Huawei is a leading global provider of information and communications technology (ICT) infrastructure and smart devices, our mission is to bring digital to every person, home and organization for a fully connected, intelligent world. To this end Huawei is committed to support the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) and work closely with our partners up and down the supply chain to fulfil our corporate social responsibility (CSR) and create a sustainable industry chain.
This Huawei Supplier Social Responsibility Code of Conduct (hereinafter referred to as the "Code") has been developed with reference to the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Code of Conduct and Joint Audit Cooperation（JAC）Supply Chain Sustainability Guidelines as a part of supplier CSR agreement and Huawei's CSR requirements to all suppliers.
Huawei requires suppliers to comply with all the applicable laws and regulations as a prerequisite for cooperation with Huawei. We encourage suppliers to draw on internationally recognized industry standards and best practices to improve their CSR management. With reasonable notice, Huawei has the right to carry out onsite audits of suppliers to assess their compliance with this Code.
Huawei adopts OECD Responsible Business Conduct Due Diligence Guidance and IPC-1401 CSR management system standard to develop effective procurement CSR management system, Huawei incorporates CSR into every phase of procurement process, from materials qualification, supplier qualification and selection, to performance evaluation and portfolio management. For those suppliers with better CSR performance, Huawei will increase procurement volume and give preference business opportunities. For those suppliers with poor CSR performance, especially those which violated CSR redline, Huawei will require suppliers to correct within agreed timeframe and at the same time decrease procurement volume, restrict business opportunities or, in the worst case, to terminate the business relationship.
This Code applies to all suppliers who provide products and/or services to Huawei Investment & Holding Co., Ltd. or its global subsidiaries and affiliates (hereinafter referred to as "Huawei"). This Code applies to all workers, including temporary, migrant, student, contract, direct employees, and any other type of workers.
This Code consists of five sections: Labor, Health and Safety, Environment, Business Ethics, and Management Systems.
Suppliers must ensure that all workers are employed on a purely voluntary basis. Suppliers must not employ in any way of slave labor (including Modern Day Slavery), forced labor, bonded labor, indentured labor, or prison labor. Suppliers must not restrict workers' freedom of movement, retain workers’ identity documents, or engage in any form of human trafficking. This includes transporting, harboring, recruiting, transferring or receiving persons by means of threat, force, coercion, abduction or fraud for labor or services. Workers shall not be required to pay any deposit, recruitment fee, or any other fee to their employer or an agent.
Suppliers shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations relating to working hours and breaks. All overtime must be voluntary. The standard working week (excluding overtime) should be defined based on locallaw, but should not exceed 48 hours; total working hours in any week should notexceed 60 hours. Workers should at least have one day of rest after every sixconsecutive days worked.
Compensation paid to workers shall comply with all applicable wage laws, including those relating to minimum wages, overtime hours and legally mandated benefits. Workers should receive their wages directly, in full and on time, and must be provided with an understandable wage statement.
Suppliers must not use violence, verbal abuse, threats, corporal punishment, sexual abuse, or physical coercion against workers; nor is there to be the threat of any such treatment.
Suppliers must not engage in discrimination based on race, color, age, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, ethnicity or national origin, disability, pregnancy, religion, political affiliation, membership of an organization, , protected genetic information or marital status in hiring and employment practices such as wages, promotions, rewards, access to training, or termination. In addition, workers or potential workers should not be subjected to medical tests or physical exams that could be used in a discriminatory way.
In conformance with local law, suppliers shall respect the right of all workers to form and join trade unions of their own choosing, to bargain collectively and to engage in peaceful assembly as well as respect the right of workers to refrain from such activities. Suppliers should establish channels for communication between the company and its workers or their representatives, and should hold regular engagement sessions. Workers and/or their representatives shall be able to openly communicate and share ideas and concerns with management regarding working conditions and management practices without fear of discrimination, reprisal, intimidation or harassment.
Suppliers must provide a healthy, safe working environment. They must ensure that workers do not have to work in conditions which seriously threaten their health, safety, or life. Risks of fire and explosion must be controlled, and steps must be taken to prevent any fatalities in industrial accidents, and prevent potential incidents and occupational illness arising out of, associated with or occurring in the course of work such as collective infection of epidemic situation of infectious disease.
