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"ORGANISATION STRUCTURE AND SUPPLY CHAINS

Aldi UK and Ireland are part of the Aldi South Group, an international supermarket chain that operates more than 6,700 stores across nine countries. We opened our first UK store in Birmingham in 1990 and have rapidly grown to become Britain’s fifth-largest grocer by market share, with more than 900 stores in the UK and 150 in Ireland.

Our ethos today is exactly the same as it was when our first UK store opened three decades ago; we treat all customers, suppliers and employees fairly and with respect. This approach extends to our relationships with more than 2,500 suppliers across 79 countries. Although we do not own the companies or sites that we source from, we appreciate that Aldi and our suppliers have a shared responsibility to ensure working conditions in the supply chains from which we source meet our standards.

We recognise our reach across the globe and how complex our supply chains are. Our produce category, for example, consists of more than 11,000 approved grower sites.

Our Corporate Responsibility (CR) Department is responsible for the design and implementation of our modern slavery strategy in the UK and Ireland, and reports to Mary Dunn, Managing Director of Corporate Responsibility. It works closely with our National Buying Department, Aldi South Group’s International CR Department and our CR offices based in Bangladesh and Hong Kong. Aldi South Group’s CEO of Global Sourcing and Corporate Responsibility is Christoph Schwaiger."

Aldi UK and Ireland are part of the Aldi South Group (p2)