- Independent ethical audits, which include a review of
the supplier’s management systems (pg 7)
- Completion of the self-assessment within the Responsible
Recruitment Toolkit (pg 7)
- monitored worker welfare through due diligence visits to our
distribution centres (pg 7)
- When we receive intelligence through ethical audits, our own site visits, Protector Line or other sources, such as NGOs or media reports, we immediately investigate (pg 13)
pg. 13
"For the supply chain of Tesco UK Stores, we require all direct supplier sites (known as ‘Tier 1’ sites) in high-risk countries to have a human rights audit before they start supplying Tesco, and then on an annual basis. This represents around 30% of our total Tier 1 suppliers. These audits are conducted against best practice international labour standards as set out in the ‘base code’ of the ETI. In addition, we also require audits for other tiers of key supply chains where there are high risks of human rights issues. For example, fruit, vegetable and meat sites are audited to farm level in high risk countries. This allows us to focus our work on the countries and suppliers where we can have the biggest impact.
Either our in-house responsible sourcing specialists or independent auditors, who have been approved by Tesco, visit the supplier sites to conduct an in-depth audit once a year. We monitor the effectiveness and service quality of the audit companies we use on an on-going basis. In 2020, we delisted three auditors for failing to identify critical issues that our own in-house specialists later identified."
Audits independent: Independent ethical audits, which include a review of the supplier’s management systems (pg 7)
Audits self reporting: no evidence. I have unticked it
site visits independent and self reporting: Either our in-house responsible sourcing specialists or independent auditors, who have been approved by Tesco, visit the supplier sites to conduct an in-depth audit once a year