Supplier Code of Conduct

Compliance

We act responsibly and honestly and do the right thing at ERI. We are committed to compliance with all laws, rules, and regulations. Suppliers are expected to comply with all federal, state, and local laws and regulations applicable to their business when providing services to ERI.

Suppliers will accurately disclose information regarding their labor, health and safety, environmental practices, business activities, structure, financial situation, and performance, in accordance with the prevailing industry practices.

Suppliers will cooperate with any information requests or audits we may initiate to confirm their fulfillment of these responsibilities. While we seek to work with Suppliers to improve conditions, we may terminate our relationship with any Supplier that fails to meet these responsibilities.

Discrimination & Harassment

ERI Suppliers shall foster a culture and workplace that does not tolerate harassment, including sexual harassment, threats of harassment, or retaliation of reporting harassment.

Suppliers must comply with all applicable laws and regulations relating to discrimination in hiring, employment practices, and harassment and retaliation, Suppliers must operate workplaces free of unequal treatment in employee not, discrimination, harassment, victimization, and any other abuse on any grounds including but not limited to race, color, creed, national origin (including language use restrictions and possession of a driver’s license issued under Vehicle Code section 12801.9), ancestry, genetic information, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), gender (including gender identity and gender expression), sexual orientation, age, religion (including religious dress and grooming practices), physical disability (including HIV or AIDS), mental disability, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), marital status (including registered domestic partner status), citizenship status, military service/veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or other consideration protected by law. Unequal treatment includes the payment of unequal remuneration for work of equal value.

ERI expects cooperation from its Suppliers to appropriately investigate and remediate any concern of misconduct.

Child Labor

Suppliers shall not exploit child labor and shall not employ any workers under the age of 15 or the minimum working age, whichever is greater. Employment of workers under the age of 18 shall not interfere with their compulsory education and should not, by the nature of the work or circumstances in which it is carries out, be likely to harm their health, safety, or morals.

Human Trafficking & Forced Labor

Human trafficking, forced, debt bonded, indentured, and slave labor are unacceptable, and ERI is committed to preventing these practices in its operations and supplier chain. ERI’s Supplier Code of Conduct prohibits harsh or inhumane treatment, including corporal punishment, the threat of corporal punishment, or forced labor. Our Suppliers must meet these requirements and be compliant with applicable laws and regulations.

Sustainability & Environmental Impact

Suppliers shall seek to make and measure continued progress towards a sustainable and more circular economy.

Suppliers are expected to make reasonable efforts to eliminate or at least reduce and optimize their energy usage, greenhouse gas emissions (Scopes 1, 2, and 3), air emissions, noise pollution, waste (including hazardous waste), wastewater and impact on biodiversity.

Suppliers are expected to optimize their reuse and circular economy programs and are encouraged to develop and use environmentally friendly innovations and practices that reduce negative environmental impacts.

Suppliers are expected to make their best efforts to track their environmental impacts, including but not limited to their greenhouse gas emissions.

ERI may at any time during the duration of the contract request to review the Supplier’s best efforts to maintain an environmental policy. There may be more specific or additional requirements for Suppliers engaged in material handling and processing activities.

Supplier Diversity

ERI recognizes the importance of supplier diversity in all aspects of its business and procurement practices and actively encourages the development, utilization, and economic growth of qualified and certified suppliers and enterprises owned by people eof color, women, veterans, members of the LGBTQIA+ community, and persons with disabilities as well as certified small businesses. As such, our Suppliers are expected to utilize their best efforts to ensure subcontracting with certified diverse suppliers.

Conflicts of Interest

ERI’s employees have a responsibility to act in ERI’s best interests. We expect our Suppliers to avoid actions that would improperly influence our employees’ objectivity and decisions, including avoiding any expensive, lavish or inappropriate gift giving or entertainment.

Suppliers are expected to disclose personal relationships with ERI employees to include relationships with friends and employees.

Working Conditions

We are committed to a safe and healthy work environment. We expect our Suppliers to comply with all applicable safety and health laws and regulations in the areas they operate, and to proactively seek to provide a safe working environment.

Managing ERI and ERI Customer Information

We respect the privacy of all individuals and expect our Suppliers to do likewise. Suppliers will protect the privacy of personal information of everyone with whom they do business, including suppliers, customers, consumers, and workers. While processing Personal Data, we expect our Suppliers to comply with applicable privacy, data protection laws, rules, regulations, orders, conventions, and ordinances applicable to each Supplier and all representations made in Supplier’s data privacy policies.

We expect our Suppliers to promptly notify ERI after becoming aware of a personal data breach. Suppliers specifically engaged in activities which might involve data belonging to ERI, ERI Customers or ERI Suppliers may be subject to additional requirements.

Web Content Accessibility

ERI is committed to removing barriers to performance for all individuals. At a minimum, Suppliers must comply with the WCAG 2.0 Level AA. These guidelines make web content on desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices more accessible to a wider range of people with disabilities, including accommodations for blindness and low vision, deafness and hearing loss, limited movement, speech disabilities, photosensitivity, and combinations of these, and some accommodations for learning disabilities and cognitive limitations; while these guidelines will not address every user need for people with these disabilities ERI recognizes that following these guidelines often make Web content more usable to users in general.

Media

We expect Suppliers to promptly forward all media requests/inquiries across all channels (print, broadcast, online, radio, social media, etc.) regarding ERI, or work done by Supplier on behalf of ERI, for review and approval to. Suppliers should not speak about ERI to media or in any public forum without consent from the ERI.