In this section you will find all the information you need to maintain and enhance your business relations with Husqvarna. Information is provided to our current suppliers who want to develop their connectivity with Husqvarna.

To further distinguish our strategically preferred suppliers and establish a collaborative global supplier community, we launched the strategic supplier program entitled EXCITE (Excellence through Common Initiatives & TEam work).

The EXCITE program underscores our commitment to develop a long-term relationship with our strategic partners. Based on the win-win strategy, we will team up with committed suppliers to leverage the strategic and operational capabilities of both organizations to achieve excellence. Through extensive collaboration in areas of cost efficiency, supply chain flexibility, quality and innovation, we believe the coalition will harness the strengths around us and combine our own to create significant and long-lasting benefits to each party. 

To enhance the degree of cooperation, various forums, including Quarterly Business Review, Quarterly Webinar, and Annual Supplier Day are set up to address common agendas.

The Supplier Classification Process at Husqvarna Group aims to provide You with accurate and detailed data of Your company’s performance, and hence give input to your company's development as well as strengthen the collaboration between our companies.

The Supplier Performance Scorecard is provided to suppliers part of the EXCITE program on a quarterly basis in order to keep an open and transparent communication.

Read the supplier classification manual

Husqvarna is committed to working with its suppliers to achieve Husqvarna’s Code of Conduct and Environmental Policy. Participating in the Supplier Sustainability Declaration (SSD) is a way for the supplier to contribute to this goal.

The Supplier Sustainability Declaration (SSD) gives Husqvarna an overview of the social and environmental status at Husqvarna’s suppliers and to follow up the suppliers' efforts and improvements. The SSD is part of the supplier evaluation, giving the score for the overall assessment.

The SSD gives the suppliers the opportunity to highlight important steps they are taking toward sustainability. We acknowledge that these questions do not cover all aspects of sustainability. The returned sustainability declaration will be reviewed by Husqvarna and may be used as a follow-up in connection with visits to the supplier. The supplier should be prepared to show documentation of the answers, if requested. We intend to reward those suppliers, with continuous business, who show progress toward meeting sustainability goals.

The Husqvarna supplier shall, on Husqvarna’s request, perform a SSD. If you are a selected supplier, you will, before answering the SSD, get further information.

Supplier sustainability questions can be found here

As a supplier to a company in Husqvarna you have been asked to answer a questionnaire about Material Declaration and if your products delivered to a company in the Husqvarna contains chemical substances above 0, 1 % (w/w).

All suppliers of articles (products, spare parts, components and materials) to companies in Husqvarna shall:

1. On request report chemical substances on the Husqvarna RML (incl. REACH and RoHS) that is included in the articles delivered to the Husqvarna.
2. Give contact information to a person within your company who is responsible for relevant chemical legislation (REACH/WEEE/RoHS).
3. Observe changes in Husqvarna’s RML, the Candidate List in the REACH regulation and RoHS regulation and inform Husqvarna of any changes concerning new substances which influence the supplier’s duty towards Husqvarna.
4. Immediately inform of any presence of chemical substances on products, semi-finished products, parts, materials and packaging according to the REACH directive and the RoHS directive delivered to Husqvarna.

If You have any questions regarding the questionnaire please contact: [email protected].

Documentation can be found here

Suppliers part of the EXCITE program and potential candidates for the EXCITE program receive access to Husqvarna Group's master data management system - STEP. In that way suppliers get the opportunity to maintain their own data (e.g. address, contact information) directly in Husqvarna Group's system.

By providing direct supplier data access to our top suppliers we are introducing a structured way of working with supplier data. This means more information in our system and better data quality. Improved data helps us know each other better and thus facilitates improved collaboration.