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modern slavery act transparency statement 2018/19
Kingfisher Modern Slavery Act 2
Transparency Statement 2018/19
our business company
structure overview
At Kingfisher we respect This statement has been
published in accordance with
the UK Modern Slavery Act,
Kingfisher plc is a home
improvement company
with over 1,300 stores in
77,300
Colleagues3, 4
human rights and do not which requires businesses 10 countries across Europe.
1,331
to disclose the steps they
are taking to tackle slavery, We employ 77,300 people and
tolerate any form of modern servitude, forced labour and
human trafficking (together
nearly six million customers
shop in our stores and Stores4
slavery. However, we known as modern slavery). through our websites and
10
It sets out the steps taken apps every week.
by Kingfisher plc and its UK
recognise that no supply operating companies1, to
prevent modern slavery in
Our customers are everyone
wanting to improve their Countries
its own business and supply home, as well as the experts
chain is without risk of chain for the financial year
ending 31 January 2019.
and trade professionals who
help them. 6 million
modern slavery and it is our Our statement covers the
six areas outlined in the
legislation and takes into
Customers every
week
responsibility to ensure we account good practice,
£11.7 bn
including Home Office
guidance2.
understand these risks and Total sales
work in partnership with
our suppliers to identify and 1 All references in this statement to
‘Kingfisher’, ‘We’ and ‘Our’ cover the
Group including Kingfisher plc and
mitigate them. its Operating Companies, including
those legally required to produce a
Transparency Statement under the
Modern Slavery Act. These are B&Q
plc, B&Q Properties Ltd, Kingfisher
International Products Limited,
Kingfisher Information Technology
Services (UK) Limited and Screwfix
Direct Limited.
2 Transparency in Supply Chains,
A Practical Guide. Published by the
Home Office, 2017.
3 Total headcount, not full time
equivalent.
4 Turkey joint venture not consolidated.Kingfisher Modern Slavery Act 3
Transparency Statement 2018/19
our markets our stores
At Kingfisher, we believe This brings opportunities to
everybody should be able to develop closer and deeper
have a home they can feel relationships with a smaller
good about, so our purpose is number of suppliers, giving
to make home improvement us more visibility over our
accessible for everyone. We supply chain and ability to
want our customers to be work in closer partnership
confident that the products with suppliers to implement
they buy from us are our ethical and sustainability
responsibly sourced. standards. Russia
20
The ONE Kingfisher five year
plan, which started in 2016/17,
is leveraging the scale of the
business by creating a unified
company, where customer
needs always come first. We
are unifying our ranges and UK &
supply chains, making the Ireland Poland
best products from around 923 1 76
our business available in all Germany
our markets. 19
France Romania
224 2 38 3
Portugal
3 Spain Turkey 4
28
1 B&Q UK & Ireland 296, Screwfix 627.
2 Castorama 101, Brico Dépôt 123.
3 Brico Dépôt 15, Praktiker 23.
4 Turkey joint venture not
consolidated.Kingfisher Modern Slavery Act 4
Transparency Statement 2018/19
goods for resale – supplier production our supply chain
sites by continent (%)
Our products are currently
sourced globally from around
2,800 suppliers and there
are around 3,700 production
sites1 that supply us with
finished goods. The number
of suppliers this year is
around one-third lower than
in 2017/18, reflecting progress
on our ONE Kingfisher
transformation strategy.
Eastern Europe
Western Europe 6% The map shows the
North America 15% percentage of production
1% Asia Pacific sites by continent.
77%
There are many more indirect
suppliers in our extended
supply chain, including
suppliers of raw materials
and component parts used in
the products we sell and buy.
Read more in Assessing risks
among materials suppliers.
