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WORKERS IN THE VALUE CHAIN
DigiSus enables the Zumtobel Group to monitor its suppliers’ sustainability performance and compliance on an ongoing and efficient basis. A daily updated overview of the suppliers listed in DigiSus is provided via the Celonis process mining platform, which communicates with EcoVadis and IntegrityNext via interfaces. The IntegrityNext platform also helps the Zumtobel Group meet the requirements of the Supply Chain Act and the EU Due Diligence Directive. The platform makes it possible to query additional information on sustainability performance. The effectiveness of this digital supplier monitoring is evident in the real-time results for all sup- pliers in the system. In the 2025/26 financial year, suppliers with a low rating in terms of human rights were specifically identified. Targeted action to improve the assessment in the 2026/27 financial year will be defined for these suppliers. Improved performance in terms of human rights will only be reflected in the future through better ratings. By securing the licensing of DigiSus, the Zumtobel Group’s Global Purchasing department will be able to continue on this positive trajectory going forward.
Sustainability assessment and supplier audits
Sustainability audits were conducted to assess the sustainability performance of selected suppliers. Since the 2022/23 financial year, the Zumtobel Group has conducted more than 530 sustainability audits. Besides the quality system/process focus, particular attention was paid to ethics, health and safety, job/employee protection and environmental management. In the sustainability audits of the Zumtobel Group, questions such as freely chosen employment under ILO Convention 105, the prevention of child labour under ILO Convention 182, freedom of association under ILO Conventions 87 and 98, equal remuneration under ILO Convention 100 and prevention of discrimination under ILO Convention 111 are explicitly addressed. A positive sustainability audit is a prerequisite for collaborating with the Zumtobel Group. If the requirements are not met, immediate actions are mutually agreed with the supply partners. In addition to the risks already mentioned above (corruption, human rights violations, forced labour and child labour), this approach leads to other environmental and social risks being queried, audited and excluded from the supply chain.
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