ISO certifications

As Germany’s first and worldwide third management system certification organization, DQS GmbH was founded in 1985 by the DGQ and the DIN as “German society for certification of quality assurance systems GmbH”. With the conceptual shift from “backup” to “management” in the 1990s, the company was renamed certifier of management systems. The acronym “DQS” was maintained due to the meanwhile high name recognition of the company.

The Procurement Unlimited GmbH (HPI group) is certified in accordance with ISO 9001:2015 by “DQS – German Society for Certification of Management Systems Ltd.”.

BME Code of Conduct

The actions of companies and their employees are guided in particular by the values of integrity and fairness. Honest, incorruptible and trustworthy behaviour characterises social responsibility as well as collegial, fair and impartial cooperation in the best interests of all parties involved.

The BME Code of Conduct is a voluntary code intended to emphasise the interest of the Bundesverband Materialwirtschaft, Einkauf und Logistik e. V. and its members in fair, sustainable and responsible ethical principles of conduct.

The BME Code of Conduct contains the following obligations:

• Action against corruption, antitrust violations, forced labour and child labour
• Principles to promote the social responsibility of HPI
• Compliance within the supply chain and due diligence obligations

The HPI Unternehmensgruppe (HPI Die Einkaufsunternehmer GmbH, HPI Sourcing Management GmbH, HPI International Trading & Chemicals GmbH, HPI Procurement Services GmbH & Co. KG) has been awarded the BME Code of Conduct Certificate by the German Association of Materials Management, Purchasing and Logistics (BME) and its membership of the BME Compliance Initiative has been recognized.