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Monitoring Environmental Risks
John Deere closely evaluates potential suppliers who provide services that might carry a higher-than-normal environmental risk. In those cases, John Deere environmental and supply management experts conduct an on-site environmental evaluation to assess the potential
supplier's past site history and environmental performance.
Among the processes and policies reviewed are the supplier's:
- operational controls;
- environmental management system;
- air pollution controls;
- water pollution controls;
- solid and hazardous waste management; and
- spill control and emergency planning.
In addition, because John Deere prohibits the use of certain chemical compounds in its products and processes, all John Deere suppliers are expected to exclude these substances
from materials and products they provide to the company.
Even when a supplier meets all the requirements, certain "environmental flags" can trigger a focused review. If the review indicates the need, an environmental re-inspection of the supplier
is undertaken. Among environmental flags are changes observed on a supplier's property, such as stockpiling of waste, evidence of chemical spillage on floors and roof surfaces, and
housekeeping problems. Regulatory activities, significant events such as fires, or changes in facility water treatment capabilities, or changes in management or ownership also call for re-inspections.
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