Improving Suppliers’ CSR Management Capability
Huawei attaches great importance to the improvement
of CSR capabilities of our suppliers. To help suppliers
more efficiently manage their CSR, reduce risks, and
become more competitive, we have taken a series
of measures including holding supplier conferences,
organizing CSR management workshops, evaluating
and coaching suppliers, rolling out various programs to
improve suppliers’ CSR capabilities, and implementing
a strategic supplier development program.
In 2019, Huawei Consumer BG invited executives
from 196 suppliers to attend our Device Supplier
Conference, aiming to get buy-in of leadership in CSR
efforts and raise their awareness of CSR. Huawei also
required the executives of suppliers deemed high-
risk to report all of their CSR improvement plans and
progress directly to Huawei.
Huawei Consumer BG arranged for professionals
to evaluate and coach potential and new suppliers.
This helps them understand and meet Huawei’s
CSR requirements as well as establish or improve
their CSR management systems. Huawei regularly
holds workshops on supplier CSR management,
Huawei explaining CSR requirements to supplier executives A Huawei-led workshop on supplier CSR managementprovides guidance to suppliers on how to effectively
adopt industry best practices and incorporate CSR
requirements into business strategies to reduce
business risks and improve operational efficiency.
In 2019, Huawei Consumer BG worked with
specialist agencies on programs intended to improve
capabilities in domains like labor rights and interests,
environmental protection, fire safety, and occupational
health, benefiting more than 150 suppliers.
In addition, Huawei has launched a strategic supplier
development program to help suppliers identify new
opportunities in domains such as innovation, quality,
and CSR, and achieve sustainable development. In
2017, Huawei Consumer BG piloted this program with
two of their suppliers. Three suppliers participated
in the program in 2018 and in 2019. We identified
improvement opportunities in CSR domains like
employee welfare, greenhouse gas emissions, waste
reduction, supplier management, and health and
safety, and encouraged suppliers to continuously
improve their management based on these identified
opportunities.EHS Management of Engineering Service Providers
In 2019, we continued to enhance our EHS
management of engineering service providers.
Specifically, we adopted multiple digital technologies
to manage EHS risks, set up a warning system based
on multiple key parameters, and established additional
preventive measures. To improve the EHS awareness
and skills of our operating staff, we developed an EHS
video tutorial covering multiple scenarios. In addition,
we used AI technology to identify EHS violations.
We continued to nurture our EHS culture in order to
improve the awareness of all employees. In 2019, more
than 108,000 Safety Passport holders were registered
in Huawei’s online system.
We worked with engineering service providers along
our value chain to build and improve our EHS
management system and undergo occupational health
and safety management system certifications. By
the end of 2019, more than 700 engineering service
providers had received either OHSAS 18001 or ISO
45001 certification. We made EHS a core topic in
our 13 regional supplier conferences to promote our
thoughts and practices on EHS management. To drive
supplier improvement in terms of EHS competence, we
ran a supplier EHS competence development program,
covering EHS leadership improvements, process
management, competence assessments, reward and
accountability systems, and more.Representatives attending an engineering service provider
EHS conferenceHuawei explaining EHS requirements to an engineering
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