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To prevent and mitigate the risk of impact, Scanfil seeks to do business with suppliers
that share the company’s core values and commit to international standards as
outlined in chapter 3.2.1 Policies related to value chain workers. Before approving
a new supplier, Scanfil conducts a thorough assessment to ensure that potential
new suppliers uphold strong sustainable practices and a commitment to labor
and human rights.
The Scanfil Supplier Code of Conduct is a key document for addressing company’s
sustainability requirements for suppliers. Scanfil strives to have the Supplier Code of
Conduct signed by all suppliers of direct materials. Scanfil is currently investigating
tools to simplify the tracking of signed Supplier Code of Conduct documents. Scanfil
has this as a mandatory part of its global and local purchase agreement.
To achieve a positive material impact for workers in Scanfil value chain, Scanfil
continuously works to improve supplier policies and processes. This is done through
regular supplier improvement meetings or quarterly business reviews of the preferred
suppliers. In these meetings, the supplier’s sustainability rating, as assessed by
Ecovadis, is reviewed and actions to improve are agreed. These actions are integrated
into Scanfil’s procurement processes and Scanfil’s Global Category Managers
are responsible for developing their suppliers to meet Scanfil’s requirements as
outlined in Sustainable Procurement Policy and Supplier Code of Conduct. Scanfil
has 12 people working within global sourcing (Category Managers) along with about
50 local tactical buyers.
Scanfil also conducts regular supplier audits to ensure adherence to ethical,
environmental, and social standards. Scanfil collaborates with suppliers to enhance
their sustainability efforts, focusing on labor and human rights. In 2025, Scanfil
completed 60 supplier audits (42 in 2024). This activity is supervised by the Global
Supply Chain Quality and Sustainability Manager in cooperation with 10 local Supplier
Quality Engineers/Managers. The key actions planned to minimize risk exposure for
value chain workers can be read later in this chapter, but no targets are currently
available. The operational costs for the EcoVadis system are included in annual
budget plans and do not have any significant impact.
Since 2021, Scanfil has annually participated in the EcoVadis assessment to evaluate
the sustainability performance of its procurement practices. This assessment helped
to understand how well Scanfil handles sustainability concerns across the value
chain. For 2025, Scanfil received a score of 76 points in sustainable procurement,
which was an improvement with 16 points since 2024 (60 points). This improvement
contributed to Scanfil being awarded the EcoVadis Gold Medal at Group level
and serves as an encouragement for the company to set even more ambitious
sustainability targets. Scanfil’s tools for introducing and developing suppliers help
to mitigate the impact risks in its value chain, and processes for remedy are used
as explained in chapter 3.2.3 Processes to remediate negative impacts as well as
channels for value chain workers to raise concerns.
Scanfil’s focus is primarily on key suppliers with whom Scanfil have regular interactions
and the ability to influence. Scanfil also works with suppliers that are used less
frequently or only for specific, limited needs, which makes it more challenging to
have an impact on their sustainability practices. To better assess the risks associated
with these suppliers, Scanfil is exploring various screening tools. These tools will
help to identify areas of risk, enabling to target the efforts more effectively. Scanfil
has started to implement a new procurement tool, Ignite. This tool includes function
for supplier risk estimation as well as function for directed assessments. Scanfil has
evaluated these possibilities and aim to use Ignite as a complement to EcoVadis
when identify risks and also assessing smaller companies. In case of any breaches
to its commitments, Scanfil will utilize its supplier auditing process to secure that
implemented improvements positively affect workers’ conditions. More about Scanfil’s
processes can be read in chapter 3.2.3 Processes to remediate negative impacts
as well as channels for value chain workers to raise concerns.
Scanfil is a “requesting company,” meaning that the key suppliers are required to
undergo a sustainability assessment through EcoVadis. This allows Scanfil to better
measure the sustainability performance of the supply chain. Scanfil prioritizes key
and preferred suppliers and requests that they participate in EcoVadis assessments.
If the assessment identifies weaknesses, Scanfil can use the EcoVadis platform to
request corrective actions from suppliers. Failure to make these improvements may
lead to a re-evaluation of the supplier relationship.
Scanfil aims to conduct regular webinars with suppliers to introduce the suppliers to
Scanfil’s sustainability work and to provide insights about the EcoVadis platform and
the benefits of using a common transparent system to communicate sustainability
concerns.
If suppliers do not meet Scanfil’s targets for the EcoVadis sustainability rating, and
specifically for the topic of labor and human rights, they will be requested to present
an action plan on how to deal with this. With this Scanfil can track the development
in these areas, and if needed, escalate or support the supplier to improve. Scanfil
also has the possibility to audit the suppliers to ensure that actions were efficient.
With a big scope of suppliers that Scanfil will impact and depend on, it needs to
have good tools to identify risks. During the coming years, it will be a focus area to
find such tools or methods that can help the procurement team minimize risks of
workers in the value chain. Currently, Scanfil lacks a robust method to ensure that
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HOW ACTION CONTRIBUTES
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RESULT AND RESULT FOR
VALUE CHAIN WORKERS
EcoVadis assessment for
preferred and key suppliers.
Scanfil’s Policy for Sustainable
Procurement is aligned with the
EcoVadis assessment which
evaluates the supplier according
to international sustainability
standards (UNGC, GRI, ISO, and
more).
This includes all upstream value
chain workers independent of
geographic location.
Continuously with targets as
presented in section 3.2.5 Targets
related to managing material
negative impacts, advancing
positive impacts, and managing
material risks and opportunities.
Insights from the EcoVadis analysis
reveal that Scanfil’s supplier base
outperforms the industry average
while highlighting opportunities
for improvement among
underperforming suppliers.
Mandatory Supplier Code of
Conduct for new suppliers.
Scanfil’s Supplier Code of Conduct
addresses requirements for
suppliers regarding environmental,
social, and governance
Upstreams value chain workers.
Continuously with targets as
presented in section 3.2.5 Targets
related to managing material
negative impacts, advancing
positive impacts, and managing
material risks and opportunities
This requirement will send a clear
message to potential new suppliers
and drive suppliers to provide better
working conditions for workers.