Responsible Business Partner Programme

The Responsible Business Partner Programme (RPP) enables Ørsted to collaborate with suppliers and joint venture partners to improve the social, environmental and ethical performance of our supply chain.

Before we enter relationships with other business partners, such as joint venture partners or corporate power purchase agreement clients, we identify the ESG risks of the business partners, and conduct an assessment (including human rights impacts) of high-risk business partners.
 
Our Code of Conduct for Business Partners is the foundation for our continuous engagement and effective dialogue with our partners. 

Our guiding principles for engaging with suppliers 

How we work with our suppliers

– a four-step approach

The Responsible Business Partner Programme is integrated into Ørsted’s global procurement system. We have created a four-step process to work with our suppliers to achieve real progress and continuous improvement.

Assessment prior to contract signing

For selected asset projects and high-risk supply chains we screen and assess suppliers during pre-qualification or tender period. The approach is regularly evaluated to align with the risk picture we see, and it is aligned with the HSE (Health, Safety and Environment) Supplier Management team, which evaluates HSE performance - including safety statistics - of our potential suppliers for all markets and projects during pre-qualification and tender period.

Risk based approach and top spend analysis 

Our risk based due diligence approach takes into consideration the country risk and the product/service category risk. The country risk data is based on 29 indices from Maplecroft.com. The product/service category risk is based on industry data, NGO reports, media, and our own knowledge.

Based on our annual analysis of suppliers accounting for 80% of our annual spend (based on invoicing countries in 2022), 52% of our suppliers were based in low risk countries. 48% of our suppliers were based in medium risk countries.

Also, through our annual top spend analysis, we ensure that the suppliers accounting for 80% of our annual spend are RPP screened or assessed.

For more information about RPP please contact: responsiblepartners@orsted.com

Ørsted Code of Conduct for Business Partners

Our Code of Conduct provides the foundation for our continuous engagement with business partners as we work with them in good faith on their ethical, social and environmental performance. The code forms part of every contract we award. We are fully committed to its principles and expect our suppliers to be too.

English (pdf)

Danish (pdf)

German (pdf)

Spanish (pdf)

Japanese (pdf)

Korean (pdf)

Polish (pdf)

Portuguese (pdf)

Vietnamese (pdf)

Mandarin (pdf)

Our Code of Conduct for business partners and due diligence approach are aligned with:

• The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• UN Guiding Principles on Human Rights and Business
• OECD Guidelines for multinational enterprises
• OECD Convention on Combating Bribery of Foreign Public Officials in International Business Transactions
• The Ten Principles of the United Nations Global Compact
• Convention on the Rights of the Child
• United Nations Convention against Corruption
• International Labour Conventions (ILO) on Elimination of all forms of forced or compulsory labour (29 and 105)
• Effective abolition of child labour (ILO 138 and 182)
• Elimination of discrimination in respect of employment and occupation (ILO 111 and 100) 
• Freedom of Association and Protection of the Right to Organise (ILO 87) 
• Right to Organise and Collective Bargaining (ILO 98) 
• ILO International Labour Standards on Working time 
• ILO International Labour Standards on Occupational Safety and Health
• SA 8000 Social Accountability International
• ISO 45001 Occupational Health and Safety
• ISO 14000 Family Environmental Management 
• ISO 26000 Social Responsibility
• ISO 20400 Sustainable Procurement Guidance
• UK Bribery Act
• UK Modern Slavery Act
• SEC Dodd-Frank Section 1502: Conflict minerals
• Wind Europe Industry Principles for Supply Chain Sustainability 

If you have concerns about actual or suspected misconduct at Ørsted, you can file a confidential report by using the Whistleblower Hotline