2009 Corporate Responsibility Report - Acer Group

Acer Corporate Responsibility Report 2009
It’s Time for Supply Chain Management
It's Time for Supply Chain
Management
We at Acer regard our suppliers as part of our greater corporate family. We give clear directives to our suppliers
regarding social and environmental issues such as green manufacturing and labor rights to keep them on
the cutting edge, and hold regular audits and meetings to support their capacity building and ensure that our
directives are being followed. In the future we expect to work even more closely together with our suppliers to
solve social and environmental problems and create a sustainable supply chain.
How Acer's Supply Network Works
Acer's current first tier suppliers fall into four major categories
based on the nature of the product or service that they supply:
ODM/OEM, key components, logistics, and services. The number
and names of the suppliers in our network change every year
as circumstances dictate. In 2009, Asian suppliers made up the
highest proportion, and with the addition of our Smart Handheld
Business Group a number of new suppliers have joined the Acer
family.
Acer holds the Supplier Conference for CSR in the third quarter
of each year, which remains one of the main forums for us to
communicate with our suppliers. The conference is also the time
when we announce the corporate targets and plans that we expect
our suppliers to meet, which is in line with international practice.
At our 2009 conference we asked all of our first tier suppliers to
sign Acer Supplier Code of Conduct Declaration. By signing the
declaration our first tier suppliers have acknowledged that they
understand our code of conduct, have committed themselves and
their own suppliers to abiding by it, and have also agreed to give
us any relevant information that we may ask for. We will continue
to communicate and cooperate with our suppliers and act as a
bridge between them and other stakeholders in order to bring the
collective strength of Acer's supply chain to bear on social and
environmental issues.
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