In terms of public supervision, the Group collaborates with IPE to monitor supplier performance using the Blue Map and provides support and corrective plans for identified environmental issues. In 2023, we successfully prompted 30 environmentally non-compliant suppliers in completing corrections, which were verified by the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) and its accredited third-party, Green Choice Alliance (GCA), leading to the removal of their regulatory records from the IPE’s Blue Map database... In addition, the Group promotes suppliers to disclose their PRTR on the IPE platform, including the amounts of general and hazardous industrial wastes generated, the amount of comprehensive utilization (reuse, recovery, composting of waste), and the reduction target for the coming year, and also demands suppliers to reduce the amount year by year. In 2023, the group promoted 145 suppliers to fill out the PRTR. 

--- Foxconn 2023 Supplier Responsibility Report

In order to assess the environmental performance of its key suppliers and to be aware of any environmental violations by those suppliers, DyStar has been using a tool created by the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) since FY2019. The tool allows DyStar to monitor its core suppliers' environmental performance and cases of non-compliance by creating a "Blue Map" of the shortlisted providers. DyStar will prompt suppliers to resolve any identified issues and take the necessary corrective action if they have been detected for any kind of non-compliance.

------ INTEGRATED SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2022-2023

Intel expects all suppliers to meet local laws and regulations and close any gaps or violations quickly. If Intel receives notification of any open non-compliance issues from IPE for a given supplier, Intel will notify the supplier in writing with detailed instructions. Intel expects the Supplier to address or close the issue within one month. Failure to close identified issues with IPE within one month of Intel notifying the supplier may impact supplier report card scoring. Sustained non-compliance may impact future business with Intel.

Intel also requests that select suppliers with facilities in Mainland China to register with IPE and submit an annual Pollutant Release and Transfer Registry (PRTR)... A PRTR is an annual disclosure of resource use and emissions data. PRTR encourages the benchmarking and monitoring of enterprise performance and creates a platform for continuous improvement. It can be a powerful tool for pollution prevention and chemical risk reduction.

--- Intel SPARC – Environmental Sustainability

The main contents of the supplier Code of conduct: Hold valid pollutant discharge permits, environmental permits and reports, strictly implement the regulations on wastewater, waste gas and hazardous solid waste treatment, manage the environmental protection status of high-pollution outsourced process factories, and screen the environmental performance of suppliers and outsourced factories through the IPE website (e.g. hazardous substances, restricted substances, waste gas and noise, pollution prevention and resource protection, circular economy, biodiversity, etc)

--- Sunwoda 2024 CSR Report

Danone collaborates with the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) to use environmental data platforms like Bluemap to regularly check suppliers' environmental compliance records and request corrective actions from non-compliant suppliers. Additionally, the Company encourages suppliers to participate in Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) projects to make their environmental performance more transparent.

---Danone Beverages China Sustainability Report 2023

We screen China-based suppliers for environmental violations - including wastewater violations - using the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) Blue Map Database. The database contains publicly available data from monitoring organisations and governments and gives us more insight into supplier activities. With Blue Map, we identified 16 violations in 2023 and collaborated with suppliers to determine the root cause, remediate and achieve compliance.

--- NB 2023 Sustainability and Impact Report

We also put our China supply chain through the Green Supply Chain CITI evaluation, developed by the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE). The evaluation assesses brands on the environmental management of their supply chains in China. In 2024, Primark improved its CITI score compared to 2023, ranking number six out of 126 companies in the textile industry and six overall out of a total of 780 brands. This is a result of our continuous efforts to improve the environmental performance of suppliers in China beyond our tier one factories.

--- Primark Sustainability and Ethics Progress Report 2023/24

To supplement our responsible sourcing strategy, we leverage the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) to screen our suppliers in China for environmental compliance... On a regular basis, we screen our suppliers within IPE’s Blue Map website to identify violations and, if found, create a corrective action plan for the respective vendor and facility to remediate within an assigned timeframe. From 2022-2023, we screened more than 90% of our suppliers’ facilities in China and over 65% have rectified their violations. We plan to continue expanding the scope of our supplier screening and push our suppliers to remediate outstanding environmental noncompliance.

--- Kohl’s Cares 2023 Report

All companies participating in the updated categories of procurement bidding are required to meet the green standard, i.e. the pollutants emitted by companies in the process of project construction and production should comply with relevant laws and regulations and industry emission standards, using the "Blue Map" website as a tool to carry out monitoring.

