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Concept for CSR Procurement
Fulfilling CSR throughout the entire supply chain
CSR Procurement Diagram
Recent trends require manufacturers and service providers to fulfill their social responsibility not only within the company but also throughout the entire supply chain* that brings those products and services to life. This means addressing issues that include human rights, safety and health, and consideration for the environment. Konica Minolta is working on achieving Group-wide CSR procurement to meet such requirements. The Group also enlists the cooperation of its suppliers and is building stronger partnerships with them by providing support for problem-solving as needed.
Prior to a full-fledged implementation of the CSR procurement in 2009, an annual plan was formulated by each of the business companies, based on their business situation and procurement environment. To start with, these plans are implemented at Konica Minolta's production sites, primarily in China where the majority of the Group's production sites are located, and the knowledge acquired in this process will be used when the Group extends the CSR procurement to its suppliers.
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- Supply chain: The series of activities involved in delivering a product or service to a customer, ranging from procurement and production to distribution and sales.
Developing Systems to Promote CSR Procurement
Developing systems and preparing tools for promoting CSR procurement
To promote CSR procurement at Konica Minolta production sites, production affiliates, and suppliers, the Group assigned personnel at its business companies and major affiliates to serve as CSR Procurement Managers and Core Members in November 2008. Efforts are being made to ascertain the degree to which CSR procurement is being promoted by each of these Core Members as a leader.
Also, Konica Minolta is preparing tools that can be used to promote CSR procurement, including the Code of Conduct*1 that identifies relevant fields and standards, and a CSR procurement questionnaire for ascertaining the degree to which CSR procurement is being achieved.
These tools are in compliance with those proposed by the code of conduct and the questionnaire specified in the EICC*2 which promotes global CSR procurement efforts. By providing training for procurement personnel in China and implementing CSR procurement on a trial basis with some of its suppliers, Konica Minolta is striving to identify challenges in advance and to add explanations to the questionnaire for helping make it more intelligible to participants.
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- Code of conduct: Regulations that identify the level of achievement in the various areas of CSR procurement, including labor, ethics, safety and health, the environment, and management systems.
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- EICC: Electronic Industry Citizenship Coalition (an organization promoting CSR procurement in the electronic information and communications industry).
