The company states the expectation and not the compliance to follow the code.

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“We have an established process to check and monitor new and existing suppliers. All suppliers are expected to adhere to our ethical code of conduct and are regularly audited. Our code of conduct clearly sets out the values, expectations and strict standards we expect all our suppliers to meet. Both our code of conduct and our audit is based on the Ethical Trade Initiative (ETI) Base Code with additional areas specific to our specialist market and our wider values on sustainable and responsible sourcing and manufacturing.”

“The ETI Base Code covers core areas of employee rights; such as access to unions, not allowing child labour, ensuring hours of work are not unreasonable, that minimum wages are met, that the employee works in a safe place etc. These are coupled with environmental and other concerns. The ETI Base Code, and therefore our code of conduct and audit, has been updated to cover all aspects of tackling modern slavery or human trafficking, for example, in identifying how the employee came to the business.”