# DSE3.1: Contractor Sustainability-Related Requirements

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**Does the entity have sustainability-related requirements in place for its contractors?**

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## Assessment Instructions

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<summary><strong>Intent</strong>: What is the purpose of this indicator?</summary>

This indicator assesses the entity’s strategy for ensuring contractors align with its sustainability objectives and adhere to sustainable management requirements.&#x20;

Including these sustainability expectations in contractor requirements can help the entity effectively implement its policies for sustainable development projects, particularly when they become enforceable through written contractual agreements.

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<summary><strong>Input</strong>: How do I complete this indicator?</summary>

Select yes or no. If yes, select all applicable sub-options.

**Percentage of all projects:** Provide the percentage of all projects covered. The numerator is the floor area of the projects for which the applicable requirements are in place. The denominator is the total floor area of all projects reported in DR1.

### Terminology

**Business ethics**

> Basic moral and legal principles used to address issues such as corporate governance, insider trading, bribery, discrimination, corporate social responsibility and fiduciary responsibilities.

**Child labor**

> Work that children should not be doing because they are too young, or, if they have reached the minimum age, because it is dangerous or otherwise unsuitable for them.

**Community engagement**

> Community engagement refers to the communication, interaction, and formation of relationships between the entity and those groups.

**Environmental process standards**

> Minimum standards required during the procurement process in relation to environmental products, such as requiring a certain percentage of products to be locally sourced or contain recycled content.

**Sustainability-related requirements**

> Includes specification and use of sustainable and energy efficient materials, systems, equipment and onsite operating practices. Requirements can address site access, environmental impact, community impact, health and safety, etc.

**External contractors**

> Organizations or persons working on-site or off-site on behalf of an entity with a relationship determined by a contract. A contractor may hire their own staff directly or hire subcontractors or independent contractors.

**Employee health & well-being**

> The health & well-being of employees responsible for the entity.

**Human health-based product standards**

> Minimum standards for the health-related attributes of products, such as lists of prohibited chemicals.

**Human rights**

> Human rights are rights inherent to all human beings, whatever their nationality, place of residence, sex, national or ethnic origin, color, religion, language or any other status.

**Labor standards and working conditions**

> Labor standards and working conditions are at the core of paid work and employment relationships. Working conditions cover a broad range of topics and issues, from working time (hours of work, rest periods, and work schedules) to remuneration, as well as the physical conditions and mental demands that exist in the workplace.

**Occupational safety (for employees)**

> Occupational safety focuses on the primary prevention of hazards within the workplace. This includes the reduction of risk factors at the workplace leading to cancers, accidents, musculoskeletal diseases, respiratory diseases, hearing loss, circulatory diseases, stress related disorders and communicable diseases and others.

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<summary><strong>Validation</strong>: What evidence is required?</summary>

No evidence required. Only the 'Other' answer is manually validated.

**Other:** State the sustainability-related requirement. It is possible to add multiple other answers. If multiple other answers are acceptable, only one will be counted towards scoring.

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## Scoring

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<summary><strong>Scoring</strong>: How does GRESB score this indicator?</summary>

The scoring of this indicator is equal to the fraction assigned to the selected option, multiplied by the total score of the indicator.

**Percentage number:** The coverage percentage reported is used as a multiplier to determine the assigned score.

**Other:** The 'Other' answer is manually validated and assigned a score which is used as a multiplying factor, as per the table below:

| Validation status | Score |
| ----------------- | ----- |
| Accepted          | 1/1   |
| Not Accepted      | 0     |
| Duplicate         | 0     |

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<summary><em>References</em></summary>

BREEAM, International New Construction, 2016: 05 Management

United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, 1948

EPRA Best Practices Recommendations on Sustainability Reporting, 3rd version, September 2017: 5.6, H\&S-Employee health and safety

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## Get Support: Solution Providers

**GRESB Solution Providers** are independent, third-party organizations within the GRESB Partner network that offer specialized products, tools, and services to support sustainability performance outside the GRESB Assessment process.

Currently, there are no GRESB Solution Providers associated with this indicator.

GRESB will continue to update this section as the GRESB Solution Provider network grows. Please check back regularly to find GRESB Solution Providers who can support your sustainability performance.


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