Suppliers

Supplier Resources

At Sonoco, we’re proud to partner with thousands of suppliers who support our Better Packaging. Better Life.® mission. Whether you provide essential raw materials or niche services, these contributions are vital to our success.

We work best with those committed to sustainability, quality, safety and ethical business practices, in-full compliance with Sonoco policies and procedures. This page serves as a go-to resource for our suppliers to find key information, documents, tools and support.

Key Supplier Documents

We are committed to working with partners and suppliers who share our values, sustainability goals and policies. Before deciding to do business with us, you must review and adhere to the Sonoco Supplier Standards and Purchase Order Terms and Conditions as well as any laws and regulations in each individual state and nation where we conduct business.

We expect our business partners to follow Sonoco's policies on business conduct, policies and disclosure statements listed below. Consider downloading a copy of each to have on file for quick reference.

Purchase Order Terms and Conditions

Sonoco's Terms & Conditions are based on the location of sale (ex. Buying from Sonoco Products Company, U.S. or Purchase (Selling party).

Please navigate to the appropriate Terms & Conditions using the links below:

United States: U.S. Terms and Conditions
Europe: (English) (Deutsche)
Canada: Canadian Terms and Conditions
Malaysia: Malaysian Terms and Conditions

Policy Documents

Policies on Business Conduct (661.18 KB) Supplier Code of Conduct (884.7 KB) Supplier Standards (138.69 KB) Anti-Bribery and Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (1.32 MB) EU Whistleblowing Policy (306.44 KB) Global Tax Policy Statement (181.92 KB)

Disclosure Statements

Canadian Forced and Child Labour Act

California Transparency in Supply Chains Act

Conflict Minerals

Human Rights Policy

Information Security and Cyber Security

Stand-Out Suppliers

We honor partners who go above and beyond. Recipients of our Supplier Sustainability and Performance Awards demonstrate outstanding service to our environmental, social and governance goals. We’re proud to recognize them here—and look forward to celebrating many more partners in the future!

Sonoco's Coupa Resources

Supplier Onboarding

Indirect and Direct Suppliers

Sonoco's indirect material Suppliers are providing the Company with materials or services that are needed in the overall manufacturing process but are not integrated Into the final product. Suppliers within this classification will be issued Purchase Orders from Coupa.

Direct material Suppliers will receive Purchase Orders from an ERP system, coordinated with their Sonoco Contact. However, both Indirect and direct Suppliers will onboard in Coupa.

Coupa Supplier Portal

The Coupa Success Portal has great resources to help meet Suppliers' needs. Articles and videos from Coupa include topics such as: