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What we do

  • The Principles
  • Why collaborate on audits
  • Taking part in a PSCI Audit
  • Approved audit firms
  • Supporting suppliers

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, labor, health & 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 Maturity Models provides further clarification to the Principles in each of the five areas, providing a framework for improvement and for how to meet expectations.

Our Learning Plans map the PSCI resources available to support supplier advancement against the Principles.

Ethics

1 What Is Expected

These sub-principles are upheld by members, who integrate them to supplier programs

  • Anti-bribery & corruption
  • Fair competition
  • Animal welfare
  • Data privacy & security
  • Patient safety & access to information
  • Conflicts of interest
  • Product protection and quality

2 Maturity Model

How to advance supplier practices against the sub-principles

Ethics
Maturity Model

3 Learning Plan

Training resources to support supplier advancement

Ethics
Learning Plan

Human Rights

1 What Is Expected

These sub-principles are upheld by members, who integrate them to supplier programs

  • Freely chosen employment
  • Child labor & Young workers
  • Non-discrimination
  • Fair treatment
  • Wages, benefits & working hours
  • Freedom of association and right to collective bargaining
  • Local communities

2 Maturity Model

How to advance supplier practices against the sub-principles

Human Rights
Maturity Model

3 Learning Plan

Training resources to support supplier advancement

Human Rights
Learning Plan

Health & Safety

1 What Is Expected

These sub-principles are upheld by members, who integrate them to supplier programs

  • Worker protection, health, and wellbeing
  • Process safety
  • Safety of the work environment

2 Maturity Model

How to advance supplier practices against the sub-principles

Safety
Maturity Model
Industrial Hygiene
Maturity Model
Process Safety
Maturity Model

3 Learning Plan

Training resources to support supplier advancement

Safety
Learning Plan
Industrial Hygiene
Learning Plan
Process Safety
Learning Plan

Environment

1 What Is Expected

These sub-principles are upheld by members, who integrate them to supplier programs

  • Environmental authorizations & reporting
  • Waste & emissions
  • Spills & releases
  • Resource efficiency
  • Climate Change
  • Biodiversity Conservation

2 Maturity Model

How to advance supplier practices against the sub-principles

Environment
Maturity Model
Decarbonization
Maturity Model

3 Learning Plan

Training resources to support supplier advancement

Environment
Learning Plan
Decarbonization
Learning Plan

Governance & Management Systems

1 What Is Expected

These sub-principles are upheld by members, who integrate them to supplier programs

  • Emergency preparedness & response
  • Traceability and control
  • Culture, commitment, and accountability
  • Legal & customer requirements
  • Risk management
  • Documentation
  • Training & competency
  • Continual improvement
  • Grievance mechanisms
  • Effective communication
  • Response and remediation

2 Maturity Model

How to advance supplier practices against the sub-principles

Governance & Management Systems
Maturity Model

3 Learning Plan

Training resources to support supplier advancement

Governance & Management Systems
Learning Plan
Foundational Commitments: Human Rights, Environmental Sustainability, Responsible Business

PSCI E-learning Tool

We have created the e-learning tool to help member companies and suppliers to understand the Principles. The tool is available freely to all.

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