At Promigas, we manage sustainable relationships with our suppliers under fair and transparent conditions and to our mutual benefit. We attract suppliers to establish strategic partnerships that will enable us to promote the development of the regions where we operate, and we work hand-in-hand to achieve the best human rights, labor, environmental and health and safety practices. We carry out a rigorous selection process through risk assessment (ML/TF) before any contracting.
The Gases de Occidente affiliate has the Proser program in place, that integrates suppliers into the sustainable management of the company, which involves performing ongoing monitoring to avoid any risks either to its management or to its reputation. Through this program, initiatives are implemented that enable monitoring compliance with 100% of labor regulations, ensuring fair and decent treatment for the workers involved in the construction of pipelines to supply gas to users.
We create relations channels with our suppliers through training activities, satisfaction surveys and communication events and assistance to suppliers.
Supply Chain
For the construction, operation and maintenance of the infrastructure, we count on suppliers of goods (steel pipes, pipe accessories, valves and instrumentation, natural gas, odorant, meters, regulators, shut-down valves) and critical services (construction, integrity, corrective and preventive maintenance of gas pipelines and stations, gas transportation, sale of services, meter reading, invoice delivery, service suspension and cancellation, accounts receivable management, and collections, among others), located in Colombia, Peru and other countries.
Close to 50% of our purchases are currently made from local suppliers, with the aim of promoting development in the geographic areas where we operate.
Note: “Local” is defined as purchases made in the geographic areas where each company’s operations are located. Promigas, Promisol and Zonagen: local is defined as Barranquilla and Atlántico; Transmetano, Medellín and Antioquia; Promioriente, Bucaramanga and Santanderes; Transoccidente and GdO, Valle del Cauca; SPEC and Surtigas, Cartagena and Bolivar; and CEO, Popayán and Cauca. At Quavii, Gasnorp and Promigas Perú, local is defined as Peru.
“Significant” refers to goods and services that involve HSE risks. The analysis also includes critical goods and services, i.e., those that have a direct impact on each company’s operations.
Supplier Performance EvaluationThe percentage of the target population is
94% In 2021, we evaluated the suppliers of critical goods and services or those whose annual purchases or contracted amounts is equal to or greater than 70 current monthly legal minimum wages (smlmv, for the Spanish original) for Surtigas, GdO and CEO; 150 smlmv for Versa; 600 smlmv for Enlace, and USD 17,000 for Quavii and Gasnorp. The evaluations are carried out during the first five months of each year.
2021: The information is on the evaluations carried out in 2021 on performance during 2020.
89 Average supplier evaluation scoreMost of our suppliers of goods and services are rated in the excellent and good categories. The evaluations also identify those with good scores in terms of occupational safety and health:
