Business Practices

Overview

Ethics and Governance

Open Practices

Supply Chain

Policies and Practices

Sun relies on a global network of suppliers, vendors, business partners, and contractors to help us achieve the operational efficiencies that will ensure quality, increase productivity and reduce costs, all while reflecting our environmental business conduct standards.

Definitions

Supply Chain

Contract Suppliers

Contract Manufacturer

Core Commodity Suppliers

Sourcing Partners

Service Providers

Definition: The global network of manufacturers, materials suppliers, and service providers that enable Sun to deliver world-class products to our customers.

Definition: Suppliers with whom Sun has a direct contractual relationship. Sun works with approximately 100 different contract suppliers, including contract manufacturers, core commodity suppliers, and others.

Definition: Manufacturers who are responsible for the production and quality control of Sun's finished goods to be delivered to our customers. Sun works primarily with six contract manufacturers worldwide.

Definition: Suppliers who provide Sun with core components, such as power supplies, memory, storage devices, ASICs, input devices, and so on. Sun works with approximately 25 core commodity suppliers worldwide.

Definition: Suppliers who provide the necessary materials that go into building Sun's products, but with whom Sun does not have direct contracts.

Definition: Experts in specific business services such as systems integration, IT services, building management, human resources, and more. Service providers provide these services to Sun and/or Sun's customers in locations worldwide.

Reponsible Supply Chain Management

Efficiency and Responsibility Throughout the Supply Chain

Regardless of where or with whom we do business, Sun requires that all of our suppliers meet our high standards for environmental practices and business conduct. We work closely with them to address and remedy practices that do not meet Sun's requirements.

Supplier Code of Conduct

Sun requires that all suppliers adhere to the Sun Code of Conduct, which was developed in accordance with the Electronic Industry Code of Conduct (EICC). The EICC is an industry consortium that works to maintain a standards-based approach for monitoring suppliers' performance across several areas of social responsibility, including labor practices, health and safety, ethics, and environmental protection.

Read Sun's Supplier Code of Conduct

Supplier Certifications

In addition to requiring our suppliers to abide by our Code of Conduct, Sun also mandates that our contract suppliers meet the internationally-recognized environmental standards of ISO 14001. To date, 100 percent of our contract manufacturers have achieved ISO 14001 certification, and we continue to work with our other contract suppliers toward their successful certification.

ISO Certification of Sun facilities

And we bring this certification process to our own operations, too. Currently, Sun manufacturing and assembly facilities in Louisville, Colorado; Hillsboro, Oregon; and Linlithgow, Scotland; have achieved ISO 14001 compliance.

Supplier Diversity

Sun seeks to create opportunities for all kinds of companies to compete to provide us with goods and services. Through our supplier diversity program, we invite the extended community of small business owners to participate in our procurement process.

Creating Opportunities

We regularly communicate with Sun's procurement team in order to drive them to engage with diverse businesses. We also participate in professional organizations focused on advancing the cause of small businesses.

Typically, given Sun's business model, subcontracting opportunities for minority-owned, women-owned, and other types of small businesses generally extend to areas such as maintenance, repair, and operations products, services, and supplies. Interested suppliers can directly contact the Sun Supplier Diversity Office and our commodity managers from our Web site.

Contact Sun Supplier Diversity

Supplier Diversity Reporting

Sun annually reports our level of business activity with small businesses to the United States Federal Government. We will continue to publicly report on our progress in meeting the supplier diversity goals we set as part of the U.S. Government's program, and in our annual corporate responsibility report.