The Principles

We created the PSCI Principles for Responsible Supply Chain Management, known as the Principles, to articulate what the industry expects from the supply chain.

These Principles address five areas of responsible business practice: ethics, human rights and labor, health and safety, environment, and management systems.

In each area, the Principles set out the relevant practices any business operating within the pharmaceutical supply chain is expected to uphold.

All members are expected to support and incorporate the Principles into their key supplier documents and agreements.

Our Implementation Guidance provides further clarification to the Principles in each of the five areas, providing a framework for improvement and examples for how to meet expectations.

Since the development of the Principles, PSCI has implemented them through two major work programs:

• Our supplier audit collaboration program
• Our supplier capability building program