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Supplier Responsibility

Our commitment to driving positive impact at scale while leading our industry in sustainable business practices.

At Kyndryl, we are working to mitigate the impacts of climate change by investing in sustainable technologies and strengthening the resilience and adaptive capacity in communities most affected by climate change. This goal is to be met through our work in our supply chain sustainability and the diversity in our suppliers. 
 

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Supplier Social Responsibility

Kyndryl is committed to social and environmental responsibility in our operations and in our supply chain. We share a responsibility with our suppliers to protect workers, communities, and the environment.

Our goal is to protect and respect the human rights of all people across our operations and share related best practices with our suppliers and employees. We commit to proactively avoiding human rights abuses and avoiding complicity in abuses by other participants in our supply chain.

As a technology services company, Kyndryl’s success depends on the physical and psychological safety of each of our employees and the suppliers who support our operations, products and services. You can read more about our commitment to human rights in our Human Rights Policy.

Kyndryl works with suppliers to procure and deliver products and/or services that can help reduce our environmental impact and can be reused, recycled, or disposed in an environmentally sound manner.

Kyndryl is a member of the Responsible Business Alliance (RBA), an industry coalition which is dedicated to corporate social responsibility.

Kyndryl Supplier Code Of Conduct follows the RBA code and we ask our suppliers to sign it during onboarding.

Kyndryl expects all suppliers to establish and maintain a corporate social responsibility and environmental management system, focusing on ethics, labor, health & safety and environmental matters and complying with ESG regulations in all geographies.

Kyndryl's Supplier Diversity Program

This program ensures that diverse businesses have the opportunity to participate in all areas of Kyndryl’s global marketing, procurement, and contracting activities. This program applies to all firms or institutions regardless of the business owner's race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, age, or status as a special disabled veteran or other veteran.

Kyndryl's supplier diversity program expands purchasing opportunities for businesses owned and operated by minorities, women, lesbian and gay, veterans, and service-disabled veterans, and disabled persons. Purchasing opportunities are also expanded for our non-profit organizations that hire disabled persons and for HUBZone companies.

Additionally, Kyndryl representatives attend various networking events, trade shows, etc., to identify other diverse suppliers to be potentially included in our supply chain.

For more information about Kyndryl's supplier diversity program, please email pablo.g.varela@kyndryl.com

Suppliers that wish to have their diverse business designation within Kyndryl's systems must provide a valid diverse certification

 Kyndryl accepts certifications from but are not limited to the below organizations & associations:
 

  • National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC) and regional affiliates
  • US Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (USHCC);
  • Women Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) and its regional affiliates
  • National Center for American Indian Enterprise Development (NCAIED)
  • Small Business Administration (SBA)
  • Federal government Offices for Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization (OSDBU)
  • WEConnect International
  • Supply Nation
  • Disability: IN
  • Minority Supplier Development China
  • Minority Supplier Develop UK