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Value Chain Engagement

Innovate with a partnership ecosystem

Our ambition is to become a benchmark in the sustainable management of the value chain, aiming to ensure competitiveness and leverage positive results with responsible actions in each business. Such practices consider ethical, human rights, labor, environmental and community impacts among our partners, including suppliers and consumers.

To achieve this objective, we have developed the Sustainable Value Chain Program, which aims to raise awareness of suppliers and customers on the topic and structure the full procurement process based on ESG criteria, including the selection, approval, contracting and development of business.

Management

Nexa’s Supplier Management Program has the mission of establishing an ongoing dialogue with partners who value and adopt our values. Regardless of the product offered or the service provided, it is essential for the Company that they are committed to seeking the best socio-environmental practices, using natural resources responsibly and respecting the rights of all employees.

To strengthen the dialogue with our partners and the process of continuous improvement in supplier management, we carry out our ESG Survey periodically.

It is worth highlighting that 31% of our suppliers surveyed are classified as leading companies in the topic.

 

Among the results, we highlight the following:

Environmental
  •  64% have a written policy that addresses topics and handling of environmental and health and safety indicators;

 

  •  53% know and monitor their water consumption, effluent generation and energy consumption; 

 

  •  15% have an inventory of greenhouse gas emissions from their activities.
Social
  •  91% have written policies and rules related to the fulfillment of fundamental labor rights;

 

  •  79% adopt preventive actions to combat child, forced or compulsory labor in all their operations;

 

  •  67% have policies for valuing and including diversity.
Governance
  •  81% have a Code of Ethics and Conduct;

 

  •  68% have a Anti-Corruption Policy;

 

  •  81% have channels for receiving reports and complaints.

Get to know our initiatives

To strengthen our responsibility to the value chain within our company and achieve the goals and objectives of our ESG Strategy, we have several initiatives in progress, including the following:

Supplier Evaluation Program

Supplier Evaluation Program

Aiming at business sustainability, we carry out an assessment and certification of our suppliers, in addition to an annual recognition event.

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Plural Chain

Plural Chain

Initiative to engage suppliers with the plurality topic and show that we are looking for partners with the same position as us on this issue, as our desire is for the mining market to have an increasingly diverse, plural, equitable and inclusive environment.

 

The Project, the first in the industry, was created together with Empodera, a group of volunteer employees that addresses with women-related topics, and the company’s supply group, and was developed based on the guidelines of Woman Mining Brasil.

 

As of 2022, Plural Chain becomes a seal that acknowledges plurality initiatives in the supply chain within Nexa’s Supplier Recognition Program.

 

Learn more about our Plural Chain events at the links below:

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Our aspiration

We aim to promote responsible business practices (considering ethical, human rights, labor, environmental and community impacts) with relevant business partners, including suppliers and customers.

We also aim to engage our value chain regarding the commitments to reduce atmospheric emissions, in line with the Paris Agreement, prioritizing our road and maritime transport suppliers.

Learn more about our Suppliers

Check our indicators

Proportion of spending on local suppliers
Correlated indicators
GRI Dimension:
Economic
GRI Code:
204-1
SDG
Proportion of spending on local suppliers
2019 2020 2021
Total amount spent with suppliers
(US$ milhões)		 1.957,11 1054,23 2.194,40
% of spending with local suppliers¹ 3,1% 2,7% 3,8%

 

¹ Person or organization that provides a product or service to the reporting organization and is geographically based in the same market as the reporting organization (i.e. no transnational payment to the supplier is made). The geographic definition of "local" can include the community surrounding the operations, the region within a country, or a country. According to VID's Local Supplier Development Policy, local suppliers are defined as those located within the area of influence of Votorantim Industrial's operations, using local labor, collecting taxes and generating jobs in the region.
New suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria
Correlated indicators
GRI Dimension:
Environmental
GRI Code:
308-1
New suppliers that were screened using environmental criteria
2019 20%
2020 13%
2021 N/A

N/A: No data reported for the period.

 

 

Negative environmental impacts in the supply chain and actions taken
Correlated indicators
GRI Dimension:
Environmental
GRI Code:
308-2
Negative Environmental Impacts in the Supply Chain and Actions Taken
2019 N/A
2020 N/A
2021 3 suppliers identified as causing significant and potential environmental impacts.*

N/A: No data reported for the period.

(*) Process improvements were agreed to be in compliance with Nexa criteria. There were no contract terminations with suppliers in the period.

Operations and suppliers in which the right to freedom of association and collective bargaining may be at risk
Correlated indicators
GRI Dimension:
Social
GRI Code:
407-1
SDG

In the approval process, suppliers are evaluated in relation to registration, health and safety, environmental, legal, fiscal and financial criteria, as well as integrity requirements, such as connection with bribery, corruption, money laundering and terrorism financing. Suppliers must also ensure a safe and healthy working environment, ensure freedom to join a trade union and non-discrimination on the basis of gender, race, social class, nationality, religion, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation or any other diversity condition, as per Nexa policy.

Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of child labor
Correlated indicators
GRI Dimension:
Social
GRI Code:
408-1
SDG

Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of child labor
2019 N/A
2020 N/A
2021 none

N/A: No data reported for the period.

 

Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor
Correlated indicators
GRI Dimension:
Social
GRI Code:
409-1
SDG
Operations and suppliers at significant risk for incidents of forced or compulsory labor
2019 N/A
2020 N/A
2021 none

N/A: No data reported for the period.

New suppliers that were screened using social criteria
Correlated indicators
GRI Dimension:
Social
GRI Code:
414-1
SDG
New suppliers that were screened using social criteria
2019 58%
2020 54%
2021 87%
Description of the management system for prevention of corruption and bribery throughout the value chain
Correlated indicators
Sector SASB:
Mining and Metals
SASB Dimension:
Business Ethics and Transparency
SASB Code:
EM-MM-510 a.1
SDG

In addition to Nexa’s Code of Conduct, other documents were updated throughout the year, such as the Antitrust, Prevention of Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing, ESTMA, Anti-Corruption, Donations, Government Relations, Gifts and Hospitality policies, as well as Sponsorships, Books and Records, Conflict of Interest, Training and Communication, and Compliance Definitions.

Our contribution to the SDGs

SDGs related to the topic:

 

In 2017, we signed a commitment to the global agenda consisting of 17 goals and 169 targets to be achieved by 2030.

SDGs related to the topic

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