Effective January 1, 2012, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 (SB 657, which adds to California Civil Code Section 1714.43) requires retail sellers and manufacturers doing business in the State of California to provide information regarding their efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking in their supply chains.
This statement is consequently made by BP Products North America Inc. (on behalf of itself and its subsidiaries)1 and BP Lubricants USA Inc (together, for this purpose, “bp disclosing entities” and “we”, “our” or “us” are used in this context) in relation to our retail and manufacturing activities in California.
bp’s Code of Conduct, which applies to the bp disclosing entities, explicitly reminds bp employees that each of us can play a role in the identification, prevention and elimination of child labour, human trafficking and forced labour and states that any suspected instances of these abuses, whether in our own operations or those of suppliers, should be reported to any of our speak up channels for investigation. bp requires our employees and expects and encourages our contractors to comply with the Code of Conduct and its standards, and bp provides training on the Code of Conduct to its personnel. Further, bp supports the United Nation’s Universal Declaration of Human Rights and has taken steps to incorporate respect for human rights in management practices and governance. More information on bp’s approach to human rights, including supply chain due diligence on labour rights and modern slavery, can be found at Human rights | Sustainability | Home.
We expect suppliers to comply with legal requirements and operate consistently with the principles of bp’s Code of Conduct when working on our behalf. We include, where possible and as standard, contractual requirements to act consistently with the Code of Conduct in the performance of their services. bp disclosing entities employ bp’s audit or verification program in relation to labour rights and modern slavery as applicable to risks identified. The bp audit and verification program involves a mixture of approaches but does not typically use third parties and supplier audits are announced. We do not require direct suppliers to make a certification regarding materials incorporated into their products. In addition to Code of Conduct training, we make training on labour rights and modern slavery risks and their management available to bp employees and management relevant to their role. We maintain internal accountability standards and procedures for employees and contractors who fail to meet the Code of Conduct, investigate suspected cases of non-compliance and may terminate contracts when a serious breach is found to have occurred.