The diverse and often complex supply chains producing the food, fashion, beauty, and homeware products we sell can have significant social and environmental impacts. Continuously strengthening our value chains through our ethical sourcing programmes is non-negotiable. It allows us to mitigate where necessary and positively influence the outcomes and impacts of manufacturing and production where possible.
Awareness regarding the transparency of supply chains and the traceability of products is also on the rise, and we are working actively to enhance our programmes to address this.
Ethical sourcing requires us to build meaningful and long-term value-sharing relationships with our suppliers and other key stakeholders in the supply chain.
Our main focus is on our private-label primary suppliers and supply chains. This is where we can exert the greatest influence for positive change, and more easily monitor performance. Where possible, we also engage with branded suppliers to ensure that our standards are understood and upheld.
Our approach to ethical sourcing comprises:
The Group sources products from a range of countries across the globe. In line with our commitment to ethical sourcing we are working towards having a fully transparent and traceable supply chain. Doing so will hold us to account for ensuring an ethical supply chain, and provide visibility to our customers and other stakeholders on where our products come from.
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More information on the focus area and our performance thereon can be found in our annual Good Business Journey Report