Presentation English Dortmund 2014
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Presentation English Dortmund 2014
Social Public Procurement in Norway. Can purchasing power make a difference? Pia Trulsen, Contract manager, Sykehuspartner The SouthEastern Norway Regional Health Authority To walk the talk -Taking corporate responsibility in public procurement ”Our job is to make people healthy, we can not do that at the expense of other peoples health.…” CEO Mikkelsen, South Eastern Norway Health Authority Desember 2009 Furniture Medical equipment Bandages Textiles Purchasing products from low cost countries …is taking a high risk Rana Plaza, Bangladesh Textile industry Public procurments Electronics – Foxconn… Why agreements? 6 billion Euro The primary purpose of the agreements is to ensure that all interaction between health enterprise employees, suppliers to the health sector generally and the pharmaceutical industry in particular, and other health sector suppliers proceeds in a professionally and ethically correct manner. Ethical trade is the sum of efforts companies make to ensure that the goods they purchase are produced in accordance with internationally recognized standards relating to working conditions and environmental considerations. Norwegian hospitals purchase for more than six billion Euro every year and they all set requirements to ethical supply chains. Our Board 10.12.2009: The SouthEastern Norway Regional Health Authority shall be a driving force for ethical trading and undertakes to set requirements for an ethical supply chain wherever this is a relevant issue. Asking or demanding? A balance… Our success criteria • • • • • Dialogue Cooperation Following up Time Demand But we have to show that we mean it AUDIT IN INDIA Following up • • • • • • • • • Standards make it easier for all parts Use the ILO conventions and national laws Public procures should share their results Start by checking the suppliers systems, not a fardistant factory Demand improvements and cooperation, not guarantees Be reasonable and predictable Not ”compliance or die”, but ”cooperation or no new contract…” Communicate the importance from the top level management AND: Following up etichal demands as a integrated part of generell following up of the supplier contract What was important for the supplier? • Dialogue • Standards • Procedures • Trust • Time • Predictability • Reputation • Sustainbility • Competition advantage Setting requirements – stimulating sustainable supply chain management From contract clauses to qualification criteria high risk and mature suppliers Major findings Migrant workers from Vietnam: – No access to own passports – Huge recruting fees – English contract without translation – Working hours – national law or ILO conventions? «It is not about the findings but how you handle the findings» DR. Heinz W. Grosse, CEO B Braun Vellykket oppfølging – leverandøren har gjort store forbedringer også på systemnivå http://etiskhandel.no/Artikler/11016.html http://www.dagsavisen.no/tema/arbeidslivogutdanning/himmeloghelveteimalaysia/ Vellykket oppfølging – leverandøren har gjort store forbedringer også på systemnivå http://etiskhandel.no/Artikler/11016.html Fair competition • Supplier number 1 – Control of supply chain according to human rights and working conditions • Supplier number 2 – Do not care about these issues • Is it fair competition to treat them equally? Thank you! Pia Trulsen Pia.trulsen@sykehuspartner.no I Ă■ℓ╫ś♫ʼn◘ŕ ĵ ╫ℓ╨◘■