The Linde Group has suppliers and partners around the globe, working across all lines of business and throughout the many countries within which Linde operates. These suppliers and partners form part of the driving force behind the development and delivery of the products, technologies and support services that we provide to our customers.

Here in the Philippines, CIGI and SIG are united with the Group's commitment to continuously search for suppliers and partners with whom it can establish strategic and long term business relationship.

Suppliers: independent companies that supply goods and services to us, who will also work with us to continuously improve the products and processes that support CIGI and SIG’s operations and service to our customers.

• General Conditions of Purchase

Partners: people or organizations with whom we work on projects or business ventures, sharing risk, reward and knowledge.

CIGI and SIG have a legal and ethical charter, contained in a global Linde Ethical Legal Principles of Procurement. Ethical and legal purchasing policies have been implemented to ensure that the Group's suppliers, contractors, agents and distributors, as well as employees, work towards compliance.

These require that everyone associated with CIGI and SIG maintain the highest safety, environmental, social, labor & human rights, and legal & ethical standards.