--- GRANDJOY 2023 Social Responsibility Report

LS&Co. uses the IPE Blue Map environmental database to monitor our suppliers in China, all of which are registered to the database. We have also shared our supplier factory list and data with the IPE Green Supply Chain Map, which provides real-time performance data and historical trend information related to air emissions and wastewater discharge.

---- Levi Strauss & Co. 2020 Sustainability Report

The Responsible Sourcing team uses this information to monitor our China-based suppliers. Since partnering with IPE, we have resolved 122 violations with corrective action, including two cases in FY22. We have extended the IPE program to our suppliers’ sub-tier and vendor management, providing them with guidance and training. We have also given them a self-assessment tracking checklist, which includes 11 key checkpoints to enable suppliers’ to build their own IPE program.

---- Microsoft Devices Responsible Sourcing Report FY22

For exisiting suppliers, we conducted environmental violation assessment and rectification through IPE's database, conducted supplier audit and rectification follow-up over 33 suppliers in the past year, and no violations were found.

--- Delton Technology 2023 ESG Report

During 2023, we cross-checked supplier sites representing 95% of our spend against IPE’s public database of environmental violations. First-tier manufacturing suppliers in China also provide information about sub-tier supplier compliance with local environmental laws. This review of over 1,100 sub-tier suppliers against IPE’s public database of environmental violations identified 97 issues in 2023. Of these, 62 had been corrected as of February 2024, and we continue working with the relevant first-tier suppliers and IPE to assess, address, and resolve the remaining issues.

--- HP Sustainable Impact Report 2023

Since 2021, the Company has been using IPE’s Blue EcoChain tool to track the environmental performance of its suppliers and encouraging the disclosure of carbon data and GHG reduction targets...In 2023, the Company has co-signed the Zero Carbon Supply Chain Initiative launched by IPE to help accelerate the pace of supply chain decarbonization for meeting global climate targets.

--- Lenovo Group Limited 2023/24 Environmental, Social and Governance Report

In order to optimize environmental management in our supply chain, we collaborate with the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) of China, which disseminates environmental information, provided by both Government and factories and brands.

In addition to the environmental performance of the textile factories, the IPE monitors suppliers of raw materials and chemicals, as well as the wastewater treatment plants and the results of wastewater analyses. In 2023 the IPE recognised our Company’s efforts to improve environmental performance in our supply chain, ranking it third both globally and in the textile sector in the index it publishes annually.

--- Inditex Annual Report 2023

To strengthen our due diligence process and supplier engagement in China, we joined the International Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) in 2023.

--- CSR 2024 FENIX OUTDOOR INTERNATIONAL AG

We are pleased to have been recognised for our leadership in environmental supply chain management by China’s most influential environmental NGO, the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE). In the 2022 Corporate Information Transparency Index (CITI), C&A ranked sixth out of over 120 apparel and textile brands and fourth overall among 611 companies across all industries. The annual index ranks the supply chain practices of brands in the areas of transparency, responsiveness, compliance and corrective action, energy conservation, emissions reduction, as well as performance disclosure.

---C&A Sustainability Report 2021

Based on laws and regulations, the company takes customer standards as the guide, starts from the chapter of "solid waste", formulates and strictly implements the "Lens Group EHS Standardization Management Manual", integrates the regulatory requirements and daily EHS management process... The third-party solid waste treatment units must have adequate qualification and capacity, and have no violation record(s) on the IPE Blue Map website.

---Lens Technology Co., Ltd. CSR Report 2022

We collaborate with the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) in Mainland China to screen suppliers for environmental violations. In 2024, 87% of Vitasoy’s direct and indirect suppliers were in compliance. The non- compliances are minor in nature and are being monitored to evaluate whether sufficient remedial actions have been put in place.

During the reporting period, we continued to reach out to our top 30 spend suppliers in Mainland China to enhance voluntary disclosure of environmental data through IPE’s platform, including carbon and other air emissions data. This initiative helps to establish baseline information for our supply chain, which is particularly useful for improving the Group’s Scope 3 carbon accounting inventory.

--- Vitasoy International Holdings Ltd. Sustainability Report 2024/25

To increase environmental transparency and accountability in our supply chain, since 2015 we have required the majority of our suppliers’ facilities located in China to report their water pollution data on an annual basis to the IPE Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) platform. The disclosure drives supplier differentiation and showcases each supplier’s individual commitment to their sustainability practices and goals.

