Supplier Compliance
For our Group Compliance Program to succeed, it is important that members of our supply chain adhere to the same values, principles and rules as we do. Many of our customers value the fact that ANDRITZ is making tremendous efforts to ensure that our suppliers comply with our standards of integrity. Suppliers who support the same compliance values and rules will be preferred business partners of our global organization.
This is why we have established a Supplier Code of Conduct that summarizes our suppliers’ commitment to our Group Compliance Program. Any business partner who wishes to be a supplier to the ANDRITZ GROUP is requested to adhere to the Supplier Code of Conduct. Suppliers must also pass an onboarding procedure during which they have to answer a questionnaire and may be subject to compliance audits. Eventually we may also invite our suppliers’ employees working for ANDRITZ to pass an online training course designed especially for them.
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LKSG Compliance
Since January 1, 2023, ANDRITZ Deutschland Beteiligungs GmbH (as a result of aggregating the affiliated subsidiaries) has to implement the requirements of the German Supply Chain Act (LkSG). This law requires companies to comply with certain due diligence obligations in their supply chain and their own business area with regard to human rights and environmental standards. A risk management process with clear responsibilities must be established and regular risk analyses must be carried out. ANDRITZ has had an existing supplier compliance risk program in place for many years already and conducts risk assessments in its own business area through existing processes (e.g., HR onboarding processes). The additional measures taken by ANDRITZ to meet the requirements of the LKSG are explained in more detail below:
Express reference is made to the published policy statement (Policy Statement of ANDRITZ Deutschland Beteiligungs GmbH).Our Whistleblowing tool, called "Speak UP!", enables anyone to report human rights and environmental risks and (potential) violations arising from the activities of ANDRlTZ or one of our direct or indirect suppliers to the Group Compliance department.
Sanctions & Export Compliance
As a group-wide operating company, ANDRITZ must observe and comply with applicable national and international legal regulations regarding sanctions and export controls. As part of our group wide compliance management system, ANDRITZ has implemented a dedicated internal export controls program (ICP), with clear processes and responsibilities regarding sanctions and export controls. This ICP is managed by a dedicated export control manager global, who is supported by a network of local export control managers.
The ICP works with the software SAP-GTS. With this system the “4 questions of the exporter” (Who? Where to? What? What for?) can be answered in a (mostly) automated process (sanctions party list screening/country embargo check/legal control and check of end-use).
