This metric is intended to capture if the organization had a supplier code of conduct in place as of the end of the reporting period.
A supplier code of conduct should include information pertaining to unsafe working conditions, child labor, and forced labor.
The code of conduct may provide additional information about the organization's values, principles, standards, and norms of behavior, including:
How they were developed and approved;
Whether training on them is given regularly to all and new governance body members, workers performing the organization’s activities, and business partners;
Whether they need to be read and signed regularly by all and new governance body members, workers performing the organization’s activities, and business partners;
Whether any executive-level positions maintain responsibility for them;
Whether they are available in different languages to reach all governance body members, workers performing the organization’s activities, business partners, and other stakeholders.
For more information, see the following Global Reporting Initiative standard: https://www.globalreporting.org/standards/media/1037/gri-102-general-disclosures-2016.pdf