Other We also source goods andKingfisher Modern Slavery Act 5
Transparency Statement 2018/19
our targets and
commitments
Our commitment to human We support a number of Targets Progress in 2018/19 Progress against target
rights is integrated in our external initiatives that aim to
sustainable growth plan – protect and promote human
Ensure all suppliers 995 production sites have On track to target
our sustainability roadmap rights. We are committed to
meet our ethical and had an ethical audit in the
up to 2025 – which sets out playing our part in working
environmental standards past two years. This is 47%
how we will make it easy towards the United Nations
by 20201. of high-risk production
for our customers to have Sustainable Development
sites on Sedex, the online
sustainable, good homes Goals (SDGs) and are a
To monitor progress, we supplier data exchange
(See www.kingfisher.com/ signatory to ‘Better Retail,
require high-risk production (www.sedexglobal.com).
sustainability). Better World’, the British
sites of finished goods for
Retail Consortium (BRC)
resale to have an ethical See Due diligence
This includes two targets commitments on the goals.
audit by 2020. We have processes section for
designed to promote human We are also a member of
also started assessing our further details of our
rights and address modern the UN Global Compact and
suppliers of goods and supplier audit programme.
slavery risks (see table to report progress against its
services not for resale using
the right). 10 principles annually in our
the EcoVadis assessment.
Sustainability Report.
We will report progress
next year.
We believe it is important
to report openly on our
approach and progress. Establish strategic We have started engaging On track to target
Our Modern Slavery Act community programmes with key suppliers and
Transparency Statement to achieve positive change stakeholders in Turkey and
2017/18 was ranked 11th in in key sourcing regions China to identify where we
the Business & Human Rights by 2025. can make a difference for
Centre’s report – FTSE 100 & communities, workers and
the UK Modern Slavery Act: Many of our community suppliers, including piloting
From Disclosure to Action. programmes help to support projects in our Turkish
It was ranked 12th in the and promote human rights. ceramics supply chain, see
Global Governance FTSE 100 page 11.
League Table compiled by
the non-profit Development
International (DI).
1 This target covers our goods for
resale suppliers and our 300 key
suppliers of goods and services not
for resale.Kingfisher Modern Slavery Act 6
Transparency Statement 2018/19
company policies
Our policy framework,
Our policy framework Universal Declaration of 4. Ethical Sourcing Policy
addresses human rights Human Rights); the UN Global Our Ethical Sourcing and
and modern slavery and is Compact; the International Supplier Workplace Ethical
supported by training. Our Labour Organisation’s and Environmental Assurance
key policies and standards
include:
Declaration on Fundamental
Principles and Rights at
Work; the Children’s Rights
(SWEEA) Policy sets out
our approach to ethical
audits. The policy requires
supplier standards and
1. Code of Conduct
Our Code of Conduct helps
to promote a culture where
and Business Principles
and UN conventions on the
elimination of discrimination.
all high-risk production sites
of finished goods to have an
ethical audit by 2020.
training programmes
help us to address
transparency, honesty and It sets out our commitment
fairness are the norm. It to implement due diligence Read our policies at
sets out our personal and procedures to avoid infringing www.kingfisher.com/
shared responsibilities on the rights of others (see sustainabilitypolicies
for meeting high ethical
standards. It states that all
employees have a duty to
Due diligence processes).
3. Supply Chain Workplace
human rights and
report any potential breaches
of the Code. The Code was
fully updated in 2018 and
Standards
Our Supply Chain Workplace
Standards explain the ethical
modern slavery risks.
now includes a section on standards we require from
modern slavery. It states our suppliers. These are aligned
commitment to human rights with the code used by Sedex
and ethical sourcing. in the Sedex Members Ethical
Trade Audit (SMETA). This
2. Human Rights Policy includes the Ethical Trading
Sets out our commitment Initiative (ETI) Base Code and
to respect human rights, additional elements agreed
in line with international by the Sedex Stakeholder
agreements and guidelines Forum. They prohibit slavery
including: the United Nations and child labour and set out
Guiding Principles on our expectations in areas
Business and Human Rights; such as health and safety,
the International Bill of Human working hours and wages,
Rights (which includes the and freedom of association.Kingfisher Modern Slavery Act 7
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company policies
continued
We communicate the Code We review our policies —— Supplier contracts include Whistleblowing policy and It can be used by any
of Conduct to all employees, annually and update them clauses on compliance procedures Kingfisher employee and all
including through our training where necessary. Our Code with our Code of Conduct, Our whistleblowing policy reports are investigated by
and awareness programmes, of Conduct was updated policies and standards1 and and procedures enable staff our ethical sourcing team.
see Employee training and and strengthened in 2018, our buying offices review and suppliers to report any We have provided training to
awareness. The Code forms including the addition of a compliance with our ethical concerns about modern help our teams use the tool
part of the contractual section on modern slavery. audit requirements before slavery and any other and understand the types of
terms and conditions for all Our Supply Chain Workplace any vendor is offered a human rights violations. Our issues they might encounter.
