CSR Procurement of DOWA Group
“Q.C.D+S(Sustainability)”
As a material manufacturer, the DOWA Group promotes CSR of its company from the standpoint of suppliers, while also requesting business partners to undertake initiatives for CSR. Our CSR procurement is characterized by adding "S (Sustainability)" to conventional procurement which is Q (Quality), C (Cost), and D (Delivery date). "S" means initiatives towards social responsibility such as human rights consideration and environmental conservation.
The “CSR Procurement Guidelines” formulated in FY2014 explains about the distribution to partners through the procurement department while also visiting the procurement personnel and business companies in each region to get an explanation and understanding within the group, and the circumstances surrounding CSR procurement and thoughts about our policy.
CSR Self-check and Confirmation Visit
In FY2015, we created a self-checklist based on the CSR Procurement Guidelines and started self-checking of partners. Distribution was made to 107 major partners selected according to the degree of importance of material and purchase price and about 90% was recovered. Regarding the evaluation results, we sent a feedback report and requested the partners to act more aggressively with items that are considered to lack initiatives.
In addition, we made confirmation visits to partners who are very important to business. In FY2015, we visited two companies and conducted factory inspection, interviews and document confirmation based on the results of self-check. Consequently, we pointed out some items related to "safety and health" such as wearing protective equipment and management of first aid products and requested improvement. Confirmation visit is done by the audit team consisting of the CSR department and procurement department, however, since the personnel from our factory using the target materials will also join the team, we are aiming at strengthening the trust and relationship with partners and further penetration of CSR procurement activities into the company.
Future Initiatives
Going forward, we will continue our self-check survey and confirmation visit once a year, communicate with partners regarding as evaluation feedback and support and promote CSR initiatives throughout the supply chain. In addition to asking new suppliers to understand and practice "CSR Procurement Policy" we will also work to improve our CSR level so that we can get our partners to understand and trust our CSR. In FY2016, we will revise the questionnaire sheet to improve the collection rate of the self-checklist and proceed with the audit procedure, etc., to ensure reliable operation.
CSR Procurement Policy
http://www.dowa-csr.jp/en/csr/csr_procurement.html
