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A commitment to the things that matter

We believe that maintaining a high level of employee engagement is the key ingredient for responsible business. By focusing on people development, operational excellence and profitable growth, we're able to realize our vision of being a premier, trusted business partner and delivering the highest value to our customers, suppliers and shareholders. A culture of engaged employees is our highest priority and supports our core values of integrity, empathy, ingenuity, collaboration, objectivity and know-how.

Ethics and transparency

We see trust as the essential element that links everything in our company. We emphasize a comprehensive governance system that impacts all of our procedures and transactions—with ongoing training and audits to help ensure success.

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Environmental sustainability

At Avnet Silica, we see environmental stewardship as a responsibility, consistently managing our carbon footprint and working to improve every community where we do business. We are conscious of the fact that our business goals have to be respectful of the environment and thus support a long-term environmental policy.

It’s why we measure our carbon footprint and other environmental impacts, and strive to build greener buildings. Our goal is to continually improve our processes and evolve our policies so that we can reduce our impact on the planet.

Read more about our environmental initiatives.

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Social: people and communities

Avnet’s employees are its most important stakeholders and the Avnet Code of Conduct sets standards and expectations for a workplace that prioritizes health and safety, fair labor practices, equal opportunity and diversity and inclusion (D&I). We prohibit discrimination, harassment and retaliation.

Diversity, Equity & Inclusion: DEI is central to our culture and organization. We derive our greatest value and strongest competitive business advantage by seeking unique perspectives, experiences and contributions from our diverse global team. When employees feel they belong, they’re more engaged, innovative and productive. By fostering a sense of inclusion, modeling inclusive behaviors and empowering leaders with appropriate resources, Avnet unleashes the full potential of our workforce.

Read more about Diversity and Inclusion at Avnet and find useful information like the UK Gender Pay Gap Report in Diversity and Inclusion.

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Corporate governance: ethics and compliance

Ethically and environmentally sound business practices are fundamental to Avnet’s culture and identity. At Avnet, “we mean what we say, we respect others and we do business the right way.” Our aim is to promote fairness, seek to prevent corruption and unethical behavior, and provide accountability for actions.

We train our employees to identify and avoid potential corruption, and we insist on compliance with trade, anti-corruption and other laws. We are also careful to select resellers and other business partners who share our commitment to clean business practices.

Learn more about Avnet’s focus on Ethics and Governance.

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Community engagement

Understanding the power of working together, we partner with suppliers, customers and vendors to maximize our impact in the community. We also back up that commitment with financial support by investing in programs and projects in our communities targeted at improving technology education, promoting energy conservation and helping underserved groups gain skills and obtain employment opportunities.

That sense of responsibility spreads throughout the company. Our employee-led volunteer initiative, Avnet Cares, supports employees who are making a difference through hands-on and skills-based volunteering.

You can find more information about our Community Engagement efforts on the Avnet EMEA website.

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Human rights

Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, regardless of their characteristics. Everyone is entitled to these rights, without discrimination.

Avnet values and seeks to uphold basic human rights in all our operations, and obligates its supply-chain partners to uphold the same standards. Avnet shall strive by awareness and education to promote respect for these rights and freedoms.

Learn more about Avnet’s efforts in Human rights.

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Supply Chain Due Diligence

Avnet can only be successful in business and conduct their business in a responsible manner if our business activities are in harmony with Environment, Social and Governance (ESG) standards. Our Responsible Sourcing Approach includes ESG criteria to ensure more environmentally friendly, socially acceptable, and ethically righteous supply chain activities. As a key pillar of our responsible sourcing approach, Avnet implemented a due diligence process to identify, asses, prevent and stop human rights and environmental risks and violations. The due diligence obligations apply not only to Avnet’s own business activities and those of its subsidiaries, but equally to its entire value chain. Avnet’s due diligence process complies with the current, common European laws (such as the German Supply Chain Due Diligence act [LkSG], which recently added a legal foundation for responsible supply chain management).

Lean more about Avnet’s Supply Chain Due Diligence program