Vendor Centre
Strong relationships with our partners are essential to driving our communities and being a global force. We work collaboratively with new and existing suppliers to drive innovation and build capability to achieve these objectives.
Fortescue is committed to ensuring its procurement and logistics practices meet the highest standards of business ethics and integrity while realising value for money, managing risks and maximising opportunities to deliver shareholder value.
This involves selecting suppliers that provide the best overall benefit to Fortescue over the life cycle of those goods and services. This supports supply chain practices that focus on safe and effective on time delivery to Fortescue.
Register Your Interest
All new suppliers must complete vendor pre-qualification to show compliance with our standards and procedures.
Interested in supplying goods or services to Fortescue?
Vendor documentation
Fortescue's key policies and procedures
Project Contracting Opportunities
Fortescue provides full, fair, and reasonable opportunities for Western Australia and Australian entities to supply goods and services to the Iron Bridge Magnetite Project, Pilbara Energy Connect Project and the Fortescue Decarbonisation Project. As a proud West Australian company, we are focused on supporting local and Aboriginal businesses. We use the Industry Capability Network (ICN) Gateway to communicate opportunities for work.
To learn about the opportunities to supply to our projects and register your interest, for both full and partial scopes, go to the ICN Gateway websites here:
Payments
As a signatory of the Business Council of Australia’s Supplier Payment Code, Fortescue is committed to paying our small business suppliers on-time within 30 days of receiving a correct invoice. We also work with suppliers to improve invoicing and payment practices.
Eligible small businesses based in the Pilbara and Aboriginal businesses nation-wide may also apply for 14-day payment terms.
Fortescue has automated invoicing in place and prefers all invoices to be submitted electronically or via email.
Invoices are automatically rejected where a valid purchase order has not been referenced or where the quantity or price exceeds that for which the purchase order authorises.
Fortescue is a member of the SAP Ariba Network, enabling businesses to automate payments which results in faster payments with less overhead costs for both small and large businesses.
Sustainability
Sustainability is at the core of our values. It reflects our commitment to behave ethically, create value for stakeholders, and leave the communities and environments in which we operate in a demonstrably better position.
Our approach to sustainability aligns with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals: a global push to end poverty, protect the planet, and ensure that all people may enjoy peace and prosperity.
Sustainable procurement
We are committed to ensuring our procurement practices meet the highest standards of business ethics, integrity, transparency, and fairness. As such, we have set sustainability targets for our operations.
Suppliers may be given specific KPIs under their contracts to demonstrate how their performance is aligned with Fortescue’s goals.
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Health and Safety
Safety is our number one priority. The health and wellbeing of employees, contractors, and the community should never be compromised. Suppliers must comply with all Fortescue’s health and safety policies, standards and procedures. For more information, please refer to the Health and Safety Policy.
Aboriginal Engagement
Our suppliers must respect the rights and interests of native title holders and Traditional Custodian groups, while protecting Indigenous history and culture. With respect to Fortescue’s Australian activities, suppliers are expected to acknowledge our commitment to the employment of Aboriginal people. Further, suppliers should be proactive in employing local Aboriginal people and engaging local Aboriginal enterprises. Weighting will be given to suppliers that are Aboriginal-owned, engage Aboriginal businesses (including native title groups), or provide other benefits to Aboriginal communities.
Environment
Fortescue is committed to safeguarding the environment. As such, our suppliers are expected to minimise the environmental impact of their activities. They must comply with our environmental standards, management plans, and procedures. All suppliers are also expected to have an environmental policy or equivalent, which their employees fully understand. Finally, suppliers should have a system in place to measure, manage, minimise, and report the environmental impact of their activities.
Human Rights and Modern Slavery
At Fortescue, we are committed to upholding and respecting the human rights of all people. This includes all employees, the communities in which we operate, those who may be impacted by our activities, and those within our supply chains. Suppliers are expected to conduct business in a manner consistent with the human rights principles encompassed in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Labour Organisation’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work, and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business.
Sanctions
Fortescue complies with the relevant economic and trade sanctions laws (Sanctions) of all jurisdictions in which we operate or intend to operate. Suppliers must not engage in any activities that could lead to Fortescue breaching applicable Sanctions obligations. Suppliers, their personnel, and related companies must always comply with the Sanctions imposed, enacted, administered or enforced by the United States of America, the United Nations, the European Union, the United Kingdom, and Australia.