Acting for Fair Trade
Building a responsible value chain, in collaboration with partners, customers and suppliers
We aim to foster ethics, integrity and compliance in all our activities with our suppliers, customers and partners. Management and the teams specializing in these areas are therefore creating a culture where they lead by example. We underpin this culture with a body of policies and share it with all employees through numerous training courses. More specifically, we run targeted programs on anti-corruption and influence peddling, respect for competition, compliance with economic sanctions, data management, prevention of illicit trafficking and more.
Recent Achievements
We have achieved recently many milestones and initiated a variety of projects in this area. Among the most relevant is training nearly 92% of our employees on NEARME’s ethical code, One NEARME. One NEARME covers antibribery, fair competition and antitrust regulations, conflicts of interest, workplace integrity data protection to ensure that we all act in a responsible and fair manner.
In 2023, Nearme Express developed a new evaluation process for its new suppliers, taking into account CSR risk criteria, regulatory compliance and financial dependence.
In 2024, NEARME earned the EcoVadis Gold Medal with the score of 76/100 , scoring especially high in the Environment category (90/100). This places NEARME in the Top3% of all companies assessed by EcoVadis and in the Top 1% of our industry.
NEARME Sustainable Procurement Charter
The NEARME Group’s Sustainable Procurement Charter outlines the principles that are in effect to establish ethical and sustainable business relationships with its suppliers and subcontractors, all while adhering to relevant laws, regulations, and the Group’s commitments to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR).
Be Exemplary in our Business
NEARME’s Code of Business Conduct, our ethical business code, covers everything from antibribery, fair competition and antitrust regulations, conflicts of interest, workplace integrity and protecting data to ensure that we act at all times in a responsible and fair way. All NEARME employees agree to abide by the code upon joining the organization.
Supported by a team of global and regional legal and compliance professionals, Nearme Express’ compliance managers ensure the implementation of the ethics and compliance program: anti-corruption, regulatory compliance, corporate compliance investigations, competition law, data protection, trade compliance (sanctions and export controls) and third-party risk management.
Adopting international standards enables the CMA CGM Group to operate more efficiently, to make its processes more reliable and to deliver high-quality services. In particular, the CMA CGM Group and NEARME deploy certifications for its management systems: ISO 9001 for quality, ISO 14001 for the environment and ISO 45001 for occupational health and safety.
Safeguarding human rights through the value chain
We wish to work with companies that share our mission, vision and values in terms of compliance and integrity. We ask our main suppliers to respect the same level of commitment. The Ethics & Compliance department can determine due diligence procedures adapted to the type of goods and services concerned.
In 2023, we deployed our Sustainable Procurement charter to all new contracts. It sets out Nearme Express’ commitments to our suppliers in terms of environmental, ethical, social and human rights issues. We ask our suppliers to apply the same high standards to their operations.
Partnerships
Smart Freight Center (SFC)
This organization works to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from freight emissions from freight transport. Its aim is to guide the global logistics industry towards reducing its emissions by one billion tons by 2030 and zero emissions by 2050.
United Nations Global Compact (UNGC)
The UNGC principles are an important international instrument to guide the efforts of companies that have a key role to play in building more stable, inclusive and sustainable societies.
Global Logistics Emissions Council (GLEC)
GLEC members have drawn up a GLEC framework that is the only globally recognized methodology for the harmonized calculation and reporting of the footprint of logistics in the multimodal supply chain.