LIVING OUR VALUES
Values repOrt 2009
CONTRACT mANUfACTURINg – OUR ETHICAL TRADE PROgRAmmE
every organisation which produces a product for the body shop is required to sign up to our ethical trade programme, based
on the principles of engagement of the ethical trading initiative. through a system of audits and outreach work, we constantly
review information from the supply base that tells us of the rights and conditions of the workers who make products on our
behalf. suppliers sign up to the body shop Code of Conduct, which is in line with best practice and international labour
standards. signing up to the Code means that:
no-one should be forced to work.
Workers should be able to join and form trade unions.
Working conditions should be safe and healthy.
Child labour should not be used.
people should not work excessive hours.
Workers should earn enough to live on.
Workers should be treated equally, regardless of who they are and what they believe.
Where possible, workers should be provided with regular employment.
Workers should not be verbally, physically or sexually abused or disciplined.
no organisation connected to the body shop will supply us for more than 24 months without an in-depth audit by a reputable
third party, or by one of our trained in-house assessors. in many cases where we perceive the inherent risk of a source location to
be high, we will audit a supplier every 12 months. Our buying and quality teams are in frequent contact with our suppliers in the
periods between audits, and all are trained to understand and recognise issues that might indicate issues of ethical compliance.
UPDATE ON PROgRESS
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We will only trade with suppliers that commit to and make all first tier product suppliers audited and compliant
demonstrable improvement to meeting requirements in with the body shop policies and / or undergoing
the body shop Code of Conduct for suppliers improvement programme
We will ensure that all first tier product suppliers are 2007 – 64 site inspections
assessed on a regular basis: low risk suppliers every 2 2008 – 94 site inspections
years and medium and high risk suppliers every year all first tier product suppliers were audited as we
committed to
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