--- adidas Group Annual Report 2024

The IPE’s platform allows us to monitor pollution data from suppliers in China and support environmental compliance. In cases of violations, the platform facilitates corrective action with suppliers. As of the end of 2023, 92 of our Tier 1 and 29 Tier 2 suppliers were registered to the IPE platform for monitoring.

--- Gap Inc. 2023 ESG REPORT

All factories producing in China are monitored monthly on the IPE platform. Factories listed have the responsibility to take corrective measure(s), communicate with IPE and remediate the non-compliance issues identified.

--- Li & Fung Environmental Policy

We oversee suppliers’ environmental performance through data disclosed on the IPE platform. This allows us to engage with those facing environmental issues or potential risks and develop rectification plans... We collaborate with IPE to collect environmental performance data from suppliers, addressing environmental protection issues in the supply chain and empowering the sustainability of environmental management within the supply chain.

--- ANTA Sports Products Limited ESG Report 2024

We publicly disclose our Pollutant Release and Transfer Registry (PRTR) data ... annually on the IPE platform.

--- Shenzhou International Group ESG Report 2023

The Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) is a non-profit environmental research organisation based in Beijing, Mainland China. Since its creation in June 2006, IPE has dedicated itself to collecting, collating and analysing government and corporate environmental information to build a database of this environmental information. Decathlon has incorporated this platform into its supply chain management system in Mainland China.

--- 2023 NON-FINANCIAL REPORTING DECLARATION

Lindex works with IPE to monitor environmental performance of direct suppliers and significant upstream suppliers in China through the PRTR (Pollutant Release and Transfer Registry) system. Lindex is one of the few brands in China that incorporates PRTR into our supply chain management requirements. In 2023, we have continued the partnership with IPE to address sustainable development issues in China, and we are listed on the IPE Green supply chain map.

--- Sustainability Report 2023 Lindex

Continuing our sustainability work in China we have also collaborated with IPE which specialises in green supply chain mapping to increase the level of transparency with the factories we work with and ensure public accountability for energy consumption and waste generated.

----Communication on Progress | 2020/2021

· Utilize the IPE database to track environmental violation records
· Co-sponsor the launch of IPE's “Zero Carbon Supply Chain Initiative"

· Organize suppliers to participate in IPE product carbon footprint calculation, disclosure, and application trainings, and encourage suppliers to disclose carbon emission information on the IPE platform to promote comprehensive green supply chain transformation

--- Luxshare Precision 2023 Sustainability Report

The Institute of Public and EnvironmentalAffairs(IPE) ranked 742 companies and Dell was one of only two companies to receive IPE's Green Supply Chain Corporate Information Transparency Index (CITI) Master ranking. To achieve this, a company must rank as a top performance brand in the annual CITI ranking; maintain high performance standards in their supply chain environmental management; and show that all key suppliers track their environmental performance through data systems. 

--- DELL TECHNOLOGIES FY24 ESG REPORT

In 2024, we continued our collaboration with the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE), a nonprofit environmental research organization in China that promotes environmental disclosures and environmental governance. We use IPE’s public database to assist in screening our supplier sites in China for environmental issues. In 2025, we plan to integrate IPE’s data with other sources, including grievance mechanisms, to strengthen our ability to identify potential environmental compliance issues that may not be detected through traditional supplier assessments.

--- 2024 Amazon Sustainability Report

The Company strictly requires bidding enterprises to provide their environmental regulatory information on the supplier environmental information website "Blue Map," emphasizing the importance of transparency and openness.

--- Landsea Green Management 2024 Environmental, Social and Governance Report

Similar to our construction supplier engagement approach, we are working with Sedex and IPE to advance sustainable procurement and operational supplier management, especially in due diligence and governance...  With regard to IPE, we use its Green Supply Chain Corporate Information Transparency Index (CITI) methodology

to assess our supply chain transparency index. We also leverage IPE’s suppliers’ record database (e.g., environmental supervision records) to review the compliance of selected operational suppliers.

--- Hang Lung Group Limited Sustainability Report 2023

We have been actively collaborating with the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) platform since 2022, promoting a transparent and standardized approach to monitor, report and address non-compliance among our suppliers. We currently monitor the performance of 108 suppliers, actively encouraging 47 factories to disclose their Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) and carbon data while setting targets for air emission reductions. Our persistent efforts have led to a growing number of suppliers rectifying violations recorded on the IPE platform. As a result of our diligent management of supplier environmental practices, Hop Lun has gained recognition as one of the top active users of Blue EcoChain, a supply chain management tool developed by IPE for China region, highlighting our dedication to environmental compliance and increased collaborative efforts towards building a responsible supply chain.

