As of 20 February 2023, SEW-EURODRIVE Spain (hereinafter referred to as SEW Spain) is obliged to apply Spanish whistleblower protection rules. obliged to apply the rules of the Spanish Whistleblower Protection Act. This law obliges SEW-EURODRIVE Spain to take certain due diligence measures to ensure that its own business activities and its its own business activities and its supply chain are managed in a responsible manner with respect to human rights and responsible with regard to human rights and environmental care.
Separate to the LkSG, SEW‑EURODRIVE has also developed its own key performance indicator for assessing the sustainability of our service providers and suppliers. After all, the high quality of our products includes high ethical standards. The results of this assessment are fed into overall scores for our business partners.
Our procurement guidelines are based on both the requirements of the LkSG and additional statutory regulations and directives. The standards for substances, environmental compatibility, and resource conservation that apply to our products include, in particular: