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Question 14: Supplier Performance on Gender Equality
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1: Does your company have leadership commitment and support for gender equality and women's empowerment?
2: Does your company have a non-discrimination and equal opportunity policy, either stand-alone or clearly included in a broader corporate policy?
3: Does your company have an approach to ensure non-discrimination and equal opportunity in recruitment processes?
4: Does your company have an approach to ensure non-discrimination and equal opportunity in professional development and promotion processes?
5: Does your company have an approach to ensure women and men are compensated equally?
6: Does your company offer and support paid maternity leave?
7: Does your company offer and support paid paternity leave?
8: Does your company have an approach to support employees as parents and caregivers?
9: Does your company have an approach to accommodate the work/life balance of all employees?
10: Does your company have an approach to ensure a world of work free from violence and harassment, including gender-based violence and harassment (GBVH)?
11: Does your company have an approach to address the specific health, safety, and hygiene needs of employees, with particular attention to those of women at work and while commuting to work?
12: Does your company have an approach to promote access to quality health services that meet the specific health needs of women employees?
13: Does your company have an approach to gender-responsive procurement (GRP) that expands relationships with women-owned and gender-responsive businesses?
14: Does your company encourage suppliers and vendors to advance performance on gender equality?
15: Does your company have an approach to responsible marketing that eradicates harmful stereotypes in all media and advertising content?
16: Does your company have an approach to assess differential impacts on women and men when developing products and/or services?
17: Does your company have policies and processes in place to ensure the responsibility to respect the rights of women and girls in the local communities in which it operates?
18: Does your company have an approach to embed gender equality in its sustainability strategy, community investment, public advocacy, and multi-stakeholder partnerships?
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Does your company encourage suppliers and
vendors
to advance performance on gender equality?
Select an option:
Yes, our company encourages suppliers or
vendors
to advance performance on gender equality.
No, our company currently does not have an approach, but:
Not Applicable, The company does not have suppliers or contract
vendors
Please select all that apply:
Commitment
Has a supplier or vendor code of conduct that encourages suppliers to commit to the Women's Empowerment Principles
Implementation
Encourages suppliers and
vendors
to have a
gender equality strategy
or policy that addresses: nondiscrimination, equal pay for work of equal value, and health and safety of women workers
Has robust due diligence or assessment processes for suppliers and
vendors
to ensure they are not causing or contributing to adverse human rights impacts, particularly for women and girls
Undertakes due diligence or assessments to identify human trafficking in its
supply chain
Incorporates gender equality expectations in supplier communications
Offers independently, or as part of a business association, ongoing capacity building to suppliers and
vendors
to support continuous improvement on gender equality
Encourages and works with suppliers to adopt policies and practices that support quality health and hygiene for both women and men workers
Works with suppliers to develop a corrective action plan if gender equality risks or challenges arise
Measurement
Encourages suppliers to set and measure targets and benchmarks on gender equality
Conducts or supports worker voice assessments (including anonymous surveys) in key supplier facilities to understand workers' experiences of gender equality, separate from management self-reporting
Transparency
Includes gender equality criteria in standard auditing protocols, supplier scorecards, or other
supply chain
management tools
Includes gender-specific questions in supplier self-assessments
We are interested in learning more.
We plan to take steps in the next year.
Some of our country offices or business units have taken steps.
None of the above.
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