--- HOP LUN SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2024

Based on supply chain information published by the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE), a Chinese environmental NGO, we help secondary and tertiary suppliers and other Chinese businesses located in the upstream of the supply chain to reduce environmental risk by making recommendations and carrying out improvements. By sharing information regularly and communicating with the IPE on best practice, we contribute to reducing environmental risk throughout the supply chain.

--- Canon Sustainability Report 2025

Fii works closely with the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) to improve the environmental management of supply chain. We require Tier 1 suppliers to register on the IPE platform and pay attention to environmental compliance. We require suppliers with large environmental impact to report their annual pollutant emissions on the IPE platform. We select key suppliers to manage environmental compliance through IPE’s Blue Map, including suppliers of raw materials and chemicals as well as solid waste and wastewater treatment services. Suppliers with any environmental violation are required to make corrective actions and contact the IPE for feedback within the specified time limit, so as to remove corresponding regulatory record. In 2023, we cumulatively drove 167 suppliers to register IPE Blue Map accounts to track their own environmental performance, promoted 78 suppliers to publicly disclose their annual pollutant discharge, transfer and carbon data through the IPE platform, and pushed 34 suppliers with environmental regulatory records to complete corrective actions and pass the final review to remove the regulatory records.

--- 2023 Fii CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT

We also share our supplier factory list with the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) Green Supply Chain Map. IPE’s map provides real-time performance data and historical trend information related to air-pollution emissions and wastewater discharge for thousands of major Chinese manufacturing factories.

---- 2021 Target Corporate Responsibility Report

ZTE has actively promoted communication between suppliers and environmental organizations. In 2023, we pushed two factories to issue public statement regarding their regulatory records collected on the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) website and remove the record via third-party audits.

--- ZTE Sustainability Report 2023

We explicitly state in our Vendor Compliance and Operating Standards that all suppliers are required to adhere to all applicable laws and regulations of the regions where they operate, including, but not limited to, the local environmental standards. We have the right to terminate our business relationship should the supplier fail to comply with the applicable laws and regulations. In addition to that, we are screening our supply base for any potential significant environmental impacts through the Higg Index Facility Environmental Module and IPE Supervision platform (the latter is specific to China-based facilities). If an issue is found, we require the supplier to take corrective action and put in place preventive measures to avoid recurrence. Specifically, on any violation record found on the IPE platform, we also require the facilities—at a minimum—to publish enterprise feedback onto the platform, which details the corrective and preventive measures taken.

---- 2023 Global Citizenship & Sustainability Report

The Company leverages external platforms such as IPE (Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs) to identify environmental and social risks among partners across the supply chain, as part of its effort to enhance supplier management and compliance oversight.

--- OPPO 2024 Sustainability Report

All suppliers with factories in China must provide environmental performance data to the Institute of Public Affairs (IPE). The IPE is a non-profit environmental research organisation that monitors supply chain management and records suppliers’ performance on a public database.

--- BESTSELLER Annual REPORT 2022/23

Asus used the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) database to identify that supplier A is adjacent to Cuiheng National Wetland Park in Zhongshan, Guangdong Province. This area is an important ecological habitat with a total area of 625.6 hectares. The wetland rate is as high as 63.21%, covering diverse ecological types such as estuarine waters, mangroves, permanent rivers and grass, wood and marshes. It is home to a variety of second-class national key protected wild animals in China, including black kites, black-winged kites and red falcones. Supplier A is a manufacturer of IC packaging and storage equipment. Its key processes include IC baking, solder paste printing, surface mount technology (SMT) placement, reflow soldering, aging testing, and final assembly and packaging, among other high-intensity processing procedures. During the annual on-site audit, ASUS examines its environmental impact assessment report and annual pollution emission detection data (covering domestic wastewater, organizational waste gas and noise) to confirm that it has been approved by the government and complies with relevant regulatory requirements. Considering its geographical location near an ecologically sensitive area, ASUS has requested it to take the following follow-up actions: ? Establish a biodiversity management mechanism: Add a biodiversity policy to its internal management system, formulate specific protection goals and action plans, and regularly review the effectiveness. ? Strengthen communication and disclosure: Effectively convey relevant policies and goals to internal employees and external stakeholders, and evaluate the disclosure of biodiversity commitments through public channels to enhance corporate transparency and sense of responsibility.

