Supply Chain
Responsibility

We promote a strong culture of compliance and equip our employees to exercise sound business judgment when selecting suppliers. We work with suppliers who respect workers' rights; reduce costs and their environmental impact; and comply with our contracts and laws. Employees receive communications and training on topics such as antitrust, anti-bribery/anti-corruption and third-party vendor management.

As marketplace dynamics, our industry and our businesses change, we remain committed to enhancing our supply chains to provide a competitive advantage for our companies. Through continuing to foster diversity and inclusion within our supplier base, and ongoing collaboration with key stakeholders, we will be able to evolve our supply chains to be flexible, secure and sustainable for the long-term. Together, these actions allow us to meet societal expectations as a responsible company while developing strong supply chains for our future success.

Supporting A Diverse Supplier Base

The Supplier Diversity & Inclusion (SD&I) program at Altria is not owned by one employee; but all employees. Our SD&I department sets the strategy and partners with national and local certification agencies, such as the National Minority Supplier Development Council (NMSDC), the Women's Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC), the Hispanic Chamber of Commerce (VAHCC), the National Gay & Lesbian Chamber of Commerce (NGLCC), Altria's Employee Resource Groups and a network of Supplier Diversity champions across Altria's Family of Companies to drive progress towards our goal to increase our diversity percentage of overall third-party spend.

Altria tracks and reports Tier 1 and Tier II diverse spend. Although Altria strongly encourages national certifications, state certifications (S.W.A.M) are now accepted. For diverse suppliers who prefer not to obtain a certification, a Supplier Diversity Self-Attestation Form can be submitted to supportsupplierdiversity@altria.com to attest to your designation.

The goods and services provided by diverse suppliers have helped Altria become and remain an industry leader. To maintain that leadership position, we are committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace and to advancing diversity throughout our supply chain. We believe a more diverse and inclusive supplier base will drive innovation, increase competition and provide greater supply chain flexibility.

For questions regarding Supplier Diversity, please email supportsupplierdiversity@altria.com.

Communicating Our Expectations

We communicate expectations for our suppliers through Altria's Supplier Code of Conduct, Tobacco Good Agricultural Practices (GAP) Supplemental Guidelines and our contracts. Our Supplier Code of Conduct addresses compliance with applicable laws, regulations and standards. The Code covers topics such as non-discrimination, child and forced labor, environmental compliance and workplace safety. Learn More.

Assessing Supplier Performance and Requiring Suppliers to Remediate Findings

Our monitoring programs assess our suppliers' compliance with our expectations and contracts. These programs encourage continuous improvement, help identify areas for greater focus, and if needed, remediation. Altria's tobacco companies conduct third-party audits of direct packaging and product materials suppliers, direct contracted growers, international leaf suppliers and contract manufacturers where there's significant country risk, supplier criticality, brand risk and where we can improve supply chain compliance.