new employees. We have a Standards were also updated contract to supply goods independent and confidential
compliance network which to align with the code used for resale; whistleblowing service, There were no reports
includes a compliance officer by Sedex. This includes In Touch, is available to all relating to modern slavery
in each operating company requirements on responsible —— Our Vendor Manual for employees (intouchfeedback. made via our whistleblowing
to help us implement our recruitment set by the our goods for resale co.uk/kingfisher) and line or other reporting
Code of Conduct. Our Sedex Stakeholder Forum. summarises the key suppliers (intouchfeedback. channels in the 2018/19
internal audit function All policies are approved requirements of our co.uk/kfsupplier). All reports financial year. We require
monitors compliance of all by members of our Group policies and ethical audit to the helpline are fully suppliers to maintain a
businesses within Kingfisher Executive. requirements; investigated and followed up means by which workers
to the requirements set by and the outcome reported to can openly communicate
our Code of Conduct, using We embed the requirements —— We published a new the Audit Committee of the and share grievances with
a risk based approach to of our policies, Code of Factory Handbook in 2018 Board of Directors. management, without fear
plan their work. The Audit Conduct and Supply Chain for suppliers in Asia. This of reprisal, intimidation or
Committee of the Board of Workplace Standards into our provides details of our Many employees, including harassment. This requirement
Directors receives regular procurement processes in a Supply Chain Workplace those in our quality, buying is included in our Supply
updates on the outcomes number of ways: Standards and shows how and logistics teams, will visit Chain Workplace Standards
from our internal audits. these should be applied in supplier factories in the and our ethical audits check
More information on our —— Potential new suppliers are the factory. It is available in course of their work. We want that suppliers have grievance
governance and control informed during the tender English and Chinese and on them to support our efforts mechanisms in place (see
framework is in our Annual process of our Code of our website. We plan to roll to improve supply chain Due diligence processes).
Report and Accounts. Conduct, policies and this out to more countries standards by reporting any
ethical audit requirements, in future. unsafe or unethical practices
Our ethical audits check so they can take these they encounter during these
supplier compliance with into account when quoting We train employees and visits. We launched ‘CSR
our Supply Chain Workplace to provide products or suppliers on our policies Watch’, an online reporting
Standards (see Due diligence services; and standards through tool for employees in China
processes). our modern slavery and and the Far East to make it
ethical sourcing training easy to report such issues.
programmes (see Due
diligence processes and
1 This includes contracts with Employee training and
suppliers of group-sourced
awareness).
products and services, including
unified ranges.Kingfisher Modern Slavery Act 8
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risk assessment
We have an extensive global —— Sedex: We also use Sedex Goods and services not We are also using supplier
supply chain so we need to to help us assess risks for resale visits and audits to help us In practice: assessing
take a risk based approach, in our goods for resale We use the risk assessment better understand risks in standards among UK
focusing on the highest risk (GFR) supply chain. Sedex carried out in 2017 by Stop our GNFR supply chain,
logistics suppliers
countries and sectors for provides two indications the Traffik, an organisation see case study, right for
modern slavery and human of risk for each production dedicated to preventing an example. Our findings
rights issues. We assess risk site – an inherent risk modern slavery and show that the level of risk
on an ongoing basis using: (based on sector and human trafficking, to help can vary significantly from Our logistics suppliers We are now working with
country) and a self us prioritise the areas of supplier to supplier and run our distribution UK logistics suppliers to
—— Ethical risk matrix: Our assessment risk (based risk in our supply chain for that not all suppliers in centres and the transport encourage labour providers
ethical risk matrix uses on a site’s response to the goods and services not for high-risk categories will operations for our store used in our logistics network
data from Maplecroft to Sedex risk assessment resale (GNFR). present a high-risk. For and home deliveries. We to sign up to minimum
help identify the high- questionnaire). example, cleaning services have identified the use standards developed by
risk product areas and We are now also using have been identified as a of temporary labour by the Indirect Procurement
countries in our goods for We aim for all suppliers of EcoVadis, a sustainability potential high-risk area. logistics suppliers as a Human Rights Forum
resale (GFR) supply chain. goods for resale to be using ratings platform, to help However, we have audited potential risk area for human (see External initiatives/
We are currently focused the Sedex platform by the us assess and manage risk one of our contractors in rights. During 2018/19, we partnerships). 40 have done
on risks in our direct supply end of 2020. We made good in our GNFR supply chain. the UK and found it to meet took steps to increase so, over 90% of the total.
