S&W is committed to developing a tiered supply chain and building long-term relationships with both Strategic Partners and those suppliers involved in framework arrangements. We will work with our suppliers to build excellence and sustainability into our products and services and this will result in exceptional delivery to our customers.
Procurement will manage and guide the business to ensure that company spend is both efficient and effective and will maximise commercial targets including margin.
S&W recognises the importance of managing Corporate Responsibility issues within the
Supply Chain. We will create an environment for a continuous improvement and innovation specifically in the areas of:
 Sustainability – o Waste o Materials o Energy o Water
 We will foster an Ethical approach to sourcing and source locally where possible.
 Fair treatment of Suppliers o Honesty o Prompt payment
Anne-Marie Wedd
Head of Procurement
April 2012

Procurement Approach
Our procurement approach is to continue to create a best in class supply chain, developing long-term relationships with both Strategic Partners and Key Suppliers.
Fair Treatment
We will work as a team to treat our Supply Chain fairly and will extend our Values into our supplier relationships
Vision: Working together to make a difference
Our Mission: We will deliver innovative solutions to manage, develop and enhance property portfolios in a sustainable and cost effective way. We will achieve our Vision by:
Providing exceptional levels of service through continuous improvement 
 Empowering our people to challenge convention and think differently
 Demonstrating our commitment to the community and the environment
 Developing our supply chain partners and building mutual loyalty
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Payment
We will pay our suppliers on time and in line with our agreed commercial terms.
Performance Measurement
We will implement Service Level agreements with our long term partners, we will measure performance, give objective feedback and agree corrective action plans and share best practice.

Corporate Responsibility
Our aim is to reduce the negative and increase the positive impacts of S&W activities within the communities in which we operate. Suppliers selection decisions will take into account significant CR impacts which will include:-
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 Sustainability – o Energy o Waste o Materials o Water
We will foster an Ethical approach to sourcing
Fair treatment of Suppliers o Honesty o Prompt payment
Security
S&W provide Design & Construct services for our Customers across a wide variety of their estate portfolio, often in a live environment and often as the appointed key holder.
Providing our service offer for our Customers creates a number of unique, separate and combined challenges to ensure the security requirements of our customers is maintained.
We will work with our suppliers to identify and understand these challenges and ensure our systems and procedures support our Customer’s security objectives.
Health & Safety
S&W is committed to the provision of a safe and healthy working environment where everyone is valued, treated with respect and consulted on health and safety issues. The
Company encourages and promotes participation, commitment and involvement in health and safety activities at all levels in order to fulfill legal requirements and to achieve risk control.
No punitive action will be taken against anyone who raises health and safety
concerns through the appropriate channels.
Policies
Where we have specific policies in place which effect or require buy in from our supply chain these will be communicated as appropriate.
Anne-Marie Wedd
Head of Procurement