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“Supplier capacity building
A key focus for our due diligence efforts this year has been the capacity building of suppliers through our training program. Training was delivered through interactive virtual sessions with over 150 people attending, including suppliers, agents and factory management from China, Bangladesh and India.”
TRAINING SESSION - Health and Safety, Communications and grievance channels. Subcontracting management, Modern Slavery, Preferred Materials
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“This year we delivered two customised training sessions to our buying, planning and sourcing functions within the Category Management team, as well as our Risk and Procurement teams. These training sessions focussed on: Modern slavery:”
“During the year, we also worked with our People & Culture team to embed modern slavery content into company wide mandatory training. From 2022, a standalone Modern Slavery module will be compulsory for all employees to complete on an annual basis.”
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“After policy and training development took place in 2020, compulsory procurement training was rolled out to all Head Office staff as well as leadership at our Fulfilment Centre. The pre-procurement checklist, policy, and step-by-step procurement guide, including sections on modern slavery risks, are always accessible via our internal Knowledge Library which also houses our Governance Manual, implemented as compulsory company-wide governance training.”
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“As key partners in the implementation and development of our ethical sourcing programmes, Risk and Procurement teams also received modern slavery training.”