Supplier Engagement

NXP is committed to ensuring that working conditions in our supply chain are safe, that workers are treated with respect and dignity and that our products and processes are environmentally responsible.

Supplier Resources
Supply Chain Management
Audits
Validation
Grievance Mechanisms
Training

Supplier Resources

Supply Chain Management

Audit

We collaborate with suppliers to verify compliance with applicable laws, the NXP Supplier Code of Conduct and NXP Auditable Standards on Social Responsibility.

Commitment to Our Supplier Code of Conduct

We require our suppliers to comply with the NXP Supplier Code of Conduct and the laws of the country or countries where our suppliers conduct business.

Engagement

NXP works collaboratively and consultatively with suppliers to support and enable corrective and preventive action plans for continuous improvement.

Ethics

We confirm that suppliers are recruiting workers and sourcing minerals ethically to meet legal and NXP requirements.

Risk Assessment

NXP engages with advisory firms Verisk Maplecroft and Verité to identify potential risks in our supply chains annually.

Self-Assessment Questionnaire

We ensure high-risk suppliers complete an NXP self-assessment and provide any supporting policies and/or documentation.

Supplier Diversity

NXP values diversity, equality and inclusion in all aspects of our operations. We are committed to creating an inclusive supplier community that promotes the participation of small, diverse-owned suppliers as part of our supply chain.

Keeping the vulnerable safe

We go beyond standard evaluations supporting workers at all levels. Our risk assessment ensures our teams are not comprised of forced labor.

Audits

Since 2013, when we began our Corporate Social Responsibility and Human Rights Audit Program, we have conducted 201 supplier audits. That includes labor-agent audits as well as verification audits, which began in 2014.

Number of Nonconformances by Rating

Audits conducted in 2023 addressed a selection of high-priority suppliers who had previously been audited to a social-responsibility standard. At three of the five suppliers we had previously audited, we noted a maturity in social-responsibility practices and found they had improved on their previous performance.

Nonconformance by Category

With the shift back to 100% onsite audits in 2023, we are better able to identify gaps and nonconformances that are harder to identify with remote audits. Two categories – "Labor and Human Rights" and "Health and Safety" – continue to reoccur in our findings.

Audit Closure Rate

The closure rate for 2023 was 80%. NXP is committed to working with suppliers to reach 100% closure in their corrective actions and this is clearly demonstrated by 100% closure of all audit findings from 2018 to 2022.

Validation

Each year we report publicly on our supplier’s annual top audit nonconformances and each month we report KPIs to the Sustainability Office on topics such as violations and nonconformances from our supplier audits, signed conformance letters, closure rate for corrective action plans and quarter-on-quarter risk indicators within our supply chain. NXP monitors improvement by measuring the number of priority violations, repeat audits, frequency of nonconformances and the nonconformance closure rate.

Reports are reviewed frequently with the Ethics Committee and raised to the ESG Management Board in case of significant findings. Monthly and sometimes weekly meetings are held with procurement managers to discuss the results of a supplier audit, the corrective action plan and the supplier's progress toward closing out their nonconformances.

Workplace Grievance Mechanisms

Suppliers are required to have workplace grievance mechanisms in place that ensure the confidentiality, anonymity and protection of whistleblowers who may report any complaints, issues or concerns. The grievance mechanism must be available in the workers' languages. Suppliers must train their workers on the grievance mechanism and communicate the process to them, so workers can raise concerns without fear of retaliation.

NXP acknowledges that we are putting the worker in a vulnerable situation with a private interview, where potential negative impacts, such as retaliation or discrimination could occur. NXP addresses this by providing the NXP grievance mechanism and an agreement with the supplier that retaliation or discrimination will not occur. We monitor and assess compliance and investigate every allegation. These investigations may involve the NXP Ethics Committee. No allegations were received in 2023.

Training

Training focuses on our suppliers and their onsite service providers. The mode of training can be a one-to-one consultation training, a two-hour classroom training or a webinar session conducted by the NXP Social Responsibility Team with support from the site's subject-matter experts. The training is the full requirement of the NXP Supplier Code of Conduct. Supplier training is done:

Before a supplier’s upcoming NXP Social Responsibility Audit
During the closure timeline of the supplier’s corrective action plan
When a supplier requests training

Coaching the supplier on best practices and providing RBA’s e-learning academy are also part of our supplier trainings.

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