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Combining Forces to Improve Ethics and Compliance in the Extended Supply Chain
Companies ally in Supplier Ethics Management Charter Group to monitor and improve integrity of the supply chain; Ryder System, H. J. Heinz and bioMérieux sign up
Waltham, MA — February 13, 2008 — The Supplier Ethics Management (SEM) Charter Group has formed as a working coalition of global branded companies combining their expertise to help develop specific practices and technologies that will ensure the integrity of products built and delivered through extended global supply chains.
Integrity Interactive Corporation, a company that offers solutions and services to help corporations manage and reduce the risk of compliance failures, announced the formation of the SEM Charter Group this month and said that three companies — Ryder System, H. J. Heinz and bioMérieux, — have joined as founding members.
"Integrity Interactive works with hundreds of the world's leading companies and we've seen that supply chain vendors can introduce serious, even dangerous problems if actions are not taken to demand ethics and compliance within the supply chain," said David Curran, CEO of Integrity Interactive.
Curran said that Integrity's survey data showed a critical need for cross-industry cooperation to develop standards and capabilities that will help companies maintain safe, ethical supply chains. "Ryder, Heinz and bioMérieux are examples of leading companies who share our concern for the importance of monitoring their supply chains," he added. "They have been instrumental in forming this industry group, working together to enhance product integrity and legal compliance."
SEM Charter Group Members
Ryder System, Heinz and bioMérieux bring to the SEM Charter Group a combination of global supply chain expertise across the logistics, transportation, food and healthcare industries.
"As industries have globalized, the logistics and delivery of components and finished products have become a key component of a safe supply chain," said Marcia Narine, vice president for global compliance and deputy general counsel at Ryder System. "A secure, ethical supply chain is good for vendors, suppliers and consumers, and Ryder is dedicated to making that happen."
"There can be no more fundamental need than for people to know that their food has been grown, processed, packaged and delivered through a unimpeachably safe, secure supply chain," said John Kraus, vice president of corporate governance, compliance and ethics at H. J. Heinz Company. "At Heinz this is our core capability, and we are pleased to help develop practices and solutions that can ensure ethical supply chain practices for other companies and the public. Even without regulation, companies must be stringent in their processes and they have to insist on the highest standards."
Dan Biondo, vice president of North America purchasing at bioMérieux, noted that his company's North American employees participate in training programs to help build an ethical culture within the organization. "Now as members of the Charter Group, we are active partners in both the development and evaluation of Integrity's innovative supplier ethics program," Biondo said. "bioMérieux understands when it promotes an ethical culture both within bioMérieux and into its supply chain, it is exposed to less risk in running the company."
Integrity Interactive Corporation, a company that offers solutions and services to help corporations manage and reduce the risk of compliance failures, announced the formation of the SEM Charter Group this month and said that three companies — Ryder System, H. J. Heinz and bioMérieux, — have joined as founding members.
"Integrity Interactive works with hundreds of the world's leading companies and we've seen that supply chain vendors can introduce serious, even dangerous problems if actions are not taken to demand ethics and compliance within the supply chain," said David Curran, CEO of Integrity Interactive.
Curran said that Integrity's survey data showed a critical need for cross-industry cooperation to develop standards and capabilities that will help companies maintain safe, ethical supply chains. "Ryder, Heinz and bioMérieux are examples of leading companies who share our concern for the importance of monitoring their supply chains," he added. "They have been instrumental in forming this industry group, working together to enhance product integrity and legal compliance."
SEM Charter Group Members
Ryder System, Heinz and bioMérieux bring to the SEM Charter Group a combination of global supply chain expertise across the logistics, transportation, food and healthcare industries.
"As industries have globalized, the logistics and delivery of components and finished products have become a key component of a safe supply chain," said Marcia Narine, vice president for global compliance and deputy general counsel at Ryder System. "A secure, ethical supply chain is good for vendors, suppliers and consumers, and Ryder is dedicated to making that happen."
"There can be no more fundamental need than for people to know that their food has been grown, processed, packaged and delivered through a unimpeachably safe, secure supply chain," said John Kraus, vice president of corporate governance, compliance and ethics at H. J. Heinz Company. "At Heinz this is our core capability, and we are pleased to help develop practices and solutions that can ensure ethical supply chain practices for other companies and the public. Even without regulation, companies must be stringent in their processes and they have to insist on the highest standards."
Dan Biondo, vice president of North America purchasing at bioMérieux, noted that his company's North American employees participate in training programs to help build an ethical culture within the organization. "Now as members of the Charter Group, we are active partners in both the development and evaluation of Integrity's innovative supplier ethics program," Biondo said. "bioMérieux understands when it promotes an ethical culture both within bioMérieux and into its supply chain, it is exposed to less risk in running the company."
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