Delivering impact
The PSCI Principles
PSCI's founding Members created the PSCI Principles for Responsible Supply Chain Management to articulate expectations in five key areas: Ethics, Environment, Human Rights, Health & Safety, underpinned by Governance & Management Systems.
Members publicly commit to upholding the Principles in their own operations and reflecting in their supplier expectations. They are the foundation of PSCI's Audit Protocol and Maturity Models and Learning Plans, ensuring a holistic and consistent framework for the industry.
The Principles in Practice
The PSCI Audit
Our Members work collaboratively on audits through the Shared Audit Program.
The PSCI Audit Protocols, self-assessment, and supporting tools are an industry-aligned framework for site-specific, on-site assessment of supplier practices, specific to the pharmaceutical and healthcare industries.
Our audit framework can assess a supplier's performance at a site level against all or part of the PSCI Principles. The audit may also assess compliance with international standards and agreements, as well as local regulatory requirements.
Through our platform, PSCI Members complete audits of their suppliers, and suppliers may choose to share the results with other Members. This creates greater transparency and efficiency, providing a consistent approach to responsible supply chain practices while freeing up resources for practical improvement efforts.
Maturity Models and Learning Plans
Our topic-specific Maturity Models enable suppliers to understand where their organizations sit on a pathway to best practice, based on the PSCI Principles.
Suppliers can access a structured Learning Plan, mapped to the Maturity Models, with all content tailored to the pharmaceutical manufacturing context.
We use insights from our annual Audit Findings Analysis to inform the development of these resources, helping to ensure that our models and content align with the common and material issues identified through audits.
Speaking with One Voice for the Industry
The PSCI brings members together to tackle some of the most complex sustainability, ethics, and responsible supply chain challenges facing the pharmaceutical industry.
Through collaborative projects, shared learning, practical tools, and industry-wide initiatives, members work collectively to drive meaningful change, improve standards, and create impact that goes beyond what any single organisation could achieve alone.
