pg. 6

"TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT

All members of the Design, Buying and Merchandising (DBM) teams participate in training that outlines the principles of our code of conduct, and the implications that human rights abuses can have upon our supply chain and the people in it. We hold an induction for all new DBM team members to introduce them to the team and brief them on our work. Our planned training programme has been delayed due to the impact of COVID-19 on our business, with many members of staff being on furlough for portions of the financial year. We’re committed to increasing the training participation of our commercial colleagues in the coming months and utilising e-learning modules to roll out training to colleagues in other business functions as well.

We’ll also be undertaking training on purchasing practices in light of the findings of the 2021 Better Buying survey results. This will help us to implement any changes to the product development and buying process, which we hope will positively impact on the experience of our suppliers."

I changed the answer from No to Procurement and Training provided- not specified to who because the training described above to the design, buying and merchandising team is on the code of conduct which includes modern slavery issues (see p. 3)