As a responsible business, Prism Johnson Limited is committed to working with its value chain partners to foster ethical and sustainable practices in its supply chain. To this end, the Company has developed a Supply Chain Sustainability Framework to ensure that its suppliers and value chain partners are aligned with the Company’s Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) strategy and goals. The Executive Management of the Company has oversight of the implementation of the supplier ESG program.
Supplier Code of Conduct
The Company’s Supplier Code of Conduct stipulates ESG practices and regulations pertaining to Business Ethics, Environmental Standards and Labour and Human Rights, that its Suppliers are required to communicate their acknowledgement of the Code of Conduct to the Company.
Critical Supplier Identification
The Company aims to collaborate with all its key/critical suppliers to address ESG risks in its value chain. As a part of its larger supply chain sustainability strategy, the Company first aims to work with its critical suppliers which are significant from a spend, volume and criticality for business standpoint. In 2023-24, the Company was engaged with its top suppliers that account for 51% of total raw material procurement (value terms). Around 82% of the Company’s Critical Suppliers have acknowledged the Supplier Code of Conduct.
The Company’s assessment framework consists of two components:
- Pre-onboarding screening
- Post-onboarding assessment
Supplier Assessment
Post the screening process and vendor onboarding, suppliers (critical suppliers) are required to complete the supplier assessment questionnaire, which aims to identify potential high-impact ESG risks within the supply chain. The questionnaire assesses suppliers on various ESG aspects that are derived from nationally and internationally recognized frameworks and are relevant for the building materials industry. Suppliers are required to provide supporting evidence to substantiate their responses. This evidence is then reviewed and verified to score the performance of each supplier. The Company plans to provide ESG training / capacity-building sessions to its suppliers to offer them insights into ESG risks and outline corrective action plans that they can implement. As a starting point, the assessment framework is being leveraged to assess the performance of key critical suppliers across all three business divisions.
Local Procurement in 2023-24
Prism Cement
Approx. 65% of total raw materials was procured locally
H & R Johnson
Nearly 59% of raw materials procured locally
Prism RMC
Around 81% of raw materials were sourced locally