{"id":1316,"date":"2025-10-13T20:05:46","date_gmt":"2025-10-13T18:05:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/reducio.com\/how-to-develop-a-responsible-purchasing-policy-within-your-company\/"},"modified":"2025-11-24T17:44:43","modified_gmt":"2025-11-24T16:44:43","slug":"how-to-develop-a-responsible-purchasing-policy-within-your-company","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/reducio.com\/en\/how-to-develop-a-responsible-purchasing-policy-within-your-company\/","title":{"rendered":"How to develop a Responsible Purchasing policy within your company?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"et_pb_section_0 et_pb_section et_section_regular et_flex_section\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_row_0 et_pb_row et_flex_row\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_column_0 et_pb_column et-last-child et_flex_column et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et_flex_column_24_24 et_flex_column_24_24_tablet et_flex_column_24_24_phone\">\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>What is a responsible purchase? A responsible (or sustainable) purchase integrates economic, environmental, and social performance criteria. It is the application of Sustainable Development and CSR to purchasing decisions.  <\/strong><\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Why develop a responsible purchasing policy?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Consumers, NGOs, rating agencies, and others are increasingly demanding information about<strong> product origins and adherence to social and environmental practices<\/strong> (child labor, pollution, etc.). Public authorities, through public contracts and calls for tenders, are also increasingly demanding CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) considerations. Your company will undoubtedly benefit from a <strong>better image with its clients <\/strong>by learning to communicate the <strong>CSR efforts <\/strong>undertaken by its purchasing department.  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">A responsible purchasing policy also generates so-called \"intangible\" value: trust, collaboration, mutual support, partnership, etc., instead of a purely economic and financial relationship that limits opportunities for negotiation and mutual development.<br \/><strong>Responsible purchasing<\/strong> also helps reduce indirect costs (less packaging, optimized transportation, energy savings, etc.).<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">How to develop a responsible purchasing policy in your company?<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can start by carrying out risk analyses in the 3 areas: economic, social and environmental.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_image_0 et_pb_image et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><span class=\"et_pb_image_wrap\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/reducio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/analyse-risques.jpg\" alt=\"analyses de risques dans les 3 domaines : \u00e9conomique, social et environnemental.\" width=\"341\" height=\"212\" srcset=\"https:\/\/reducio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/analyse-risques.jpg 341w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" class=\"wp-image-762\" \/><\/span><\/div>\n\n<div class=\"et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text et_pb_bg_layout_light et_pb_module et_flex_module\"><div class=\"et_pb_text_inner\"><p>You will therefore answer the following specific questions:<br \/>\u2022 Where do the products come from?<br \/>\u2022 Who manufactured them?<br \/>\u2022 What are they made of?<br \/>\u2022 What are they packaged in?<br \/>\u2022 What will happen to them after they are used?<br \/>\u2022 What is their environmental impact?<br \/>\u2022 What is their social impact?<br \/>\u2022 What is the impact on the company's overall performance?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">By asking these questions, you increase your<strong> knowledge of your supplies<\/strong> and your <strong>suppliers<\/strong>. You <strong>reduce risks<\/strong>, both in terms of <strong>supply chain management<\/strong> and in terms of your company's image. <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">You can also address the issue of packaging and waste optimization\/recycling. Fewer boxes received mean fewer boxes to open, move, or dispose of, resulting in lower waste management costs. While these savings aren't always directly quantifiable, they are increasingly being factored into cost-saving calculations.  <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During environmental impact assessments, you will need to consider <strong>ecological issues<\/strong> (greenhouse gases, acid rain, deforestation, etc.) or energy-related issues (renewable energies, rare earth management, etc.). Understanding the products you buy also allows you to better manage the end-of-life of your own products and to participate in the analysis and implementation of Life Cycle Assessments (from design to dismantling, including manufacturing, use, and maintenance). <\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">During social impact studies, these include aspects of compliance with labor law (legal obligations), safety, working conditions, and even aspects of training and professional development in your suppliers' companies.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Establish a Charter for Responsible\/Sustainable Purchasing<\/h2>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">To formalize, communicate, and increase the impact of your approach, it is useful, even essential, to establish a <strong>charter for your purchases<\/strong>. <strong>Sustainable purchasing charter,<\/strong> <strong>purchasing ethics charter,<\/strong> code of conduct, <strong>sustainability policy<\/strong> with a dedicated purchasing section\u2026 the options are numerous, and depending on your sector, you can contact organizations related to sustainable development that will help you define the initial content for such a document, based on the scope you wish to cover. ISO 26000 is currently the benchmark for CSR, and you will find an AFNOR guide to responsible purchasing (NF X50-135) to assist you in its implementation. <\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1315,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1316","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-evaluate-the-performance-of-your-companys-purchasing-processes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/reducio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/reducio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/reducio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reducio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reducio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1316"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/reducio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1317,"href":"https:\/\/reducio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1316\/revisions\/1317"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reducio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/reducio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reducio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1316"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/reducio.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}