A

WHY A RESPONSIBLE PURCHASING CHARTER AT FAUN ENVIRONNEMENT?

FAUN Environnement’s Responsible Purchasing Charter sets out the framework of our code of conduct, applicable to relations with our suppliers, whether they provide us with equipment or services.

It sets out the fundamental principles of our relationship with our suppliers, which serve as a basis for their selection and as a regular guide in our day-to-day dealings. It forms an integral part of our purchasing and service contracts.
Evaluations in the form of audits may be carried out to check that the principles of our Responsible Purchasing Charter are being taken into account, and to implement corrective actions if necessary.

Quality, safety, environmental and energy information will be requested and evaluated during audits. This information may be used as a criterion for selecting our suppliers and service providers.

B

OUR COMMITMENTS

All FAUN Environnement employees adhere to the Group’s internal Ethics Charter. The following principles are applied to suppliers and service providers:

• Transparency/Communication: All disputes are brought to the attention of the supplier or service provider, and mediation is preferred to resolve them. As far as possible, suppliers or service providers are informed of future purchases falling within their scope, and of the selection criteria established.
• Fairness in the choice of partners: In the case of competitive tendering, the same selection criteria are applied to all participants. Social and environmental clauses are included where possible.
• Compliance with payment deadlines: FAUN Environnement employees are encouraged to ensure that the supplier payment process runs smoothly and to monitor compliance with contractual payment deadlines. Any discrepancies brought to their attention are dealt with as quickly as possible.
• Balanced relationship: Our Group wishes to establish and maintain a balanced and respectful relationship with its suppliers, with no power struggles or economic or functional dependence.
• Absence of conflicts of interest: Prescribers and buyers act in the interests of FAUN Environnement without their personal interests interfering with their professional decisions.
• Confidentiality: FAUN Environnement undertakes to respect the confidentiality of information transmitted by service providers and suppliers and identified as such. This information will not be disclosed to third parties.
• Prevention of corruption: FAUN Environnement prohibits all forms of corruption in its relations with its partners. Prescribers and purchasers may not receive any gratuities which do not comply with the provisions of the group’s ethics charter, i.e. :
  • Before offering or receiving a gift, the employee must check that it is authorised by the laws in force, the internal rules of the beneficiary/donor if known, and this ethics charter.
    Gifts must serve a legitimate business purpose and must not be given to gain an advantage or influence an action.
  • Invitations to restaurants offered by outside parties must be refused unless approved by the line manager.

C

THE COMMITMENTS OF OUR SUPPLIERS
AND SERVICE PROVIDERS

We cannot achieve excellence without suppliers who are excellent in terms of the quality of their products and services. We want them to share their progress with us in return for our loyalty and trust.
In line with the main thrusts of our CSR policy, FAUN Environnement asks its suppliers and service providers to commit to the following subjects:

FAUN Environnement’s suppliers and service providers comply with the safety rules in force on the company’s premises, whether they are delivering products or providing services.

They are required to set up a health and safety risk assessment system within their companies and to plan the resulting actions.
Every year, they send the FAUN Environnement Group their safety performance, i.e. their minimum frequency and severity rates.

Suppliers and service providers are encouraged to put in place a structured health and safety approach and, where possible, to commit to
ISO 45001 certification.