chain, particularly labour progress in 2018 and around Our suppliers are required high standards with a low our understanding of this
risks among suppliers of 1,900 suppliers, incorporating to complete the EcoVadis risk for human rights. During risk including asking all
finished goods for resale. 2,600 factory sites, have now questionnaire covering four 2019, we plan to focus on UK logistics suppliers to
We are also developing joined the Sedex platform. themes – labour and human further audits in the areas of complete a self-assessment
approaches to reducing This equates to around rights, environment, ethics construction and logistics to questionnaire.
risks in the wider supply 66% of suppliers of goods and sustainable procurement. address risks associated with
chain including among raw for resale1. Their responses are subcontracting and labour We also conducted a Sedex
materials suppliers, see reviewed by EcoVadis and a providers. ethical audit of one of
Assessing risks among rating provided highlighting our main UK distribution
materials suppliers. strengths, weaknesses and We have also started centres, focussing on risks
risk areas. We have added to engage with uniform associated with the labour
the EcoVadis assessment as suppliers to understand their agencies providing drivers
a requirement in our tender current approach to ethical and workers. As part of
process and set a minimum audits and any new suppliers the audit, we used the
1 This is the percentage of
score threshold which must will need to meet the ethical Sedex worker wellbeing
suppliers that had joined the
Sedex platform by the end of be achieved within a year audit requirements included assessment tool to enable
the Kingfisher financial year of the assessment. We plan in our tender process. us to gain a better insight
(31 January 2019). In order to to contact 1,000 suppliers into how the agency
fully onboard suppliers onto
Sedex, Kingfisher also requires during 2019, including our top workers at the site feel
that suppliers disclose and link 400 suppliers that account about their jobs.
Kingfisher to all production sites of for 75% of our spend, asking
finished goods for resale (including
them to complete the
direct and indirect sites) and work
is in progress to achieve this. assessment.Kingfisher Modern Slavery Act 9
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assessing risks
among materials
suppliers
We are working on
We are working on a number In 2018, we started a research We are working with
of projects to identify and project into the potential use suppliers in the leather
address salient human rights of conflict minerals in our supply chain to protect
issues in our extended supply products, such as natural workers and the environment
chain including among raw
material suppliers.
diamonds, cobalt and
tungsten. We identified
suppliers and sub-suppliers
by improving standards for
the use of chemicals in the
tanning process.
projects to identify
For example, we require the
wood and paper used in our
products to be responsibly
using these minerals and
have begun to engage with
them to identify where these
and address salient
human rights issues in
sourced, meaning it is materials are sourced from.
certified to schemes such We found that the diamonds
as FSC and PEFC or is used in the supply chain for
recycled. These certification Kingfisher branded products,
schemes ensure wood is
from well-managed forests.
Both schemes are also in the
for example for drill tips and
saw blades, are synthetic
diamonds manufactured in
our extended supply
process of developing new
requirements to increase
protection for workers’ rights
two factories in China. We
do not yet have full visibility
of the cobalt and tungsten
chain including for
raw materials such as
including strengthening their supply chains and are
criteria relating to health, continuing to engage with
safety and labour issues in the relevant suppliers to
the supply chain. address this.
We are working with the
TFT Responsible Stone
We also commissioned a
materiality assessment which
wood and paper, stone,
Programme, to improve
ethical, safety and
environmental standards
considered 25 raw materials
present in our products.
