We work to make sure that our quality standards and responsibility efforts are extended and improved throughout the supply chain.

We expect that our direct suppliers meet our quality, social, environmental and business ethical standards.

Coloplast employees involved in procurement must abide by the Code of Conduct for procurement, which outlines our approach to avoiding bribes and describes questions of confidentiality, conflict of interest, negotiations, gifts and personal benefits.

Before engaging with a new supplier, we ask the supplier to fill out a pre-award questionnaire, covering key areas of our responsibility policies. Our purchasers also occasionally conduct site visits, which provide an opportunity for us to help suppliers live up to Coloplast’s standards. In other words, dialogue is our main tool.

In addition to site visit, Coloplast conducts formal supplier audits with the intension to document compliance or non-compliance with our quality, environmental and social standards. Typically, quality audits are conducted by Coloplast employees while an external auditor conducts the social and environmental audits.