In 2007, the BBVA Group distributed the
United Nations Global Compact to the majority of
its suppliers in Spain (1,444). In 2008, wishing to
broaden the scope of this commitment, the
Approval of suppliers
Number of suppliers who have passed the approval process
% of purchases from suppliers who have taken part in the
approval process (%) (1)
Number of suppliers who have failed the approval process
(1) The percentage of purchases is estimated on the volume of invoicing of the previous year.
Scope: Spain.
PROCUREMENT
AND MANAGE-
MENT TOOLS
The Procurement, Premises
and Services unit led the
coordination of the design
of the Global Procurement
System project in 2008, the aim of which was to
implement a new corporate platform for the
creation of a global homogeneous process model,
improve internal control and serve as a common
tool for the entire Group. This tool will provide
support for the full procurement cycle while
taking account of specific local needs or
requirements.
In addition, BBVA uses the e-commerce
platform Adquira (www.adquira.es ), for making
requests for bids and automatic orders; Adquira
also offers different kinds of negotiation services.
It is an efficient and transparent framework for
internal as well as external operations, which
optimises the negotiation process while
improving the service offered to internal
customers.
organisation took it to the other countries where it
operates: Argentina (180), Colombia (694),
Mexico (140), Peru (34), Puerto Rico (87),
Venezuela (211) and the United States (100).
RESPONSIBLE
PROJECTS WITH
SUPPLIERS
2008
2007 2006
535 528 559
85 84 76
48 33 13
BBVA carries out social
responsibility projects aimed
at suppliers. Thus, social
responsibility policies
targeted at society are also extended to reach
internal customers. Of these projects, worthy of
particular mention are the following:
• BBVA Spain:
– In Spain, the BBVA Group continues to hire
cleaning services with special employment
agencies, whose staff comprises 70% disabled
people; the purchasing volume of this type of
services amounted to €479,390 in 2008.
• BBVA Colombia:
– Hiring the Granahorrar Foundation for
certain ATM maintenance services to be
performed by disabled people.
– Contracting out the switchboard service in
several buildings, which is operated whenever
possible by disabled people.
– Implementation of a process for the collection
of empty original toner cartridges.
RESPONSIBLE PROCUREMENT
Corporate Responsibility Report 2008
53
To view a Ceros magazine you need to have JavaScript enabled in your browser and have the flash player 8 or higher installed. To install the latest flash player, click the icon above, install the flash plugin and then click here to refresh this page.