The Blue Planet Environmental Solutions Pte Ltd. is committed to building a sustainable business by creating meaningful social and environmental impact and making positive contributions to the planet’s resources. It works with leading companies and government bodies by helping them manage waste by upcycling, recycling, and re-purposing end-of-life resources through environmentally friendly solutions. BP and its subsidiaries engage transporters, suppliers and manpower contractors in its supply chain of collecting waste from clients who need its services for processing them in bulk. The BP is committed to establishing a responsible supply chain management system addressing adverse impacts in its supply chain through this policy which includes eliminating exploitative labour practices and significant conversion of natural and critical habitats.
This policy applies to BP and its subsidiaries whose business operation is dependent on primary suppliers who on an ongoing basis provide most goods and raw materials essential for running the business operation.
Blue Planet is committed to ensuring that it follows ethical and fair practices during procurements and supply chain management. This policy places a binding requirement on Blue Planet’s subsidiaries to comply with this policy and ensure compliance with the applicable regulatory requirements, IFC’s Performance Standards-1 (to consider risks and impacts with primary supply chains), Performance Standard-2 (preventing the use of child labour and forced labour or any significant safety issues at the workplace) and Performance Standards-6 (risk of significant conversion of natural and/or critical habitat). This Policy guides in establishing a “Responsible Supply Chain Management System” that includes following key components.
3.1 Screening and Assessing EHSS Risks in Primary Supply Chain: Blue Planet and its subsidiaries shall develop a supply chain map to identify primary suppliers and understand their operating context. As the business operations of BP and its subsidiaries will change and evolve over time, screening of the supply chain against sanctions, media watchlists, and legal compliance databases will be done on an annual basis. The screening of risks in the primary supply Chain will focus on the identification of risks of employment of child and forced labour, significant safety issues at workplaces, and risks pertaining to the conversion of natural and/or critical habitat. If such risks are identified, comprehensive risk assessments shall be carried out and appropriate mitigation measures as per the recommendation of the assessment shall be implemented.
3.2 Transparency in information sharing: BP has strong expectations from the suppliers in its primary supply chain to uphold human rights, fair labour practices, and Environment Health and Safety. BP requires its suppliers who deal with it or its subsidiaries to share reliable information sought from them on the potential of the presence of child and forced labour, or significant occupational health and safety risks. If BP finds the information provided by any of its primary suppliers, it shall take stringent action.
3.3 Primary Supply Chain Labour Assessment: BP shall carry out a comprehensive primary supply chain labour assessment where the potential for the presence of prohibited labour practices, and significant occupational health and safety risks are identified during screening. The labour assessment will describe the workforce, terms of employment, types of the employment relationship, working environment, compliance with national employment and labour law, and identification of workplace health and safety issues.
3.4 Assessment on Conversion of Natural and/or Critical Habitat: BP’s business operation is not likely to involve any significant conversion of natural and critical habitat as defined in IFC PS-6. Nonetheless, BP shall take cognizance of any such complaints or allegations and carry out a comprehensive assessment through a competent independent agency.
3.5 Grievance Redressal Mechanism: All primary suppliers of BP and its subsidiaries can submit their grievances
using BP Group level GRM channel or escalate their grievances if they are not satisfied with the response from the concerned subsidiary or their primary suppliers. The subsidiaries are required to have a functional grievance mechanism at each site that allows internal and external stakeholders to register complaints or report prohibited labour practices, unhealthy working conditions, unsafe conditions, human rights violations, including gender-based violence, forced labour, anti-bribery and corruption issues at the workplace. The grievance case for anti-bribery and corruption issues will be addressed in accordance with policy guidelines of anti-bribery and corruption issues.
3.6 Supplier Code of Conduct: BPs shall prepare a “Supplier Code of Conduct” that prohibits all suppliers from engaging child and forced labour, requires them to comply with legal requirements on environment compliance, occupational health and safety, and avoid significant conversion of natural and critical biodiversity habitat in their operation.
3.7 Contractual Obligation: BP and its subsidiaries shall make adherence to “BP’s Supplier Code of Conduct” mandatory by making it a contractual obligation in agreements and work orders.
3.8 Supporting Suppliers Transition and Decision to Replace: BP recognizes compliance with the “BP’s model code of conduct for suppliers” may be challenging for some suppliers. BP shall agree to support its suppliers who commit to improving their labour practices and achieve compliance with it in a reasonable timeframe. BP in such cases, in collaboration with the supplier, shall prepare an action plan and oversee its implementation. Where even with best efforts, the mitigation actions are not successful, BP shall replace such suppliers with others who can demonstrate that they can comply with BP’s model code of conduct for suppliers.
3.9 Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy and Practice: Blue Planet and its subsidiaries will exclusively select suppliers committed to strict compliance with anti-corruption, anti-bribery policies of BP, local laws, and ethical standards and are required to share necessary information or evidence of this being practiced.
3.10 Capacity Building: Blue Planet shall develop internal capacity in the ESG Department through training on supply chain risk screening and assessment.
All suppliers operating within the scope of the supply chain must comply with relevant environmental, health, and safety regulations, including those related to waste management, hazardous materials handling, and emissions control. BP recommends that its primary suppliers learn from the IFC Performance Standards 2 Labour & Working Conditions 2012, Good Practice Note-Addressing Child Labour in Workplace and Supply Chain, 2002, IFC Handbook for Labour and Working Conditions, 2010, and IFC Performance Standard 6: Biodiversity Conservation and Sustainable Management of Living Natural Resources (2012).
BP assigns the responsibility of screening and annual assessment of risks to the ESG Team. The ESG Committee of the subsidiary company where supply chain risks are identified will monitor any action plan for improvement implemented.
he ESMS Manual provides further guidance on (a) the screening checklist; (b) Guidance on comprehensive labour assessments in the supply chain; and (c) the Model supplier's code of conduct.
For the adaptability to changing environment, enhanced effectiveness, preventing obsolescence of policy and changes in national legislations, and applicable international standards, the policy revision process will be initiated every 5 years. At present, there is no exception approved for this Policy.
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