This assessed their level of
leather and minerals.
in quarries and stone risk for human rights and
processing factories and environmental practices. The
working towards improving work was completed in late
the traceability of stone 2018 and we are reviewing
products. the findings to identify
next steps.Kingfisher Modern Slavery Act 10
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due diligence
processes
Our Modern Slavery Working Our most significant human We require suppliers to act
Group oversees due rights and modern slavery swiftly to address non- In practice: supplier
diligence and disclosure on risks are in our supply conformances and to ensure engagement
human rights and modern chain. We are rolling out a the welfare of workers. We
slavery. It meets three programme of ethical audits monitor the effectiveness
times a year and brings for high-risk production sites of our audit programme
together ethical sourcing of finished goods for resale by grading suppliers and Supplier spot checks Overtime project pilot
representatives from our (see Risk assessment section tracking the number and type
group functions including for details of how we identify of non-conformances that Our ethical sourcing Excessive overtime remains
procurement (GFR and risk). Each production site are found and remedied (see team make regular visits a challenge in China, which
GNFR), logistics, property, identified as high-risk is Effectiveness of measures: to supplier sites where is bad for workers but can
human resources, legal and required to have a Sedex supplier audit results). 995 potential concerns or also have a negative impact
compliance. The Working Members Ethical Trade Audit production sites have had an issues have been raised, for on supplier productivity
Group reports to our Group (SMETA) or equivalent at ethical audit in the past two example by an ethical audit. and staff turnover. We have
Sustainability Committee, a least once every two years. years. We aim for all high-risk This can be particularly launched a project to raise
sub-committee of our Group production sites of finished important for product awareness among suppliers
Executive. The audit reviews suppliers’ goods for resale (as identified lines where demand is about the need to address
performance and identifies through Sedex) to be audited seasonal, requiring peaks excessive overtime and
We aim to identify and any instances of non- by 2020 and we are currently of activity at certain times the business benefits of
manage ‘salient’ human rights conformance. These are at 47%1. of the year. For example, doing so. We are trialling this
issues, as defined by the UN prioritised according to several years ago we approach with one of our
Guiding Principles Reporting the Sedex classifications identified cases of child garden furniture suppliers.
Framework. These are the of minor, major, critical labour at factories supplying
human rights at risk of the and business critical. Any Christmas products and we
most severe negative impact instances of modern slavery worked with the factories
through our activities. Our or child labour would be to address this. Our team
Modern Slavery Working classified as business critical now conducts regular
Group has agreed an action – the most serious breach of unannounced spot checks,
plan for improving our due our standards. in addition to our program
diligence on salient human of ethical audits, to confirm
rights and modern slavery that the factories continue
issues, including training, to meet our standards.
ethical risk assessment
and supplier engagement
and audit.
1 47% of those high-risk production
sites using Sedex.Kingfisher Modern Slavery Act 11
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Supplier training and External initiatives/ —— In 2018/19, we were
Promoting rights and engagement partnerships members of UK
supporting communities We are collaborating with We participate in several Stakeholders for
suppliers to help build partnerships aimed at Sustainable Development
their knowledge and improving standards across (UKSSD), a cross-sector
understanding of human the retail sector. For example: network of organisations
Through our community workforce; and the future rights issues and how to who work together to
strategy, we aim to promote impact of automation on address them. Examples —— We are a member of an drive action on the UN
the rights of workers and to workers and businesses. are included in the section EDRA (the European DIY Sustainable Development
improve skills and livelihoods We have piloted a worker In practice: supplier Retail Association) working Goals in the UK;
among communities in our training programme with engagement. group, which aims to
supply chain. 93 workers from one of our develop a collaborative —— We helped establish the
ceramics suppliers in Turkey We conducted two seminars approach to responsible Indirect Procurement
As a first step, we undertook and begun a pilot high school for suppliers in China sourcing within the home Human Rights Forum to
research and direct student training programme during 2018 at Shanghai and improvement sector; promote collaboration
stakeholder engagement to support future generations Guangzhou. These provided with other businesses
in Turkey and China. This to develop life and technical a forum to discuss common —— We are members of the and Sedex on ways to
included meeting with skills. In 2019 and 2020 we challenges and to share British Retail Consortium understand and address
key suppliers, workers, will focus on scaling-up these best practice approaches (BRC) Working Groups risks associated with
community groups, projects across our Turkish on issues such as overtime, on Ethical Labour and goods and services not
education organisations supply chain. health and safety, carbon and Responsible Sourcing for resale. For example,
and trade unions, to help us environmental management. and we are signatories to it has developed a set
understand the issues they We will also investigate Attendees were provided Better Retail, Better World, of standards for labour
face and identify ways we other supply chains and with a hard copy of our a collaboration led by the providers, see In practice:
can support them. geographies where these factory handbook. In total 484 BRC aimed at supporting assessing standards among
projects can add value for people attended from 316 the UN Sustainable UK logistics suppliers.