--- AUSU 2O24 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT

GoodWe Main Measures for Sustainable Procurement - Environmental: The Company conducts environmental violation record investigations of key suppliers through the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE) database.

--- GOODWE SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2024

PUMA collaborates with the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE), a non-profit organisation in China, to track environmental non-compliance in its supply chain. IPE's Blue Map database and Blue EcoChain platform, powered by AI, help to oversee supply chain risks, monitor carbon emissions, and identify factories with legal violations... PUMA enhances transparency by disclosing its local factory list via the IPE platform, ensuring public access to information on its environmental pollution risks. Over the years, PUMA has engaged its Tier 1 factories and upstream factories to join Blue EcoChain, to monitor their environmental performance, and disclose their data on pollutant release, carbon emissions, and water consumption. PUMA works with its core Tier 1 and Tier 2 factories to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and encourages them to disclose their actions and progress on the IPE platform.

--- PUMA Voluntary Sustainability Report 2024

Suppliers and sub-tier suppliers (e.g. chemical, sewage and solid waste treatment, logistics and raw materials suppliers) are required to register as corporate users on the IPE website, track environmental performance, and promptly rectify and issue public explanation regarding environmental violations records; Mainland China suppliers and their sub-tier suppliers, which account for more than 80% of Avary Holding's procurement, are required to publicly disclose annual PRTR data on IPE website, measure greenhouse gas emissions, set emission reduction targets and regularly update progress.

--- Avary Holding Sustainability Report 2024

We have developed the Supplier Social Responsibility Investigation Form, covering 111 review items under 13 dimensions, including business ethics, labor rights and interests, chemical safety, environmental protection, fire safety, and occupational health. We use this form to investigate the social responsibility performance of suppliers, and require them to describe how to implement each item and provide relevant evidence accordingly. Then, we would command CSR personnel review such items and inform suppliers of the reason for non-compliance and effective rectifications for non-compliant items...TCL Industries focuses on the greenhouse gas management and IPE record management of suppliers while reviewing, and supervises and urges suppliers to establish greenhouse gas management organizations, mechanisms and personnel capabilities and eliminate IPE records as soon as possible.

--- 2022 TCL Industries Holdings Co.,Ltd. Corporate Social Responsibility Report

We use the Blue Map to effectively track the environmental performance of our owned projects in real time. The push notification via the Blue Map APP and emails also helps improve the efficiency of supply chain management which enables suppliers to undertake their primary responsibility for pollution management more proactively, and publicly respond to stakeholder enquiries regarding our compliance performance in a timely manner. The Blue Map has indeed become a platform for us to improve supply chain management.

---- Grandlbue ESG Report 2021

Over 80% of Suitsupply's environmental footprint is generated in its supply chain. In order to better address and monitor this, we joined the Green Supply Chain initiative in 2018, a publicly available online transparency tool that ties companies to their suppliers’ environmental performance...As a result of the collaboration with IPE and being committed to transparency in our supply chain, we do not only publish our direct tier 1 suppliers but also indirect suppliers or upstream suppliers in China which hold a higher risk in terms of environmental impact due to the nature of their operations like wet processing, wastewater treatment and hazardous waste treatment.

--- Suitsupply Corporate Responsibility Report 2023

In 2022, we partnered with the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) to continuously monitor the environmental performance of our subsidiaries and suppliers, and to push suppliers to remove their environmental violation records. By dynamically monitoring the environmental performance of subsidiaries and suppliers, we can effectively identify potential environmental risks, promote pollutant emissions reduction in the supply chain, and contribute to a green and sustainable supply chain.

--- LY iTECH Corporate Social Responsibility Report 2023

On Supply Chain Environmental Information Disclosure: For suppliers that have not yet initiated the publication of environmental reports or disclosed environmental information through other means, Samsung China invites them to release their annual Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) data via the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs’ (IPE) annual environmental disclosure system. To facilitate this process, Samsung China provides dedicated personnel to assist suppliers in PRTR data collection and calculation.

