At B&Q we aim to ensure that all the products we sell have been ethically sourced. This entails mapping out where and how our products are made, and the working conditions of the people who make them.
We have a duty to respect the rights of all the people in our supply chain and an ambition to ensure that everyone involved in B&Q's supply chain feels the benefit of our presence. Ensuring we reduce our environmental impact is only part of the picture; how our products are made is equally important.
We employ the Kingfisher group’s Policy on Supply Chain Workplace Standards to assess the manufacturing sites in our supply chain, and actively participate in programmes to improve the conditions of workers at those sites. We seek to work with vendors who share our values and have equivalent systems and processes in place to assess and improve working conditions.
Our future goal is to respond to thematic risks in our supply chain through broad vendor engagement and regional improvement programmes. We will link this activity to our established ways of working in Communities to ensure that we’re broadening our impact beyond the walls of the manufacturing sites.