Workers should be provided with ready access to clean toilet facilities, potable water and sanitary food preparation, storage and eating facilities. Workers dormitories should be clean and safe and have adequate personal space.
Potential emergency situations and events are to be identified and assessed, including, but not limited to, risk of fire, explosion, fatal accident, mass poisoning, etc. Suppliers shall create and implement emergency plans and response procedures including: emergency reporting, emergency treatment, employee notification and evacuation procedures, worker training and drills, recovery plans. Such plans and procedures shall focus on minimizing harm to life, the environment and property.
Supplier shall observe the following safety rules, and ensure that all staff are aware and comply and monitor staff's compliance:
(1) Never work at height without appropriate qualifications and training
(2) Always use suitable Personal Protective Equipment (PPE)
(3) Never walk or stand underneath hoisting equipment
(4) Never drop tools or other objects when working at height
(1) Always wear seat belts when traveling in or operating vehicles
(2) Never use a hand-held phone whilst driving
(3) Never exceed speed limits
(4) Never drive when fatigued
Never work on electrical equipment without proper qualifications.
Never work under the influence of alcohol or other drugs.
Suppliers shall obtain, maintain and keep current all necessary environmental permits (e.g. waste management, transportation), approvals and registrations and shall comply with their operational and reporting requirements.
Suppliers shall respect all applicable laws, regulations and customer requirements regarding prohibition or restriction of specific substances such as RoHS and REACH, and so on. And taking effective measures to prohibit or restrict the use of specific substances in products and manufacturing.
Suppliers shall respect all applicable environmental laws and regulations on hazardous waste, wastewater, gas emissions and solid waste, including rules on their creation, transport, storage, disposal and release into the environment and minimize or eliminate emissions and discharges of pollutants and generation of waste at the source. No harmful pollutants may be released into the environment, including but not limited to waste water, gases, slurry and noise.
Suppliers should take steps to cut their use of resources and find low-impact substitutes, reduce their consumption of energy, water, and natural resources and minimize greenhouse gas emissions.
Suppliers may not engage in bribery or unethical conduct. Suppliers must “No bribery, No gifts, No conflict of interest, No Falsification, No cutting Corners, No fraud and Keep all promises”, That is “Six No and One keep”.
Intellectual property rights are to be respected; transfer of technology and know-how is to be done in a manner that protects intellectual property rights and customer information is to be safeguarded.
Standards of fair business, advertising and competition are to be upheld.
Programs that ensure the confidentiality, anonymity and protection of supplier and employee whistleblowers are to be maintained, unless prohibited by law. Supplier should have a communicated process for their personnel to be able to raise any concerns without fear of retaliation.
Suppliers shall take reasonable action and exercise due diligence on the source and chain of custody of the tantalum, tin, tungsten, gold, and cobalt in the products they manufacture, supplier shall provide these due diligence information to customers upon request.
Supplier shall commit to protecting the reasonable privacy expectations of personal information of everyone they do business with, including suppliers, customers, consumers and employees. Supplier shall comply with privacy and information security laws and regulatory requirements when personal information is collected, stored, processed, transmitted, and shared.
Supplier top management shall endorse the CSR policy statement in local language affirming their commitment to compliance with all applicable laws, industry standards, customer requirements and this code and continuous improvement.
Suppliers should assign a senior executive for CSR and assign him to establish accountability mechanisms based on the principle that managing business must manage CSR, integrate CSR into corporate operations, and arrange customer audits and information disclosure upon request.
Suppliers shall identify CSR risks and opportunities related with their own operations on the basis of applicable laws, industry standards, customer requirements, this Code and their own strategic needs. They shall implement appropriate actions to control and mitigate the identified risks.
Suppliers should establish procurement CSR management system and incorporate this Code into procurement process to their upstream suppliers including written commitment, criteria of qualification, selection and audit.
Senior management shall regularly assess the CSR performance of their own operations and their supply chain to ensure that the suitability, adequacy and effectiveness of the CSR management system.
Huawei reserves the right to interpret this Code.
