Supply Chain
Our goal is to build a responsible and constructive supply chain; one that is productive, practical, profitable, sustainable, ethical and dependable.
Our Approach
We collaborate with our supply chain to share knowledge, increase transparency and reach higher quality, safety and sustainability standards. Together we are building capability with the skills and resources to meet the transforming needs of the modern construction industry.
Collaboration
Supporting our valued supply chain
We continue to improve our communication with the supply chain and have implemented annual 360 degree feedback to gain an additional understanding from our contractors’ point of view of how we can further enhance our performance. This includes streamlining our assessment process and reviewing our procedures, also informed by best practice guidance we have obtained from working with the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS).
Following the success of our first Group-wide Supply Chain Conference in 2023, we are planning another one to be held in late 2025, which will build on our established relationships and enable collaboration on topics such as environmental management, equity, diversity and inclusion, and labour exploitation.
We continue to adhere to the Prompt Payment Code, of which we are a signatory, paying our contractors within 30 days.
Competence and Overall Value
Enhancing our tender recommendations sign off process, so we procure on overall value over cost
Every project must procure on overall value rather than just cost. This includes a numerical assessment of contractors prior to being awarded work, on quality, health and safety, modern methods of construction, sustainability, and ethical considerations such as our supply chain's approach to combatting modern slavery and child labour.
The building safety regime is continuing to evolve and we intend to remain at the forefront of knowledge, to support our supply chain to develop their understanding of competence, building safety and quality. We have progressed our training offering on the Building Safety Act and The Berkeley Academy (our Approved Training Organisation) has worked with the Construction Industry Training Board (CITB) to convert the modules we have produced into industry training standards to improve the competence of wider industry.
We will continue to enhance our approach in this area and share feedback with our supply chain.
Materials
Embedding our common materials strategy
Our extensive supply chain for materials is critical to meeting our production needs. To support resilience and continuity of supply for typical materials, we are progressing with our materials strategy. We have worked with manufacturers of various product groups and formed strategic agreements with those that can meet our stringent requirements across a range of topics including quality, safety, sustainability and ethics.
We will build on this further by preferentially partnering with companies that will help us achieve our ambitious science-based targets and maximise the use of products with lower embodied carbon, as well as those that will work with us on other sustainability targets such as waste reduction and following the principles of the circular economy.
Best Practice
Benchmarking against global best practices, aligning with the recommendations of the Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS)
Our supply chain activity has been reviewed against the requirements of the globally recognised Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS) best practice Procurement Excellence Award. Alignment to this will streamline our processes and procedures and demonstrate our organisational competence.
This expertise will also help us achieve our other strategic priorities, such as quality, our science-based targets for climate action, and future skills.
2024/25 Highlights
Over 80 manufacturer design and service level agreements now in place with key companies
Our average payment time for contractors is 29 days
In partnership with industry peers we produced a publicly available short video to be used to raise awareness of modern slavery and labour abuse throughout the industry
Awards, Accreditations & Partnerships
Member
Chartered Institute of Procurement and Supply (CIPS)
Partner
Supply Chain Sustainability School
Supplier Engagement Leader
CDP
Further Information
Modern Slavery
The Berkeley Group is committed to increasing its understanding of the risks of modern slavery and child labour in its supply chain. Find out more in our Modern Slavery Statement.