Sustainability For Our For Our Creating Value For the For Our Managing Appendix at MetLife Workforce Customers as an Investor Environment Communities Responsibly Supplier Management In 2021, MetLife engaged with over 200 Diverse 1 Business Partners. We have spent an estimated MetLife’s Global Procurement Policy MetLife asks sustainability questions in $3.5 billion since the inception of MetLife and Procedures help secure the best requests for information and during 2 Supplier Inclusion and Development in 2003. value from our suppliers across the four onboarding. We encourage suppliers to MetLife participates in national supplier diversity major MetLife regions (U.S, EMEA, Asia participate in the MetLife Supply Chain advocacy organizations that foster important and LATAM). MetLife’s Supplier Code of Sustainability program through active connections and relationship-building Business Ethics articulates our intention engagement (see Promoting Supply opportunities. These organizations include: to work with suppliers who act consistently Chain Sustainability). with MetLife’s principles and standards. This includes our commitment to conduct THIRD-PARTY RISK MANAGEMENT business ethically and lawfully in countries Women’s Business Enterprise National Council where we operate across our supply chain, The Supplier Third-Party Risk and we expect the same of our suppliers. Management (TPRM) Program We expect suppliers to operate in line with protects sensitive MetLife and customer National Minority Supplier Development Council MetLife’s principles, which prioritize respect information. Third parties are required to for basic human rights within organizations, comply with all elements of the MetLife including rights to health and safety, life TPRM Program, including participation in National LGBT Chamber of Commerce and liberty and equality. Suppliers should a risk assessment prior to providing goods also comply with all applicable federal, state or services and in ongoing monitoring of and local employment, equal opportunity, our business relationship. Disability:IN labor, immigration and wage and hour laws. Through MetLife’s TPRM program, we Failure to comply with these requirements evaluate the risk of third-party engagements can result in the termination of our and suppliers before assigning them a risk business arrangement. rating and manage them accordingly. National Veteran Business Development Council 1. THIS NUMBER IS LESS THAN THE 2020 METRIC AS A RESULT OF THE SALE OF METLIFE AUTO & HOME, COMPLETED IN APRIL 2021. 2. DUE TO THE LONG HISTORY OF THE PROGRAM, SPEND FIGURES FROM 2003 THROUGH 2007 ARE APPROXIMATED. 2021 SUSTAINABILITY REPORT 86
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