EICC Action on Public Procurement
November 2016
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ELECTRONIC INDUSTRY CITIZENSHIP COALITION®
ELECTRONIC INDUSTRY CITIZENSHIP COALITION®
EICC VAP Recognition Program
Factories who successfully complete a VAP, closing audit findings and
verify closure through a VAP Priority Closure or VAP Closure audit, are
recognized with a certificate valid for 2 years from last day of initial
audit.**
EICC Framework  Site Level Recognition
Platinum
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Must be VAP (no CMA/AMA)
Must close all findings and submit CAP in EICC-ON
Must have VAP closure Audit
Must have a score of 200
Gold
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Must be VAP (no CMA/AMA)
Must close Priority & Major findings, submit CAP in EICC-ON
Must have VAP closure Audit
Must have a minimum score of 180
Silver
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Must be VAP (no CMA/AMA)
Must close all Priority findings and submit CAP in EICC-ON
Must have VAP Priority Closure Audit
Must have a minimum score of 160
Minimum
VAP SCORE
Platinum
•Social & Environmental Leader
•Closes All Audit Findings
Gold
•Above Average Sustainable Factory
•Closes Priority & Major Findings
Silver
•Sustainable Factory
•Closes Priority Findings via VAP
200
180
160
** Recognition expires when the audit expires
* If there are Priority Findings in Forced Labor or Child Labor, the site is subject
to an unannounced audit over the next 12 months
Public Procurement
The requirements to be an IT provider to
public authorities in countries like the US,
UK, Sweden, Denmark, Norway, France
and Germany are becoming more socially
motivated.
Many public authorities are not subject to
confidentiality rules and require
transparency of supply chain violations
found in audits.
To assess the risk in their supply chain
many public buyers are depending on
NGO's as a third-party supply chain
responsibility “consultant”.
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EICC
The EICC member companies, public buyers and NGO’s have approached EICC to get involved in the changing landscape of
public procurement. This is an issue which impacts members now and in the future. The EICC took a different approach to
the challenges globally changing, socially motivated, public framework agreements.
EICC looked at this as a journey, where possible, we aimed to harmonize the many different sets of requirements globally,
identify those points where there was agreement and create a multi-year path forward. Giving the IT industry time and space
to create the infrastructure to support the advancing requirements. Where there are challenges, we aim to find a way to
close the gaps over time.
EICC actions to date include:
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Stakeholder Engagement
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Member Survey
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Panel discussions at two EICC events
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Board Discussions
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IT Industry is Prepared to Move Forward
EICC Members are willing to work with public buyers to assess risk and
act on non-conformances in the supply chain
Survey Question:
Are you willing to use your leverage with suppliers to conduct audits to identify actual and potential
non-conformances with the Public Procurement Authorities requirements?
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Areas of Alignment
Audits
EICC members are willing to conduct audits
• Audits cover all aspects of the EICC Code of Conduct including Labor, Health and Safety, Environment, Ethics and
Management Systems
• EICC Offers a Recognition Program for suppliers who close their audit findings which are validated by a thirdparty, through our VAP Audit Program
Transparency
EICC members are willing to share results with public buyers
• Audit results, Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) and Corporate CSR data are all examples of data that EICC member
companies are willing to share with public buyers who are their customers
Engagement
EICC Members are willing to engage with suppliers to drive
improvements in the supply chain
• EICC members are willing to ensure remedy of identified non-conformances to Public Procurement requirements.
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Areas Open for Consideration
Audits
EICC members are willing to collaborate on wages
• Working hours have long been a top finding in audits for many years
• Working hours and wages are closely linked; the industry is willing to collaborate with multiple
stakeholders on this important topic
Transparency
EICC members are willing to sharing aggregated results
• Aggregated audit results, possibly by region, are examples of data that EICC member companies are
willing to consider sharing publically
Engagement
EICC Members are willing to collaborate on delivery times
• EICC members are willing to discuss the challenges of demanding delivery requests and the changes
that would be needed to ensure a delivery schedule for products which makes it possible to be
in compliance with Public Procurement Authority requirements on working hours and overtime.
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Areas of Challenge
Relationships Sharing confidential supplier information is not likely
• Specifics of the relationship with the supplier are considered private, this includes
• Key supplier lists
• Volume of business
• Length of relationship
Transparency Sharing results with NGOs
• Complete audit reports, Specifics of the Corrective Action Plans (CAPs) are covered under
NDA and considered private
Engagement Providing NGOs access to suppliers is not likely
• While multiple NGOs request access to supplier facilities, both announced and
unannounced, this not scalable and is disruptive to the suppliers.
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Stakeholder Engagement and Next Steps
The EICC has been engaged with
stakeholders, including public buyers and
NGOs, on this topic for a year. In 2017 we
will formalize this effort.
The objective is to create a roadmap to
2020, where public buyers, members and
NGOs can harmonize and prioritize these
requests into a list of agreed upon actions.
To quote John F. Kennedy “A rising tide lifts
all boats”. Once the roadmap is set, we will
choose the first action, both simple and
actionable, to propose to the industry
through the 2017 EICC Code revisions
process to be voted on by members. The
outcome will be effective January 2018.
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EICC Public Procurement Work
November 2016
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