our Supplier Code of Conduct (SCoC) defines the principles by which we require our partners to conduct business. We are committed to sourcing goods and services from suppliers who fully comply with these standards.
Our risk-based procedure, the Supplier Sustainability Assessment, is designed to identify, assess, monitor, report, and mitigate sustainability risk. This is used with independently verified assessments developed by the leading provider, EcoVadis.
Following two consecutive gold awards, our sustainability performance received a platinum medal by EcoVadis, a leading sustainability assessment specialist. This places us in the top one percent of the 89,000 companies assessed by EcoVadis. We also received the EcoVadis Award for ‘Best Mature Program in Sustainable Procurement’.
EcoVadis Suppliers Assessment
Hitachi Energy joined the ‘EcoVadis Wind Energy Initiative’ with five leading wind energy industry organizations at the end of 2023. In 2024, one more member joined the initiative. The initiative aims to accelerate the uptake of sustainable practices by fostering strong collaboration between trading partners and amplifying positive impacts across our value chains.
1992
Number of suppliers assessed in EcoVadis since our roll-out the program
53
Number of countries where our suppliers have been assessed by EcoVadis
55.6 / 100
Average ratings performance (versus 48.1 EcoVadis global average)
Our Supply Chain Management (SCM) team implements dedicated programs to monitor, assess, and report per-formance and progress against various indicators, including health and safety, environmental impact, integrity, quality, and human rights. We offer our partners and employees support, training, and evaluation via our Supplier Sustainability Development Program to mitigate significant sustainability risks.
Building a responsible supplier ecosystem
We believe in paying forward our sustainability, human rights, health, safety and labor practices, and quality commitments by co-creating tailord solutions to engage our suppliers in the their journey to excellence.
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Although we do not source raw minerals and ores directly from mines, smelters, or refiners, our Responsible Minerals Sourcing Program offers regular training and communications for suppliers and internal teams to support compliance with our Responsible Minerals Sourcing policy.
Responsible Minerals Sourcing Program
Suppliers have been identified in the Conflict Minerals and Cobalt survey, as part of a risk-based approach.
84 %
responses received in Conflict Minerals survey, with 82 percent of those accepted, according to the criteria
61 %
of smelters and refiners (SORs) of conflict minerals have conformant status
60 %
responses received in Cobalt survey, with 89 percent accepted according to the criteria
60 %
of smelters and refiners (SORs) of Cobalt Mineral have conformant status
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