Committed to sustainable sourcing
Here at Bellway, we aim to source all of our products and services in an ethical, sustainable, and socially conscious way. The initiatives and goals formulated as part of Better with Bellway will ensure that we continue, and improve upon, our efforts to date.
The core issues demanding our attention
Developing long-term partnerships with our sub-contractors and suppliers is an integral part of what makes Bellway a success, and we ensure that all of our supply-chain partners and sub-contractors are treated with dignity and respect.
We pay our suppliers and sub-contractors within agreed terms, and we are a signatory to the Prompt Payment Code.
Bellway is a member of the Supply Chain Sustainability School (SCSS), and we encourage our partners to sign up to the scheme so that they too can have access to the range of training and resources on offer, to help their businesses become more sustainable.
We use our Responsible Sourcing Policy to select partners and to monitor their performance and compliance with agreed standards. As well as this, we work with partners to address any issues of non-compliance identified and reserve the right to end relationships as a last resort.
We are undertaking work with our supply chain partners to reduce packaging and have asked them to investigate reusable alternatives to single-use packaging. We have also asked suppliers to reduce single-use plastic in the packaging they send to us.
Our ongoing initiatives
- We have engaged with our top-ten suppliers on a wide range of sustainability issues and will continue this dialogue into the long term.
- We have asked all of our suppliers to ensure that, from April 2022, they use a minimum of 30% recycled content in any plastic packaging they provide to us.
- As part of our commitment to lifelong learning and continual improvement, we will be rolling out SCSS training modules for all of the colleagues in our Procurement team.
- We encourage our supply chain to engage with the SCSS and in 2024 89% of our top 100 suppliers had achieved GOLD membership status.
- We ask all of our timber suppliers to provide evidence of compliance with the ‘Forest Stewardship Council’ or ‘Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification’ sustainable timber certification standards.
- We have updated our Supplier Procurement Policy and issues to our supply chain partners.
Sourcing responsibly, to build relationships and prevent exploitation
Reviewing and reducing – our objectives for the next two years
- 85 %
- By July 2024, we aimed for 85% of our top 100 suppliers to have SCSS GOLD membership – we are ahead of target as currently 89% of suppliers are GOLD members (up from 56% in FY23).
- 500
- We will work with our top 500 sub-contractors on sustainability issues and ensure they are registered with the supply chain sustainability school by July 2026.
- 2025
- Engage with our wider supply chain to materially reduce single use plastics in their packaging and products.
- 2025
- Ensure that at least two Bellway employees in each Division have undertaken training with Supply Chain Sustainability by July 2024 (FY24 – 69 staff members)
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