Our values
We are committed to acquiring the goods and services we need efficiently and sustainably. We rely on a responsible procurement approach and abide by values such as ethics, integrity, socioeconomic spinoffs and environmental protection.
Creating collective wealth through sustainable procurement
In line with our sustainable development plan and our commitment to the United Nations Global Compact, we promote best practices in responsible purchasing and educate our suppliers about sustainability.
Sustainable procurement allows us to reduce the environmental impact and increase the socioeconomic spinoffs of the goods and services we purchase, over their entire life cycle.
Prioritizing ethics, human rights and health and safety
We want to work with companies that respect human rights, abide by strict ethical standards and implement best practices in occupational health and safety.
Ethics: At the heart of our corporate culture
Being upstanding in our relations with others, our behavior and our decisions; that is what we mean by the term “ethics.”
To ensure fair treatment toward all suppliers, our company and employees have a duty to:
- Perform their tasks in compliance with all applicable laws, regulations and organizational guidelines, particularly the rules of ethics and any codes of conduct in effect.
- Avoid any conflicts of interest along with any situation liable to create them.
Respecting human rights
We expect our suppliers to abide by labor practices aligned with the values and expectations set out in the Code of Conduct. We also request that they take all necessary measures to ensure that their supply chain does not include any forced labor and that their established labor practices are compliant with applicable standards.
Bringing our health and safety values to life
We believe that nothing justifies endangering the health or lives of the public, our employees or our suppliers.
That’s why occupational health and safety (OHS) is at the heart of all our operations, including all supplier-related activities (from selection, to contract management, to performance evaluation).
View our OHS-related selection criteria:
Find out our selection criteriaContributing to Québec’s socioeconomic development
Through our purchasing power, we promote socioeconomic spinoffs in Québec, subject to our obligation to respect all applicable intergovernmental or international agreements, and we:
- Prioritize Québec or regional companies, where competition allows.
- Favor suppliers offering Québec products and services, while ensuring healthy competition.
- Establish business relations with Indigenous companies (see our Indigenous Procurement Strategy [PDF 409 kB]).
- Undertake to purchase more goods and services from social economy enterprises whose activities support causes such as job creation, the fight against poverty, social inclusion, academic perseverance, gender equality and the integration of immigrants.
Is your company an Indigenous company, social economy enterprise or a diverse business?
Let us know! Fill out the form to create a Supplier Space for your company and select the category that applies to your company on this form.
Protecting the environment
We work with our suppliers to implement the best practices in environmental management. Our operations are governed by an environmental management system compliant with ISO standard 14001:2015.
Hydro-Québec preserves biodiversity, makes managing environmental impacts an integral part of its business processes and reduces GHG emissions in its supply chain.
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