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CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY
TRADING
ETHICALLY
THE SPECSAVERS SUPPLIER
CODE OF PRACTICE
Specsavers continually strives to develop and promote high
standards of social and environmental responsibility. Since
2008, Specsavers suppliers and their subcontractors have
been required to operate and be assessed in accordance
with our code of practice:
Obey all applicable laws
Commit to act in accordance with all the relevant laws,
regulations and industry standards in the countries in
which our suppliers operate.
Treat people with dignity & respect
Adhere to the following best practices to promote healthy and
safe workplaces, where human and civil rights are respected:
OUR POSITION OUR PROGRESS OUR PLANS
We work to ensure the people who make our In 2017/18: In 2018/19, the Specsavers partnership will:
products have safe and healthy workplaces,
where human and civil rights are respected.
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We remained committed to acting responsibly and
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complete a minimum of 31 compliance
We also require our suppliers to take the necessary trading ethically, protecting the environment and renewal audits to ensure existing suppliers
steps to protect the environment. We are committed ensuring that the people who make our products meet our ethical standards, in addition to
to our global ethical trading policy and ensure are safe, healthy and free from human right abuses. initial audits for any new suppliers
regular, independent audits of all our major
suppliers who do not operate in globally
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recognised regulatory environments.
We completed 75 supplier audits with our frame,
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introduce Modern Slavery Act training for our
ophthalmic lens, uniform, unitary and equipment teams, to provide both general guidance and
vendors. The audits ensure compliance with our an awareness of associated risks
social and environmental standards and adherence
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remain transparent in our Modern Slavery
Wherever possible, we develop strong, long-term to regulatory requirements, enabling long-lasting relationships with our suppliers so that we can work improvements to be achieved. progress via a more progressive and
We published our first Modern Slavery Act engaging publication
together towards our vision of providing best value
eyecare and hearing care to everyone.
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statement, explaining the steps we have taken to
ensure that slavery and human trafficking does not
Act commitments by sharing our plans and
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activity to include risk assessments of product
exist in our supply chain.
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As part of our approach to global supply chain
governance, we mapped areas of risk across all
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provide further clarity on our ethical
trading position through the implementation
Freedom of association and the right
to collective bargaining are respected
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Working conditions are safe and hygienic
Child labour, forced labour and illegal
subcontracting are not used
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Local wage legislation is met or exceeded
Working hours are not excessive
No discrimination is practised
Regular employment is provided
No harsh or inhumane treatment is allowed
Protect the environment
Recognise global and environmental responsibilities
and take all commercially reasonable steps to
safeguard the environment.
Specsavers suppliers must be
prepared to work towards:
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compliance with recognised environmental standards
a commitment to actions that restore and preserve
of effective processes and documentation We developed quarterly reporting tools, enabling to support supplier engagement and the Specsavers Executive Committee to review customer requests conserving resources, and recycling materials at every
complete an extended review of those stage of the product lifecycle whenever possible
slavery and ethical compliance.
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origin and conflict minerals
Employment is freely chosen
countries and categories in which we operate.
audit results and identify risks in relation to modern
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continue the development of our compliance
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suppliers operating within globally-recognised
We supported our functional leaders to embed regulatory environments, to obtain
compliance activity into their commercial decision- declarations of conformity
the environment
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a commitment to reducing waste and pollutants,
development and application of technologies to
minimise pollutant emissions
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continual assessment of the impact of their products
making and ensure a successful audit result is a on the environment and the communities in which
prerequisite of vendor-selection processes. they operate
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