Sustainability
in Supply
Chain
Samsung Electronics is striving to establish a responsible and environment-friendly supply chain by supporting suppliers in improving their business competitiveness as well as their labor and human rights, environmental, safety, and health standards.
“Samsung Electronics tries to minimize the possibility of risks We also fulfill mutual cooperation with suppliers to conform sustainable
that exist throughout the supply chain by requiring that purchasers
in the company will comply with the global behavior rules
and suppliers will keep supplier code of conduct.
and responsible procurement practices.”
- Earn-Key Joo, Executive Vice President and Head of Partner Collaboration Center -
- Supply Chain Management
- ESG Audit and Capacity-Building
- Partner Collaboration
- Responsible Minerals
Supply Chain Management
Building together with our suppliers
From selection
to operation,
management and
evaluation of suppliers
Choosing our suppliers
carefullySelection process for new suppliers
Collaborating openly
and
ethicallySupplier Management System
Evaluating our suppliers
accuratelyComprehensive evaluation of suppliers
ESG Audit and Capacity-Building
For everyone to comply with the law and fulfil social responsibilities
Samsung Electronics takes into account its contractors' sustainability and aims to grow and develop together.
We spread good influence to the entire society by strengthening supply chain competitiveness and implementing collaboration.
Ensure that what needs
to be complied with is
compliedESG Audit
Improve the work
environment of our
partners around the
worldESG Capacity-Building
Partner
Collaboration
How we grow with our suppliers
We Buy Value, We Pay Trust. This is our procurement vision, and it drives our efforts for our suppliers' sustainable growth.Such efforts allowed us to become the first Korean company to receive the highest grade for 11 consecutive yearsin the ‘2021 Shared Growth Index Evaluation’ selected by the Korea Commission for Corporate Partnership.
*Note: The Act on the Promotion of Mutually Beneficial Cooperation between Large Enterprises and Small and Medium Enterprises aims to resolve polarization issue between large enterprises and small and medium enterprises in Korea. Under this act, the Korea Commission for Corporate Partnership evaluates the level of such a cooperation. The ‘Shared Growth Index’ evaluates factors as strengthening competitiveness of and collaborating with supply chain, and fair trade practices.
Competitiveness of our suppliers
- Funding
SupportLearn more - Human
Resource
Development Learn more - Innovation
SupportLearn more - Technology Support Learn more
- Partner Collaboration
AcademyLearn more - Semiconductor
Technology
and Business
Consulting Learn more
Environmental Health & Safety
and GHG Emissions Management
The first step toward incorporating
sustainability in products and
realizing clean production
Development and clean production of products with environmental considerations (e.g., high-energy efficiency and use of recycled materials) cannot happen without active management of and support for the supply chain. At Samsung Electronics, we are working with our suppliers to manage our environmental impact, reduce the production of harmful substances, and improve health and safety.
Reducing carbon emissions
with suppliersSupplier environmental management
Incorporating EHS into
chemical
managementChemical management
Keeping our suppliers’
work environment
healthy and safeSupport for EHS improvements
Risks that are carefully
checked
and proactively
managedRisk Assessment and Management of Our Suppliers
Not to miss even
the smallest voiceGrievance Handling System
Responsible
minerals
Responsible mining and transparent
management
Responsible minerals are minerals related to various issues such as child labor, human rights, and environmental issues
in Conflict-Affected and High Risk Areas. We strive to eradicate human rights violations, such as child labor and sexual violence,
during the mining process and to protect the health and safety of miners.
Blocking conflict minerals.
Sourcing only responsible
mining minerals.State of responsible mineral management
Working with
global partnersResponsible minerals partnerships
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