Relationships with Suppliers
Fundamental Policies on Procurement (Purchasing/CSR Procurement Policies) G-TEKT’s Supplier CSR Guidelines Communication with Suppliers Suppliers’ Quality Award Measures against Conflict Minerals
Fundamental Policies on Procurement (Purchasing/CSR Procurement Policies)
In pursuit of customer satisfaction with respect to manufacturing, G-TEKT shall engage in procurement activities in accordance with three fundamental policies:
- 1.Compliance and green procurement
- 2.To maintain a fair and healthy relationship with suppliers (from Our Code of Conduct)
- 3.Mutual prosperity based on mutual trust
We will raise awareness on CSR procurement involving the use of supplier status regarding efforts on compliance and eco-friendliness as well as human rights and labor environment as a criterion for doing business, and ask our suppliers to share in our approach of making products in an eco-friendly manner in compliance with laws and regulations.
G-TEKT’s Supplier CSR Guidelines.
A presentation for suppliers at G-KTB (Brazil)
In April 2016, we formulated and published G-TEKT’s Supplier CSR Guidelines to further clarify our expectations of suppliers and have them understand and share this at a deeper level. Considering recent social changes, such as changes in the business environment and transformations in the automobile industry due to the evolution of AI and IoT, we have decided to review items such as human rights, discrimination and forced labor, which have become international issues, and issued the revised guidelines in April 2019. We have worked together with suppliers, in the belief that it is important for CSR activities to involve not only activities relating to environmental problems but also those involving the entire supply chain, such as compliance with laws and regulations, respect for human rights, occupational safety and quality. We ask our main suppliers to respond to a self-inspection questionnaire to evaluate their current status based on their answers. We not only give them feedback, but also take actions including proposing improvement measures aimed at identifying and resolving issues in the supply chain. We will continue engaging in initiatives to enhance our CSR system in the supply chain together with suppliers.
Communication with Suppliers
A social gathering for suppliers
G-TEKT regularly holds social gatherings for suppliers to boost a feeling of unity and help them survive in the harsh business environment.
These events provide the opportunity for G-TEKT to share our management policy as well as for management and suppliers to directly exchange opinions. Some 110 suppliers took part in fiscal year 2019.
*The reception was canceled in fiscal year 2021 due to COVID-19.
Suppliers’ Quality Award
The award ceremony
Given that quality management including suppliers is important for maintaining a high level of quality, G-TEKT conducts quality improvement activities together with suppliers. We have established the Suppliers’ Quality Award Program to express G-TEKT’s appreciation and respect especially to suppliers who have achieved quality targets, and to motivate other suppliers to make quality improvements.
In fiscal year 2019, we granted the award to five outstanding suppliers based on their performance in the previous fiscal year. The award ceremony provides the chance to present different suppliers’ initiatives as well as ours on quality control, helping to raise overall quality.
*The ceremony was canceled in fiscal year 2021 due to COVID-19.
Measures against Conflict Minerals
Tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold (3TG) mined in the Republic of Congo and surrounding countries are called conflict minerals due to concerns that they serve as a financial source for armed groups, in addition to concerns of inhumane labor, child labor and human rights violations, etc. at the mining sites. While the G-TEKT Group does not use these minerals directly, we have been conducting investigations since 2013. Based on investigation findings, neither purchasing nor use of conflict minerals has been confirmed throughout the entire supply chain. We will continue to conduct investigations on conflict minerals into the future.
