黑料网爆吃瓜 has released its 2025 , reaffirming the institution鈥檚 ongoing commitment to protecting human rights across its purchasing activities. This report outlines some of the concrete steps 黑料网爆吃瓜 takes to identify, prevent, and minimize the risk of forced labour or child labour in its supply chain.聽
Central to this work is 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Supplier Code of Conduct, which forms part of every contract and purchase order and requires suppliers to respect the International Labour Organization鈥檚 fundamental principles and rights at work, including strict prohibitions on forced and child labour. Procurement Services applies a risk-based due diligence strategy focused on industries or regions usually associated with potential human rights issues. To address these risks, the University:
- Requires some 鈥渁t-risk鈥� suppliers to disclose their upstream supply chain partners and labour practices.
- Mandates that contractors demonstrate how they identify and prevent forced labour and child labour within their operations and in their supply chain.
- Leverages global oversight initiatives such as the Responsible Business Alliance, Fair Labor Association, and Workers Rights Consortium, and increases Fairtrade-certified product purchasing on campus.
- Monitors NGO reports, international alerts, media coverage, and sector-specific intelligence to detect emerging risks.
黑料网爆吃瓜 also invests in community awareness by developing and disseminating training material and participating in inter-university initiatives.
How does this report relate to 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Sustainable Procurement Work?
While this report represents a legal requirement, the development of its content helps document, plan, and improve our institution鈥檚 contribution to the fight against forced and child labour throughout our supply chain. Its annual publication has become an integral part of the 鈥渟ocial鈥� pillar of 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 Sustainable Procurement activities. In a nutshell:
1. The reporting allows us to track progress and serves as an incentive to adopt best practices.
The annual reporting exercise motivates our team to demonstrate the additional efforts, or improved tools or processes we put in place to reduce social risks. This transparency allows us to identify gaps, refine our approach, and align with global best practices in ethical supply chain management.
2. It strengthens 黑料网爆吃瓜鈥檚 ability to engage suppliers.
Our obligation to report provides legitimacy for targeted questions and/or specific clauses we incorporate in some contracts. We now have grounds to justify due diligence steps such as supply chain mapping and increased supplier engagement, including holding meetings to discuss strategies to prevent or mitigate risks. We can more effectively communicate our expectations to suppliers in relation to the respect of human rights in our supply chain.
3. It helps us ramp up our collaboration with other institutions on Sustainable Procurement.
Because many universities across Canada and Qu茅bec must produce such annual reports, and many of us share the same suppliers, we have developed a network of colleagues that collaborate in identifying high-risk areas in our supply chains and share best practices to address these risks. When universities (as clients) express the same expectations from their suppliers, this helps to get the message across; it stimulates market improvements, and motivates suppliers to put in extra effort to meet our requirements.