On Supply Chain Environmental Compliance: Samsung China utilizes the Blue Map database to regularly monitor the environmental compliance status of its Chinese suppliers. Suppliers with environmental violation records are requested to submit documented proof of corrective actions, which are then publicly disclosed through IPE’s platform. For compliant suppliers, Samsung China encourages further efforts to reduce water and energy consumption, limit pollutant emissions, and contribute to improved environmental quality.

--- Green Samsung - Green Supply Chain

To supplement our core environmental work, Cisco engages with the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) to screen supplier sites based in mainland China for environmental violations or risks. We work with our suppliers to correct any environmental issues identified. Our areas of focus include wastewater, exhaust gas, and waste management and pollution mitigation, as well as tracking and addressing corrective action reports of illegal pollution.

---- 2023 Cisco Supplier Guide: Sustainability, Risk, and Security

Polestar has used the Institute for Public & Environmental Affairs’ (IPE) Blue EcoChain platform as one of its supplier environmental compliance management tools since 2021. All of our direct material suppliers located in China are screened using the IPE Blue EcoChain platform prior to the supplier nomination process. Any violation is required to be responded to and addressed as requested in the Polestar Procurement Sustainability Instruction. The supplier's record on IPE will impact their SSI score, which is updated annually.

--- Polestar Sustainability report 2023

Facilities in China should conduct environmental legal compliance screening and monitoring using this IPE screening tool to ensure environmental legal compliance requirements are always met. This also applies to facilities’ upstream suppliers and contractors. As a best practice, the facility should conduct a violation screening quarterly...... If an environmental violation record is found the facility must communicate the violations to the relevant government agency, IPE, and VF within 10 calendar days. Facilities must immediately identify corrective actions and complete all necessary remediation efforts until the violation is delisted by IPE. The same would apply to all facilities upstream suppliers and contractors.

---- VF Facility Compliance Standards

The facility in China must be in meet the IPE’s environmental protection program requirements recommended for suppliers. The facility in China must register in IPE (Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs) website, and upgrade to corporation account: a. The facility in China with violation record in IPE website must demonstrate their timely actions, including promptly issuing public explanations regarding the reason for violation, corrective actions already undertaken or in progress, and current compliance status in a timely manner; b. The facility in China which produces processed wastewater and / or uses more than 50 Kg VOCs (volatile organic chemical) per month, must submit their Pollutant Release and Transfer Register (PRTR) Report and approved by IPE once a year.

--- KONTOOR BRANDS FACILITY GUIDELINES: Owned / Contracted Facilities Uniform Facility Compliance Audit Program

As the first recipient of IPE’s Green Supply Chain Corporate Information Transparency Index Master’s Level Designation, Apple is committed to actively engaging our suppliers in China mainland to help achieve our climate resource conservation goals and helping others in the industry do the same.

--- People and Environment in Our Supply Chain: 2024 ANNUAL PROGRESS REPORT

The IPE based in China is one of the key platforms for us to monitor the environmental compliance and performance of suppliers. By evaluating the disclosed information on the platform, we are able to identify environmental incidents in the supply chain in China. In case of violations, we are able to follow up with the concerned supplier immediately. In 2023, no environmental violations were reported.

--- Crystal International Group Limited SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 2023

In the supplier selection stage, CosMX conducts annual risk assessment on major suppliers and service providers, including location risk, labor risk, EHS (environment, health and safety) process risk, past audit results and media reports. The risk criteria are as follows: EHS risk - The IPE website has negative information.

—— Zhuhai CosMX Battery Co., Ltd. ESG Report 2023

PUMA therefore requires those suppliers based in Mainland China to adhere to the following reporting policies: track their own environmental performance on IPE’s platform (via website or app). In the case of any violation, the Factory shall communicate with IPE to report follow-up actions; publish their environmental KPIs and other relevant data on IPE’s RPTR platform as requested by PUMA.

---- The Puma Forever Faster Sustainability Handbooks Environmental Standards

AUPUP in collaboration with IPE, aims to enhance suppliers' awareness of environmental compliance management and reduce the overall environmental protection risks in the supply chain. In 2023, AUPUP conducted environmental compliance screenings for 420 key suppliers, identifying 170 suppliers with room for improvement. By the end of the reporting period, 37 suppliers had completed their rectifications, and 133 are scheduled to complete rectifications within 2024.

Commissioned by Vanke, AUPUP will carry out regular quarterly environmental compliance reviews for suppliers in the future. Suppliers with identified issues are required to disclose the causes and rectification status on the IPE website and are mandated to make timely corrections to ensure environmental compliance.

