CAPACITY BUILDING
Over 3,000 suppliers engaged in capacity building activities
The Drive Sustainability partnership, facilitated by CSR Europe, shares the common goal of working together to improve the sustainability performance of automotive supply chains.
Drive Sustainability considers that improvement and impact in the supply chain can be achieved by working with suppliers to build capability and empowerment.
Under this framework, the partnership organized (between 2018 and 2023) different activities such as:
- • supplier training series
- • dialogue event
- • local networks.
TRAINING SERIES
Between 2018 and 2023, Drive Sustainability regularly organised supplier training series in different countries worldwide, aiming to build supplier capacity. The training series covered topics in areas such as social and environmental sustainability, business conduct and compliance, and supplier management. The content was based on Global Automotive Sustainability Guiding Principles, but was tailored to each country where it was being held, in line with local legislation, best practices and real-life business examples meant to offer sustainability solutions and ideas to all participants.
More than 100 training sessions conducted in 19 countries:
| • Argentina • Brazil • China • Czech Republic • France • Germany • Hungary |
• India • Italy • Malaysia • Mexico • Romania • Poland |
• Russia • South Africa • Spain • Thailand • Turkey • United States |
DIALOGUE EVENTS
Sustainability is a common challenge and opportunity for customers and suppliers alike. To find lasting solutions, Drive Sustainability invited suppliers to a common open dialogue, bringing together the top management of customers and suppliers and key actors like supplier’s associations.
The dialogue events were a great opportunity to start the exchange and find future common next steps.
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LOCAL NETWORKS
Drive Sustainability is a global automotive partnership, bringing together global automotive companies with global supply chains. Sustainability challenges are similar across regions; however, countries have specific issues, distinct market outlooks and social – economic contexts.
While Drive Sustainability has a global strategy, it is also aware that long lasting impact, meaningful actions and the best solutions can only be developed at the country or regional level itself, with the key local stakeholders engaged and working together on regular basis.
Drive Sustainability has set up a local network in China: Drive Sustainability China. Find out more here.