Global Strategic Procurement
Our Strategic Sourcing Department actively does business with suppliers in Asia, the US, and Europe while procuring raw materials and packing materials especially in Japan. In addition, we strive for leveraging networks with Sekisui Fuller and H.B. Fuller and pursues stable and best procurement to ensure the safe use of our products for our customers.
Sekisui Fuller’s Procurement Policies
1. Basic Principles of Procurement
We strive to strengthen our harmonious and mutually beneficial partnership with our business partners through fair transactions.We will perform our procurement of goods according to the following five principles.
2. Basic Procurement Philosophy
- Openness
- Sekisui Fuller has its doors open not only to domestic companies but also widely to overseas companies.
- Impartiality and fairness
- Sekisui Fuller selects business partners based on impartial and fair evaluation standards with emphasis on quality, price anddelivery lead-time, services, etc., as well as consideration to the environment.
- Compliance with Laws and Regulations
- When engaging in purchasing transactions, Sekisui Fuller will comply with relevant laws, regulations, and administrative instructions in Japan and overseas.
- Mutual Trust
- Sekisui Fuller will establish and maintain mutually beneficial relationships with its business partners, as well as sincerely fulfill all contractual obligations.
- Environmental Considerations
- Sekisui Fuller will further promote the purchase of raw materials and goods that have minimal negative impact on the environment (Green Procurement), and strive to establish a resource-recycling society through harmonized efforts with business partners.
- Prevention of Corruption
- ISekisui Fuller ensures that acts of corruption, such as bribery or money laundering, are prevented throughout the entire supply chain.
- Responsibility to Respect Human Rights
- We respect human rights and diversity, avoiding child labor, forced labor, or discrimination, and take appropriate corrective action for any negative impact.
3. Request to our Business Partners regarding Procurement
Sekisui Fuller aims to become a company trusted by society based on its philosophy of contributing to society. In order to achieve this, it is absolutely necessary to engage in activeness through mutual cooperation with business partners. Proactive cooperation from all business partners are requested on the following activities.
- (1) Securing Superior Product Quality
- Establish a quality assurance system to improve and maintain the quality of products offered to
customers.
⚫︎Establish quality assurance program based on ISO 9001 - (2) Environmental Considerations
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Sekisui Fuller is working to contribute to the environmental in all stages of the product; from R&D to
production.
To do so, it is indispensable to give environmental considerations on raw materials and goods supplied by our business partners.
⚫︎Establish environmental management system based on ISO 14001
⚫︎The procurement of parts and raw materials with minimal negative environmental impact, such as reduction of potentially hazardous chemicals - (3) Compliance with Laws, Regulations and Social Customs
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Business partners are requested to ensure compliance with relevant
laws, regulations, and appropriate social norms of the countries
and regions where their business operations are conducted.
⚫︎Comply with relevant laws and regulations in the business operations
⚫︎Prohibit forced labor
⚫︎Prohibit child labor
⚫︎Prohibit discrimination against employees - (4) Safety and Hygiene
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Safety management of human resources, equipment and maintenance are the fundamentals of production.
Business partners are requested to perform the following.
⚫︎Manage safety and hygiene of the workplace and maintaining employee health
⚫︎Safeguard machines, manage safety and hygine of facilities
⚫︎Respond appropriately to work accidents and facility disasters. - (5)Information Security
- Information Security Effective information management is crucial for improving corporate credibility.
⚫︎Protection against computer and network threats.
⚫︎Prevention of personal information leakage.
⚫︎Appropriate responses to occupational injuries, equipment accidents, and other incidents. - (6)Social Contribution
- Social Contribution Contributing to society through business is fundamental to corporate survival.
⚫︎⚫︎Contribution to society and local communities.
4. Responsible Mineral Sourcing
Sekisui Fuller recognizes the significant social issue that mineral sourcing may be linked to the funding of armed groups, human rights abuses (including forced and child labor), environmental destruction, illegal mining, and money laundering in the Democratic Republic of Congo, its adjoining countries, and Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas (CAHRAs). We are committed to responsible mineral sourcing. Should tension arise with business pressure, we will not yield to that pressure, but prioritize compliance with human rights, requesting the same from our partners, and aiming to fulfill social responsibility across the entire supply chain.
Proposals for New Materials
We welcome proposals for new materials (technologies). Also, when submitting a proposal, please confirm that it complies with the requirements of the Sekisui Fuller Procurement Policy (Section 1. above).
From Your Proposal to Procurement
- (1) Your proposal:
- Your proposals are received by Strategic Sourcing Department.
- (2) Examine by us:
- Your proposals are considered by Strategic Sourcing Department.
- (3) Reporting the results:
- The results whether Strategic Sourcing Department starts considering within Sekisui Fuller
- (4) Decision for adoption of your proposal:
- Your proposals are thoroughly examined by the Department in charge of adoption. The results will be reported to you regardless of the results.
- (5) Transactions:
- In case of adopting your proposals, transactions with you starts through.
If you agree to the“Basic Principles of Procurement,”please advance to “Entry Form for Receiving Proposals.”
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