An entity can describe their supply chains in multiple ways, such as by describing:

1. Products provided by suppliers. For example, a supermarket's supply chains include the provision of frozen vegetables via a wholesaler. A hospital's supply chains include the procurement of rubber gloves. A bank's supply chains include the procurement of uniforms and office supplies.
2. Services provided by suppliers. For example, a law firm's supply chains include the cleaning services provided to the law firm by a contractor. The supply chains of a superannuation fund or fund manager include its external investment managers, who provide a service by managing its portfolios. A building company's supply chains include its specialist subcontractors.
3. The location, category, or other attributes of the suppliers. For example, a company may state that they only interact with suppliers from a specific country or location (e.g. "Bahamas", or "overseas"). They may also describe constraints on the origin of workers in their supply chain (e.g. by mentioning that they prefer indigenous suppliers, or go with client preferences). A company may also describe a supplier based on the category of supplies it provides (e.g. "commodity chemicals suppliers").

Notes: 

• The presence of any relevant information should lead to a "Yes" label for this requirement.
• Descriptions of products and services used by indirect suppliers in the reporting entity's supply chain must also be extracted as supporting text. For example, the description of the supply chains of an electronics manufacturer should ideally include the mining and refining of minerals used in electronic components purchased by the electronics manufacturer.
• References to any disclosures or documents by the reporting entity about the identity of their suppliers (such as a public supplier list) should be extracted as supporting text. The contents of those documents should however never be extracted.