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Publishes Supplier Feedback on Purchasing Practices
Does the company disclose supplier feedback on the company's purchasing practices through a formal process?
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Fashion Revolution
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About the data

Purchasing practices are the way that a company interacts and does business with the manufacturers that supply their products. It encompasses strategic planning, sourcing, development, purchasing (buying) and the underlying behaviours, values and principles which impact workers. Disclosure of suppliers' feedback on the company's purchasing practices through a formal process shows that the company is listening and taking steps to improve their practices.

In this question you are being asked to identify whether the company discloses supplier feedback on the its purchasing practices through a formal process.

Where to look for this information:
- Corporate Social Responsibility report
- In Modern Slavery Statement or
- California Transparency Act disclosure
- Company documents
- Company policies
- Company websites
- Company code of conduct
- Parent company documents (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
- Parent company policies (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
- Parent company websites (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)
- Parent company code of conduct (only if the parent company is linked to from the brands website)

Good keywords for your searches include:
- Better Buying
- Supplier feedback
- Purchasing Practices

Things to keep in mind:
- Publishing of supplier feedback might happen via the Better Buying platform, Supplier Summits, internal surveys of suppliers of brands’ purchasing practices
- Feedback itself must be publish, not enough to state that feedback is gathered
- Audits not sufficient

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