Logista’s general principles of conduct set out the minimum standards and basic rules of conduct that must govern supplier operations – both towards their own employees and towards any third parties involved in carrying out their activities – in their dealings with Logista.
Compliance with these principles of conduct is mandatory and as such they must be understood and accepted by all of Logista’s suppliers. To ensure they are publicly available, they are published on the Company’s corporate website.
Logista’s procurement policy also sets out Logista’s guiding principles on ethics, labour, sustainability, quality and client satisfaction, and forms the basis for supplier tendering and selection.
Under the procurement guidelines tendering must also be governed by the principle of ethical and professional conduct.
Supplier tendering and selection is conducted via an objective and rigorous process.
To evaluate how compliant suppliers are with standards of quality, safety and professionalism, as well as with all other standards required by Logista, we conduct regular evaluations.
In 2022, Logista carried out 708 supplier audits, and did not identify any significant shortcomings in any of them. In 2021, 824 supplier audits were carried out.
The checks form part of the control systems put in place in each business. The regular checks include the evaluation of certified quality control systems, a review of the degree of compliance with regulatory strategies, and the monitoring and evaluation of delegates and other commercial representatives via unannounced on-site inspection.
In order to optimise and streamline resources, all significant purchases of goods and services corresponding to general purchases, supplies, maintenance services and information and communications technologies, as well as CAPEX, are centralised.
However, due to their nature or low cost, the procurement of some goods and services is not suitable for centralised management. In these cases, the established procurement process is followed, to comply with the general procurement guidelines set out in the procurement policy and to ensure transparency, efficiency and equity in those purchases.
Objectives
Establishes ethical values and other guidelines and principles of responsible conduct, applicable to Logista’s management.
Area
General. All Logista employees.
Scope
Criminal activities, theft of products by clients/suppliers, bribery, fraud, falsification of company accounts or records, facilitating incorrect data or information, theft of company information, breaches of security/health and safety/environmental rules, discrimination.
Objectives
The code of conduct created a whistleblower channel for reporting any conduct, facts, omissions or non-compliance (malpractice) that constitutes an Infringement of the code of conduct.
Area
General. All Logista employees.
Scope
n/a
Objectives
i) Optimising and streamlining the use and availability of resources through centralisation (synergies, economies of scale), ii) Highlighting the importance of the procurement process (duties and responsibilities of those involved in the process), iii) Preventing risks of fraud in procurement processes, iv) Establishing basic principles of procurement: 1- competition, 2- publicity, 3- non-discrimination, 4- preventing conflict of interest, 5- ethical and professional conduct, 6- reasoned decisions, 7- separation of roles, 8- general principles of supplier conduct, v) creating a register of suppliers.
Area
Procurement activities.
Scope
Purchases included, purchases excluded.
Objectives
Minimum standards and basic rules of conduct that must govern the operations of Logista suppliers. Not just in relation to Logista, but also in terms of suppliers’ relationships with their employees, third parties and the environment. Logista’s principles are also the principles that we expect of our suppliers.
Area
Suppliers.
Scope
Compliance with laws, transparency in dealings with public authorities, freedom of competition, prevention of money laundering, compliance with tax and social security regulations, principles of honesty and transparency, confidentiality of information, respect for intellectual property rights, respect for personal and family privacy, compliance with labour obligations, respect for employees, safe and healthy working environment, protection of the environment.
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