Procurement Practices
Governance – Supplier Structure
2022 by Country | |||||||||||||||||
Key Figures | Unit | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | Germany | Austria | Sweden | ||||||||||
Supplier Structure | 204–1 | ||||||||||||||||
Supplier 1) | Number | 8,997 | 9,243 | 8,992 | 5,815 | 1,131 | 2,046 | ||||||||||
from home country | Number | 8,942 | 9,172 | 8,923 | 5,784 | 1,108 | 2,031 | ||||||||||
from Europe (excl. home country) | Number | 55 | 71 | 62 | 26 | 21 | 15 | ||||||||||
contract partner (small repairs, maintenance, renovation, refurbishment, construction) 2) | Number | 1,392 | 1,230 | 1,233 | 684 | 37 | 512 | ||||||||||
material supplier 3) | Number | 408 | 545 | 1,067 | 628 | 0 | 439 | ||||||||||
operating costs 4) | Number | 313 | 402 | 528 | 97 | 16 | 415 | ||||||||||
other material and other services costs 5) | Number | 958 | 1,067 | 1,245 | 465 | 200 | 580 | ||||||||||
Share of expenses for local suppliers 6) | in % | 99.4 | 99.2 | 99.2 | 99.5 | 98.0 | 99.3 | ||||||||||
- 1)The figure includes all suppliers that are actively managed by the purchasing departments in the central procurement process. Suppliers with micro-sales have been cleaned up. Data for Germany excl. Deutsche Wohnen.
- 2)The figure reflects the active contract partners in the construction work.
- 3)The figure includes all suppliers that are actively managed by material purchasing team for construction in the central procurement process. Suppliers with micro-sales have been cleared. Data basis has been evaluated and adjusted in 2022.
- 4)Includes all suppliers managed by the purchasing department through SAP with the industry code “Supplier.” According to the merger of Hembla and Victoria Park all accounts have been closed. During 2021 and 2022 new accounts have been opened successively for active suppliers of Victoriahem.
- 5)Includes, e.g., tools, work clothes, office and business equipment, IT, telecommunications.
- 6)Definition of “local”: home country, i.e., Germany, Austria and Sweden. Definition of “important operating sites”: entire country in each case, as we are active in a decentralised manner.
Governance – Review of Suppliers
2022 by Country | |||||||||||||||||
Key Figures | Unit | 2020 | 20212) | 2022 | Germany | Austria | Sweden | ||||||||||
Review of Suppliers 1) | 308–1, 308–2, 414–1, 414–2 | ||||||||||||||||
Number of new suppliers | Number | 1,104 | 1,442 | 1,166 | 206 | 372 | 588 | ||||||||||
Number of new suppliers surveyed according to sustainability criteria | Number | 230 | 181 | 179 | 105 | 74 | 588 | ||||||||||
environmental criteria | in % | 50.5 | 21.4 | 31.0 | 51.0 | 19.9 | 1 | ||||||||||
social criteria (human rights, labor standards, corruption) | in % | 50.5 | 21.4 | 31.0 | 51.0 | 19.9 | 1 | ||||||||||
Number of existing suppliers surveyed according to sustainability criteria 3) | Number | 1,098 | 2,270 | 2,847 | 515 | 874 | 1,458 | ||||||||||
environmental criteria | Number | 1,098 | 1,171 | 2,847 | 515 | 874 | 1,458 | ||||||||||
social criteria (human rights, labor standards, corruption) | Number | 1,098 | 1,171 | 2,847 | 515 | 874 | 1,458 | ||||||||||
Number of suppliers that have not met the following criteria | Number | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
environmental criteria | Number | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
social criteria (human rights, labor standards, corruption) | Number | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
others | Number | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
Number of suppliers that have been found non-compliant with the following criteria and measurements have been agreed upon or the business partnership has been terminated | Number | 5 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
environmental criteria | Number | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
social criteria (human rights, labor standards, corruption) | Number | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
others | Number | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
- 1)An audit or verification of suppliers does not take place systematically; before the connection, all suppliers with minor exceptions are obliged to meet standards of the Business Partner Code. Data for Germany excl. Deutsche Wohnen.
- 2)Due to the merger of Victoria Park and Hembla to form Victoriahem, as well as further restructuring supplier management in Sweden was reorganised. An evaluation of new suppliers has not been conducted in 2021, therefore Swedish contract partners are not included in the evaluation of new suppliers in 2021.
- 3)Data 2020 and 2021: related to new suppliers from Germany and Austria, excl. Sweden. From 2022: also incl. Sweden.