Responsible Procurement – working with our suppliers
Responsible Procurement ensures that the Novartis commitment to good corporate responsibility is reflected in how we select and work with our suppliers.
We engage with an extensive network of suppliers worldwide and their contributions are crucial to our success. With such global reach, ensuring that our goods and services are ethically sourced is paramount.
Responsible Procurement (RP) is the way we achieve that. It encourages companies that we do business with to meet the standards of ethics, business integrity and environmental practice we expect of them. Global businesses now need to develop a model that can bring about meaningful change within the supply chain. That means identifying gaps in the suppliers' ethical business practices, and collaborating with them to develop tangible improvements.
“Responsible Procurement involves more than ticking the compliance box. It's about taking responsibility to safeguard and improve ethical standards among our suppliers, and using our expertise to help them find lasting solutions to complex issues”
Phillip Duncan, Chief Procurement Officer
Making sure we "buy responsibly" protects our patients, our people, our business and our reputation.
