THE LEADER IN SCANNING, INFORMATION MANAGEMENT AND BUSINESS PROCESS AUTOMATION
An excerpt from Nielsen's Envrionmental Guidelinse for Operations
Nielsen Holdings PLC is a global information, data, and measurement company with headquarters in the U.K.. Nielsen operates in over 100 countries and employs approximately 44,000 people worldwide. Total revenues were $6.3 billion in 2016.
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The company is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) and is currently a component of the S&P 500.
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In 2017, American Marketing Association ranked Nielsen number 1 among top 50 Market Research Firms in the United States.
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The following are excerpts from Nielsen's Green Environmental Policy & Guidelines for Operations
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GLOBAL PROCUREMENT: WORKING WITH OUR SUPPLIERS
Our purchasing decisions and supply chain management integrate
environmental, social and governance/ethical (ESG) criteria along with
performance, quality, service, and cost. We aim to limit our co mpany’s
negative environmental impacts and promote sustainable and
responsible growth and innovation in the marketplace.
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POLICIES AND BUSINESS PROCESSES
Nielsen procurement and contracting processes include environmental,
social and governance (ESG) criteria. Nielsen requires suppliers to
provide company-level information related to sustainability throughout
their tenure servicing Nielsen. Our policies and business practices
include:
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Contractual Requirements – After January 2015, Nielsen’s standard
contract terms obligate Suppliers to abide by the Nielsen Supplier
Code of Conduct. In 2017, Nielsen updated its Supplier Code based on
a widely-used industry standard, the Responsible Business Alliance.
Nielsen’s Supplier Code of Conduct addresses the following areas:
Labor (specifically Human Rights), Health and Safety, Environmental
Management, Ethics, and Management Systems.
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Procurement Practices – Nielsen specifically solicits sustainability
information during supplier registration and the RFP process; this
information is included as selection criteria along with our other
requirements for quality, delivery, service and cost. Nielsen’s formal,
principle-based Environmentally Preferable Purchasing Policy (EPP)
guides purchasing decisions at the product/service level.
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TRAVEL & EXPENSE CENTER OF EXCELLENCE (COE)
Nielsen looks to continuously innovate processes and policies with our vendors wherever possible.
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In 2014, the Nielsen Travel & Expense COE implemented an easier, quicker and more sustainable way for our employees to submit T&E reports. The COE collaborated with our third party imaging service, Reynolds Business Systems, to introduce the T&E online portal in 2014 as a way for US and Canada employees to submit their T&E reports electronically. This process replaces the previous one where paper copies of T&E reports and receipts were generated and mailed to our 3rd party imaging service who then processed them, and returned the digitally imaged reports and receipts to Nielsen T&E team for further processing. This entire sequence could take several days for reports to actually reach the T&E team.
The new T&E portal:
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Reduces paper usage
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Provides real-time access to T&E reports
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Increases cost savings from reduced handling charges of the physical paper copies
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The Nielsen T&E COE plans to continue to work on increasing usage by all US and Canada employees and is assessing the feasibility of a global rollout.
In addition to Nielsen's T&E processing, Reynolds Business Systems also performs their:
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Invoices uploaded electronically and arriving via mail, email and fax.
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Facilities invoices.
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Credit card agreements and forms.
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Returned mail.
Reynolds has been working with Nielsen for over 20 years.