Policies Portal
This Policies Portal sets out the policies and generic standards of BT and the BT Group which, where relevant to the goods or services being provided, a supplier will be required to comply with.
| Generic Standards | Issue / Date |
|---|---|
| Business Management Systems | 3/May 2019 |
| Electromagnetic Compatibility | 2/Feb 2019 |
| Health, Safety and Environment Policy | 2/Feb 2019 |
| Data Privacy | 2/Feb 2020 |
| Operational Equipment Power and Environment | 2/Feb 2019 |
| Sourcing with Human Dignity | 2/Feb 2019 |
| Product Stewardship | 2/Feb 2019 |
| Climate Change | 2/Feb 2019 |
| Fraud Risk Management Standard | 20/Sept 2024 |
Change log:
Payment and Invoicing Policy document has been updated
Health & Safety Contractor Rules policy document has been updated
Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy - standard latest document has been updated (october 2024)
Gifts & Hospitality - standard latest document has been updated (october 2024)
Fraud Risk Management Standard document has been added to generic standards
Supplier Use of AI Policy document has been added to policies
Health and safety contractor rules documents has been updated
Guide has been updated for SAP (Ariba) Business Network
FAQs document has been updated for SAP (Ariba) Business Network
Health and Safety heading has been updated as Health, Safety & Environment
Environmental document from generic standards from policies portal page has been removed
IR35 Assessment: Disagreement Process and Guidance document has been updated and old links had been disabled for the same
An old PDF document published on the site that refers to out of date information about mandatory training has been removed
BT Security Requirement V5.2- Updated in regional languages
BT Security Requirement V5.1 has been added in archive section
Issue 2 for all document – Change to common format and style only – No change to contents
GS1 – Name changed. Ethics and conduct section removed since it is incorporated into GS0. H&S standard changed from OHSAS 18001 to ISO45001
GS0 - Supplier Pre-Qualification Standard has been removed.
GS1, GS7, GS11, GS12, GS13, GS16, GS18, GS19 and GS20 numbering has been removed.
Policy Archive
Policies listed were effective from the 1st day of the Month shown (unless otherwise stated).
Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy
ABC_Standard_August_2016 (Effective from August 2016 to August 2017)ABC_Standard_October_2017 (Effective from October 2017 to October 2018)
ABC_Standard_October_2020 (Effective from October 2020 to August 2021)
ABC_Standard_September_2021 (Effective from September 2021 to August 2022)
Gifts & Hospitality
Gifts_and_Hospitality_Standard_November_2016 (Effective from November 2016 to November 2017)Gifts_and_Hospitality_Standard_March_2018 (Effective from March 2018 to March 2019)
Gifts_and_Hospitality_Standard_December_2019 (Effective from December 2019 to February 2020)
Conflicts of Interest Policy
Conflicts_of_Interest_Standard_October_2017 (Effective from October 2017 to October 2018)Conflicts_of_Interest_Standard_December_2018 (Effective from December 2018 to December 2018)
Conflicts_of_Interest_Standard_March_2019 (Effective from March 2019 to March 2020)
Electromagnetic Compatibility Standard
Electromagnetic_Compatibility_Standard_October_2017 (Effective from October 2017 to October 2017)BT supplier security requirements
BT Security Requirement V5.1 (Effective from 17th April 2023 to 30th November 2023)BT Security Requirement V5.0 (Effective from 7th November 2022 to 16th April 2023)
BT Security Requirement V4.1
BT Security Requirement V3.0
BT Security Requirement V2.0
Health, Safety and Environment Policy
Health, Safety & Environment (Effective from September 2023 to February 2024)