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Corporate and social responsibility report
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Being an ethical and fair good player in business
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Worldline
2016 Registration Document
Code of Conduct for purchasing
A.4.2.1.2
Worldline’s employees who perform purchasing related
distributed to members of the Purchasing department.
which is described via internal communication systems and
contacts with suppliers must abide by a strict Code of Conduct
activities on behalf of the Company or who have regular
they have read and understood it.
Purchasing employees must sign this document, stating that
As such, it does not provide an exhaustive set of rules. Global
employee must respect in the performance of his or her work.
This Code of Conduct establishes the elementary rules each
each entity is responsible for implementing the applicable
The Code of Conduct is applicable to the entire Atos group, and
and regulations).
objectives and principles (in accordance with national legislation
disciplinary actions, up to and including termination of
Failure to comply with this Code of Conduct may result in
employment.
Employee awareness
A.4.2.1.3
also received online training about the sustainable supply chain
repository systems dedicated to sustainable purchasing. Buyers
the Company’s social network and documents stored in the
ways to implement sustainability best practices via the intranet,
at the Company.
Worldline’s buyers are regularly informed about the different
[GRI 203-2] [GRI 204-1] [GRI 205-1] and [AO17]
Promoting sustainable relationships
A.4.2.1.4
the areas of Human Rights, labour, the environment and
to follow the principles of the United Nations Global Compact in
Social Responsibility topics. It encourages Worldline’s suppliers
undertaken by the Procurement department for Corporate
anti-corruption in order to be able to work with Worldline.
charter’s objective is to summarize principles and actions
request for proposal and is attached to all contracts. The
The Atos group Sustainable Supplier Charter, available on Atos
website, is distributed to all Worldline suppliers participating to a
to very few or no contracts being allocated with that vendor.
Worldline in order to improve its CSR performance, this will lead
decided to engage on reaching the Gold level certification by
why as part of its CSR TRUST 2020 ambition, Worldline has
procurement issues is one of Worldline’s key priorities, this is
responsible suppliers and being a leader on responsible
to EcoVadis assessment or is not willing to cooperate with
performance. In the case that the supplier refuses to participate
40 points on EcoVadis propose action plans to increase their
EcoVadis and to monitor that 100% of its suppliers rated below
during their contract. As mentioned before, contracting with
by EcoVadis regarding their CSR performance at any time
Moreover, Worldline asks its strategical suppliers to be assessed
EcoVadis and the status of the ongoing assessments.
the total spend [AO17 – GRI 205-1]. The selection of suppliers that
65 suppliers were evaluated by EcoVadis representing 47% of
increased its rating by 4 points having a score of 62. In addition,
In 2016, Worldline reached the gold level by EcoVadis and
purchasing community is aware about the relationship with
(collaborative knowledge sharing tool from Atos group), the
risk level and the geographic risk. Thanks to the use of ZEN
will be evaluated is based on their level of spend, the category
was 58.9/100. Worldline expects its suppliers to offer more in the
The average rating awarded to these 65 suppliers by EcoVadis
risk of corruption while analyzing supplier policies and practices
to 47% of total spend [AO17]. EcoVadis also assess Worldline’s
Worldline suppliers were assessed by EcoVadis, corresponding
way of innovative and sustainable solutions. In 2016, 26% of
[GRI 205-1].
impact on the environment.
represented 87,67% of spend [GRI 204-1], reducing Worldline’s
In 2016, the proportion of spending on local suppliers
Supplier evaluation
A.4.2.1.5
decision-making process for selecting new partners, suppliers
As sustainability has become a significant issue in the
online authoring have been implemented for Worldline. CSR
E-sourcing tools and contract management systems including
qualification is 10% and all buyers apply this selection rule.
and subcontractors, the sustainability weight in the QCDMIS
criteria for supplier’s selection are automated into those tools.
Suppliers audit
will determine an appropriate action plan to stop the reported
the supplier an appropriate timeline for its implementation.
non-compliant misconduct and Worldline will determine with
department. Information about health and safety management
management team as a request from the Procurement
to its suppliers made by the Industrialization and quality
14001 certification process, Worldline performs different audits
the principles of the charter, the supplier shall report this to
are or not in conformity. In case of serious noncompliance with
ethics of the Company where they need to confirm either they
is required as well as a safety policy, conformity with the chart of
month after the reporting of this non-compliance the supplier
Worldline within one week after the discovering. Within one
As part of its compliance process with the ISO 9001 and ISO