In Turkey we identified communities, workers and supplier companies. Development Goals in We are one of ten core
three key challenges in our suppliers where Kingfisher areas including modern members who meet on a
ceramics supply chain: a operates. We plan to hold regular slavery and decent work; quarterly basis.
skills gap, with not enough webinars with EcoVadis for
workers having the technical our GNFR suppliers during
skills the industry needs to 2019. Around 50 GNFR
meet future challenges; an suppliers attended the first
ageing population with fewer session.
young people joining theKingfisher Modern Slavery Act 12
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effectiveness of Top five non-conformances
by category (%)
measures: supplier
audit results
We aim to drive up ethical Audit results 56%
standards in our supply During 1st February 2017
chain through our supplier – 31st January 2019, our
engagement and ethical buying offices identified 54 Health, safety & hygiene
audits (see Due diligence production sites that did not
processes). We monitor comply with our minimum 14%
the effectiveness of our standards (i.e. they achieved
ethical audit programme for a business critical grade).
production sites supplying We were able to work with Working hours
goods for resale using 52 of these sites to resolve
a number of indicators. the non-conformances. One 11%
These include: factory was discontinued
for business reasons. The
—— Percentage of sites remaining factory has Wages & benefits
according to audit grades submitted corrective actions
(see pie chart) which are pending auditor 7%
approval.
—— Number of sites that
failed to comply with our During 2018/19, ethical Environment
minimum standards and audits identified 21 non-
the number of these which conformances under the 6%
7%
have been remedied (see heading ‘employment is freely
Audit results) chosen’. These included Management systems
three cases of employers
—— Top non-conformances illegally withholding worker
6%
7%
identified by category (see passports, see In practice:
bar chart) audit examples. There were
two instances of employers Other
As we roll out the EcoVadis withholding wage payments
assessment to our GNFR to workers which were The majority of non-conformances
suppliers, we will develop resolved. relate to health and safety, which
include fire safety issues such as
performance measures provision of fire extinguishers. Other
and will report our progress common non-conformances include
next year. working hours, wages and benefits,
and environmental management.
The % of non-conformances in the
chart are from ethical audits carried
out in the past two years (2017/18 and
2018/19). The data covers production
sites registered so far on Sedex.Kingfisher Modern Slavery Act 13
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Supplier production sites
by grade (%)
Grade 1 Audit grades The chart shows the audit
Grade 2 We allocate grades based grades for the production
Grade 3 6% 4% on the results of the most sites that have had an audit
Grade 4 recent ethical audit that in the past two years.1 It
Grade 5
5% has been carried out in the includes the results from the
Grade Business past two years. The grades latest full audit at each site.
Critical 4% are based on the number of It therefore does not reflect
non-conformances identified any corrective actions taken
during the audit: grade 1 or results from follow up
(no non-conformances); audits.2 We work with sites
grade 2 (some observations); graded as business critical to
grade 3 (minor non- resolve the issues (see Audit
conformances); grade 4 (1-3 results). During 2019, we plan
major non-conformances); to review how we monitor
grade 5 (4 or more major and work with suppliers to
non-conformances or 1-3 improve factory performance
critical non-conformances); grades over time.
24% and business critical grade
(business critical non-
conformances or 4 or more
critical non-conformances).
Over time, we aim for
our suppliers to improve
performance and require
suppliers with low grades
(grade 4, 5 and business
57% critical) to have an annual
re-audit. Other suppliers are 1 A total of 995 production sites had
an audit in the past two years. The
re-audited within two years. chart shows audit grades for 978
of these production sites. We are
We follow up with suppliers unable to report audit grades for 17
of the sites audited. This is because
to ensure the most serious
their Sedex membership has
issues are remediated. As expired and therefore the grades
a last resort, we cease to were not available to download
trade with factories if they from Sedex when our end of year
reports were generated.
