Sourcing: Milestones

Milestones

Insisting on high social and environmental standards has been part of our supply chain evaluations for a decade.

 



1998 - Code of Conduct and environmental requirements are among supplier evaluation criteria.

2002 - Ericsson Code of Conduct established.

2004 - The first auditors trained and first benchmark audits conducted for high risk areas.

 

2005 - Initiated risk-based supplier improvement projects and scorecard system to rank compliance.

 

2006 - Risk-based projects exceeded targets, delivering marked improvements in compliance among selected suppliers.

2007 - Risk assessment model for local sourcing units piloted in China, India and Brazil. Prioritized commodities added to the Supplier Code of Conduct (S-CoC) Program.

2008 - Internal, web-based S-CoC observer training launched. Roll-out of risk assessment model. Global roll out of S-CoC Program initiated. Most tower manufacturers worldwide audited and/or assessed.

OBJECTIVE 2009 - S-CoC Program to be rolled-out in all Market and Business Units. Launch of web-based S-CoC course for all suppliers.