manufacturing suppliers
livestock and poultry producer partners
paid to livestock and poultry producer partners
The nature of our business demands we work with a diverse set of suppliers that range from small family farm and ranch partners who supply us with livestock and poultry to large, multinational companies that manufacture and provide materials and services for our production facilities. We work in partnership with over 81,000 suppliers to ensure the highest-quality inputs.
Our vendors are part of JBS USA’s supply chain and contribute to our overall sustainability. Impacts related to the environmental and social pillars of sustainability differ for each of our unique suppliers based on the material they manufacture, the species of livestock or poultry they raise, and the service they provide. Our ability to directly affect these impacts is often outside of our immediate control; however, we strive to partner with suppliers who share our values and mission to achieve a more sustainable food supply.
As part of our efforts to minimize impacts in the supply chain, we developed a Supplier Code of Conduct. It ensures that suppliers meet or exceed our high standards when conducting business with JBS USA. The code covers human rights, forced labor, freedom of association and collective bargaining, minimum age for employment, equal employment opportunity, employment practices, health and safety, environmental issues and business integrity, which includes anti-corruption and bribery. Our 2020 supply chain goal is for all of our suppliers, who have entered into or updated agreements with us since 2018, be compliant with this code
100% of our suppliers agree to our Supplier Code of Conduct. We are on track to achieving this goal.
We are committed to continually improving the sustainability of our business, our products and our supply chain. We understand that our responsibility spans beyond production under our direct control and that we must collaborate with our supplier partners to improve the overall sustainability of our supply chain.
Procurement for JBS USA, excluding livestock, is centralized through our corporate offices. The Head of Procurement leads several teams that are each responsible for certain products or services related to Production, Employee and Corporate Services, Energy, Facilities Services, Capital Expenditure and Equipment, and Maintenance, Repair and Operations. This structure allows us to maximize our supplier partnerships across the business and ensure consistency and uniformity.
Our approach to managing impacts within our supply chain includes consistent collaboration with our suppliers. All suppliers are contractually obligated to follow state laws and regulations. We also establish long-term relationships built on trust and shared values that contribute to continued progress both in our sourcing programs and sustainability goals.
We are proud to partner with manufacturing suppliers to ensure the quality, consistency and safety of our products. In the U.S., Puerto Rico and Canada, we have approximately 8,033 manufacturing suppliers with the average partnership spanning nine years. In Mexico, we work with 2,218 manufacturing suppliers and have partnered with each of them for seven years. In Europe, we partnered with more than 25,000 manufacturing suppliers for an average of more than 10 years. In Australia, we have 6,095 manufacturing suppliers.
Where possible, we seek to partner with minority-owned businesses. In 2019, our U.S., Puerto Rican and Canadian teams purchased products and services worth more than $298 million from minority-owned businesses.
*Includes all U.S., Puerto Rican and Canadian facilities
Learn more about how our vendors, family farms and ranches are helping us achieve our supply chain goals.
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