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Sustainability Supplier Assessment Questions
Ener9y and Climate • 1.Have you measured and taken steps to reduce your corporate greenhouse gas emissions(Y1%
Reduce energy costs and green- • 2.Have you opted to report your greenhouse gas emissions and climate change strategyto the
house gas emissions Carbon Disclosure Project(CDP)?(YIN)
• 3.What are your total annual greenhouse gas emissions in the most recent year measured?(Enter
total metric tons CO2e,e.g.CDP 2009 Questionnaae,Questions 7-11,Scope 1 and 2 emissions)
• 4.Have you set publicly available greenhouse gas reduction targets?If yes,what are thosetargets?
(Enter total metric ton and target date,e.g.CDP 2009 Questionnaire,Question 23)
Material Eflydency • Scores will be automatically calculated based on participation in the Packaging Scorecard in
Reduce waste and enhance addition to the following
quality • 5.If measured.please report total amount of solid waste generated from the facilities that produce
your product(s)for Walmart for the most recent year measured(Enter total Ibs)
C) • b.Have you set publicly available solid waste reduction targets?If yes,what are those targets?
(Enter total ibs and target date)
• 7.If measured,please report total water use from the faalities that produce your product(s)for
Walmart for the most recent year measured.(Enter total gallons)
• a Have you set publcaly available water use reduction targets?If yes,what are those targets?
(Enter total gallons and target date)
Nature and Resources • 9.Have you established publicly available sustainability purchasing guidelines for your direct
High quote resporrubly sourced suppliers that address issues such as environmental compliance,employment practices,and
row trwteriols product/irgredient safety?(Y/N)
• 10.Have you obtained 3rd party certifications for any of the products that you sell to Walmart? If
so,from the lust of certifications belovw please select those for which any of your products are,or
I utilize materials that are,currently certified.
People and Community • 11.Do you know the location of 100%of the facilities that produce your product(s)?(Yid)
Vibrant productive warfpfaces • 12.Before beginning a business relationship with a manufacturing facility,do you evaluate their
and coniinunides quality of production and capacity for production?(Y/N)
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• 13.Do you have a process for managing social compliance at the manufacturing level?(Y/N)
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, 14 Do you workout your supply base to resolve issues found during social compliance
evaluations and also document specific corrections andimprovements?(YIN)
a 15.Do you Invest in community development activities in the markets you source from and/or
operate within?(Y/N)
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practices you'd like to see in your supply chain.Use CO's key questions to help start the conversation.
Environmental management can be a complex topic and require specialist knowledge.But you can start to get a sense of how a
supplier or potential supplier operates and approaches environmental management with the questions listed below.
Not all these questions will be relevant to all suppliers,and they can't guarantee anything,but they can help you open up a
conversation about environmental management practices.
Key questions to ask suppliers:
1.What raw materials do you use?Are they organic?Are they made from recycled fibres?Where are they from?
2.Do you have an environmental management system in place?Is it consistent with an internationally accepted standard,e.g.
ISO 14001?Can you provide a copy?
3.Are you using the Sustainable Apparel Coalition HIGG Fadlities Environmental Management(FEM)Module
(https://apparelcoalition.org/higg-facility-tools/)?
4.Are you certified under an environmental certification scheme,such as the Global Organic Textiles Standard
(https://www commonobjective.co/global-orga nic-textile-standard)?
5.What local environmental regulations are you required to comply with?Have you recently been in breach of these
regulations?If so what have you done or are planning to do in response?
6.Are you tracking,reporting and managing your use of energy,water and chemicals?
7.Do you have targets for reducing your use of energy,water and chemicals?
8.How do you manage your water-based and solid waste(https://www.commonobjective.co/article/the-issues-waste)?
9.Do you use renewable energy in your facilities?
10.Do you recycle any of your key inputs,such as water(https://www.commonobjective.co/article/the-issues-water)or
chemicals(https://www.commonobjective.co/artide/the-issues-chemicals)?
11.Do you use any hazardous chemicals or materials in your production?How do you manage them to ensure they don't enter
waste streams or water?
12.How do you package your final products?Do you use any recycled or recyclable materials?
13.How might we as buyers partner with you to implement the environmental management systems we want to see in our
supply chains?
For further research,ideas and support on this topic,a good resource can be found in the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for
Responsible Supply Chains in the Garment and Footwear sector(http://mneguideiines.oecd.org/oecd-due-diligence-guidance-
garment-footwear.pdf).
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