--- Vanke 2023 Sustainability Report

Seagate also conducted environmental compliance screenings of 41 Chinese supplier sites via the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) database. Two of these 41 suppliers (<5%) were found on the database for issues pertaining to effluent/wastewater quality. We are working with the two suppliers to address the non-compliance.

---- Fiscal Year 2021 Global Citizenship Annual Report

If any zero tolerance issues are found during the onboarding of new suppliers, Li Ning will terminate the onboarding process. If the following major risks occur during the onboarding of new suppliers, (e.g., there are still unresolved supervision record(s) on the IPE website...), the potential suppliers must complete the rectification before resuming the onboarding process.

---Li Ning Co., Ltd. Supplier CSR Management Manual

The Clean Water Project is a programme primarily aimed at water‐consuming textile industries that use water and chemicals in their production processes... The Project includes a training and audit programme in chemical management, an environmental programme in China in collaboration with the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE).

--- CARREFOUR UNIVERSAL REGISTRATION DOCUMENT 2022 ANNUAL FINANCIAL REPORT

Philips has defined six Zero Tolerances (ZT)which are... Environmental violation reported by governments or NGOs (e.g. lPE in China). 

--- Supplier Sustainability Performance: Beyond auditing

We are continually improving suppliers CSR and environmental issues, collaborating with an environmental NGO in China, the Institute of Public & Environmental Affairs (IPE), through periodically sharing information on the latest laws and regulations in working group meetings, as well as requesting the suppliers with records of non-compliance for improvement every month.

--- Environment: Collaboration Across the Supply Chain

Our Supplier Relationship Management (SRM) platform has integrated third-party tools such as IPE, which enables efficient verification of critical information—including environmental compliance—for new suppliers. This system assists in rapid screening of potential suppliers' compliance risks, providing robust support for subsequent qualification assessments... In 2024, 63 suppliers completed the rectification and removal of environmental violations recorded on the IPE platform, and 4 suppliers voluntarily disclosed carbon data via IPE’s disclosure system.

--- LONGi Green Energy Technology Co., Ltd. 2024 Sustainability Report

Kao (China) Supplier management measures: monthly screening of suppliers' environmental performance and violations in IPE database... and requiring all suppliers to rectify environmental violations and disclose rectification measures to IPE for third-party review... We actively assisted suppliers in enhancing their environmental information disclosure level. The number of suppliers participating in PRTR (Pollutant Release and Transfer Registry) data and carbon data disclosure increased significantly.

--- Kao China Sustainability and ESG Report 2025

M&S expects all wet processors in China to upload their last calendar year environmental data onto the platform no later than each March. M&S uses IPE data as a useful screening tool to ensure environmental compliance at China facilities. For any pollution violations, facilities shall publish their public explanations regarding the reason for the violation, corrective actions undertaken or in progress, and current compliance status within 10 working days from receipt of the notice letter from IPE. If GCA audit is required, facilities need to verify the effectiveness of the corrective actions or continuously disclose information on corrective actions. If the facilities PRTR data and carbon data are not published on IPE platform on time, M&S will not approve the annual ECP self-assessment on Origin. The ECP assessors shall review the facilities’ performance on IPE by end of each March to confirm facilities meeting the minimum requirements.

--- ENVIRONMENT AND CHEMICAL POLICY (ECP) EXPECTATION FOR M&S SUPPLIERS

Following an "early detection and early resolution" principle, GAC TOYOTA has incorporated IPE's environmental data and employed a data-based solution in monitoring key suppliers' pollution discharge. In 2023, there is zero occurrence of significant environmental fines among suppliers or over discharge among key suppliers.

------ GAC TOYOTA CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY REPORT 2023

We also use the Blue Map database developed by the Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) to assess supplier compliance with environmental and safety requirements. In 2024, we worked with 14 suppliers to drive the resolution of identified environmental and safety compliance issues within a specified timeframe.

--- Sustainability Addendum to Huawei 2024 Annual Report

Starting in 2015, OJI China established a supply chain screening system using the Blue Map developed by the NGO Institute of Public and Environmental Affairs (IPE) to inspect OJI’s key suppliers and invested enterprises in China. Since 2017, OJI has been sending letters of inquiry to enterprises with violation records asking them to publicly explain the outcomes of their corrective action to contribute to a more environmentally-friendly society.

--- OJI China Sustainability Report 2024