don’t work with us to address 2 The previous year, we reported
business critical issues. grades for the latest audit, including
partial and follow up audits, and
therefore the figures for 2018/19
are not directly comparable with
those reported for 2017/18.Kingfisher Modern Slavery Act 14
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employee training
and awareness
We are working to build We conducted refresher
In practice: audit examples awareness of modern training for our Group
slavery and ethical sourcing Purchasing Team during 2018
issues among employees, on modern slavery covering
particularly those responsible identifying risks and engaging
Withholding passports In Taiwan and Malaysia Inadequate fire exits for overseeing our modern suppliers. The team also
we stopped orders to the slavery due diligence as attended a sustainability
During 2018, as part of factories while we worked Most non-compliances we well as buyers of products training session which
our ethical compliance with them to resolve the identify are due to factories and services. We are covered our approach to
programme, we identified issue. In Malaysia, the factory failing to implement adequate incorporating awareness ethical sourcing.
three cases of employers contacted its workers, giving health and safety measures. of modern slavery into our
withholding the passports them the option to leave During 2018, for example, Code of Conduct training. Our buying offices carry
of migrant workers. The their passports voluntarily in an audit at a factory in This includes an e-learning out training for appropriate
production sites were a designated secure facility, China supplying wooden module that all employees employees on ethical
located in Malaysia, Taiwan accessible at any time. It flooring found that one of will be required to complete sourcing, which includes
and the United Arab obtained written consent the warehouse buildings only in 2019 and more detailed modern slavery. In 2018,
Emirates. We worked with for all the passports stored had one exit and therefore face to face training sessions this included training 339
these suppliers to ensure in the facility and returned did not meet our standards for colleagues in higher employees in our offices in
that clear processes are in passports to any workers on provision of fire exits. We risk roles. Shanghai, Hong Kong and
place to safeguard worker who did not want to use contacted the supplier and Vietnam on topics including
rights and to ensure that the service. The factory following our request they It’s particularly important our sustainable growth plan,
documents are only held in Taiwan returned all installed a new fire exit and that our procurement teams our CSR Watch reporting
if the workers specifically passports to its workers. updated their evacuation are able to spot warning tool (see page 7) and
request and consent to this plans. This was confirmed signs of modern slavery environmental challenges in
on a voluntary basis, for We verified that the new with a follow up visit. and also understand the the supply chain.
example for safekeeping. procedures had been potential impact of our
implemented through follow actions on workers in our
In the United Arab Emirates, up audits. supply chain. For example,
we engaged with the factory employees should avoid
management to implement a unrealistic delivery schedules
new consent form procedure. that could encourage
This gave workers the excessive overtime.
option to keep documents
themselves or to store their
passports with the factory
in a secure, fire proof facility,
which is accessible at
any time.Kingfisher Modern Slavery Act 15
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future plans transparency entities covered
statement by this statement
approval
We are committed
Through our Modern Slavery This Transparency Statement This statement covers
Working Group, we will was approved in May 2019 by Kingfisher plc and all its
continue to identify risks and the Boards of Directors of subsidiary undertakings.
implement due diligence to Kingfisher plc, B&Q plc, B&Q This includes the following
help tackle modern slavery.
Over the next two years, our
key priorities are to:
Properties Ltd, Kingfisher
Information Technology
Services (UK) Limited,
UK subsidiaries with a
turnover of £36 million
or above:
to working with
—— Roll out ethical audits to all
our high-risk production sites
Kingfisher International
Products Limited and
Screwfix Direct Limited.
—— B&Q plc our suppliers and
partners to play our
of finished goods; —— B&Q Properties Ltd
It is signed by the Kingfisher
—— Review how we monitor Chief Executive Officer who —— Kingfisher International
and work with suppliers is also a member of the Board Products Limited
to improve factory
performance grades;
of Directors.
Véronique Laury
—— Kingfisher Information
Technology Services (UK)
part in stamping out
—— Further develop and roll
out our modern slavery and
ethical sourcing training
Chief Executive Officer
10 June 2019
Limited
—— Screwfix Direct Limited
modern slavery.
programmes, including
incorporating modern
slavery into our Code of
Conduct training;
—— Continue to develop
our modern slavery due
diligence programme for
our goods and services
not for resale (GNFR) –
using the findings from our
first audits;
—— Onboard our key GNFR See our Sustainability
suppliers onto the EcoVadis Report (kingfisher.com/
assessment platform. SustainabilityReporting)
for further details of our
progress, including our
report on progress against
the principles of the United
Nations Global Compact.You can also read
