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MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT 2022
Lowes Manhattan Pty Ltd Modern Slavery | 1
AUSTRALIAN ICON
SINCE 1898
MANAGING DIRECTOR Mrs Linda Penn
DIRECTOR Mr Jeffrey Mueller
SENIOR LEADERSHIP
MANAGING DIRECTOR / CEO MRS LINDA PENN
This Document is approved by the
principal governing body of the Chief Advisor Lucy Gibson
entity Mrs Linda Penn set out in Chief Advisor Sarann Ryan
the Modern Slavery 2018 (the Act)
as per section 31(2). Chief Financial Officer Jim Kondonis
Head of People Jason Heap
MRS LINDA PENN Head of Merchandise Michael Manios
CEO/ MANAGING DIRECTOR Head of Property David Johnston
LOWES PANEL FOR MODERN
SLAVERY COMPLIANCE
Chief Advisor Sarann Ryan
Head of School-wear Timothy Bryant
Head of People Jason Heap
Head of Merchandise Michael Manios
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT
COMMITTEE
Team Leader Tim Zhu
Chief Advisor Sarann Ryan
Head of School-wear Timothy Bryant
Buyer Menswear Don Phrachanh
Buyer School-wear Rebecca Burger
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CONTENTS
Identify the reporting entity ENTITY
3 Directors | Leadership
6 Modern Slavery statement
8 Reporting entity
Describe the structure, 9 Structure | Turnover
operations and supply
chains
10 Mens Finance company
STRUCTURE | OPERATIONS
11 Supply Chains
14 Our store locations
16 Our Brands
18 Lowes school uniforms
Describe the risks of modern RISK
slavery practices in the
operations
and supply chains 25 Identifying, Mitigating & Remediating risk
of Modern Slavery
The reporting entity
consulted on its statement 27 Consultation with controlled entities
with any entities it owns or
controls 28 List of suppliers and risk
Describe what actions the ACTIONS
reporting entity is taking to
assess and address the risks 30 Addressing Modern Slavery | Timelines
of modern slavery
practices occurring
32 Continuous Improvement | Lowes Panel
33 Waste management
35 Lowes Gateway process
37 Apparel development process
38 Audit schedule
39 2022 commitments
Include information that
you think is relevant, but
that is not covered by the
other six mandatory criteria
ANNEXURE
40 Lowes whistle-blower policy
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LOWES MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT
As a leader in the retail industry, Lowes takes its Lowes staff members conduct inspections of the Lowes’ goal is to only engage suppliers who Lowes will not source from a manufacturer who
ethical and social responsibilities seriously. We are facilities and working conditions for all suppliers operate under acceptable human rights conditions fails one of these annual audits.
committed to upholding human rights and fair in the countries we source from. and protect workers’ human rights. To monitor this,
Lowes seeks to form close, long-term
working conditions and ensure that our suppliers every supplier is subject to an independent audit
Additional to this, Lowes has engaged third relationships with its providers to better enable
adhere to our legal, moral and ethical standards on an annual basis. Audits conducted under the
party provider ‘Intertek’ whom is a globally us to ensure that these guidelines are enacted.
that are governed by the 2018 Modern Slavery Business Social Compliance initiative (BSCI) which
recognised leader in governance and assurance
Act. is an initiative of the Foreign Trade Association This statement is made pursuant to section 11 (2)
to conduct Audits of our factories and validation
(FTA) are an example. of the Modern Slavery Act 2018 and constitutes
We ensure that all products we purchase come on previously obtained aduit assessments.
the Lowes – Manhattan Pty Ltd’s slavery and
from ethical sources and that we, by association or
Lowes will not accept, under any circumstances, human trafficking statement for the financial year
otherwise, are not party to any illegal or unethical
any of the following practices from the suppliers The audit covers the following areas. ending 2021and was approved by the CEO on 30 th
manufacturing practices.
we deal with: of November 2021 .
• Producer’s background
We have a range of measures in place that
form our responsible sourcing guidelines. All • Management practice
employees of Lowes, or agents working for Lowes, • Child labour SIGNED: MRS LINDA PENN
• Health and social facilities
must always comply with these guidelines. They • Unsafe working conditions
must ensure that any supplier, either local or • Occupational Health and Safety
offshore, must always fully comply. • Illegal conduct
• Dormitories (if applicable)
The following represents the minimum • Corruption
• Environment
requirements Lowes requires in regards to all our • Excessive work hours
• Documentation
suppliers.
• Discrimination
• Working hours
All suppliers, either local or offshore, must comply
• Forced labour of any kind
with all laws, regulations, building codes, and • Compensation
industrial regulations of the country or countries • Denial of the right of freedom of association
• Child labour
in which they operate, always. and of collective bargaining.
• Young Workers
Every factory that produces garments for Lowes • Inhumane treatment
must provide Lowes or its agents with their • Forced labour
annual compliance certificate. • Disciplinary measures
Work conducted for Lowes cannot be • Prison labour
subcontracted to another supplier. To ensure
this every production run is checked both during • Freedom of association
manufacturing and at the time of shipping • Collective bargaining
to ensure compliance as part of our quality
• Discrimination/harassment and abuse
assurance process.
• Working conditions.
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REPORTING ENTITY OUR STRUCTURE
ENTITY: LOWES - MANHATTAN PTY LTD QUICK STATS
ABN: 31 000 307 666
Lowes is a leading Australian menswear, young Today, Lowes continues to offer the public a range EMPLOYEES : 1219 Lowes has a combination of employees comprising of store staff
menswear and schoolwear retail chain offering of well-made clothing at affordable prices. Lowes SENIOR LEADERSHIP 7 both permanent, part- time and casual and head office support.
well-made clothing at affordable prices. has expanded from its traditional offering of EXECUTIVE EMPLOYEES 51
menswear and business wear to offer a full range The head office support has two separate divisions Menswear
As a family-owned business, Lowes is part of a STORE EMPLOYEES 1161
and Schoolwear. With field support comprising of Area and State
of school wear, menswear, sportswear, active wear,
small but elite group of companies, which have
footwear and work wear. Managers for the store network and Account Managers for the
been in business for 123 years and still 100%
STORES 190 school network.
Australian owned. Lowes Annual turnover ranges between 260
NSW 518
Million and 240 million with on average six million Lowes is a 100% Australian family owned company and has always
For over a century, the company has been built QLD 268
transactions per year. had a family feel to its culture, this is shown in how many of its staff
on integrity, forward planning and financial VIC 122 have been employed for 10, 20, 30 or 52 and counting years. But it’s
success. Today, with 190 stores nationwide, it
WA 62 also shown in how our staff view Lowes as an employer. Lowes has
continues to expand steadily as it has for many
SA 38 won “Retail Employer of the Year” in the large employer category for
years.
TAS 9 3 years running. This award is voted on by the employees of Lowes.
In a brand conscious society, while many ACT 26 Lowes values its employees and works hard to ensure that we are an
Anual turnover
outfitters have paid dearly to charge more for employer of choice with fairness at the heart of everything we do.
NT 15
a somewhat pretentious, upmarket image,
Lowes have maintained a simple, down to
$258,090,000.00
earth integrity in the way they have conducted SCHOOLS: 727
business for over a century. Since it was founded
in 1898, it has grown from a traditional “value ONLINE ONLY 2
for money” menswear store to become a well- NSW 435
known Australian icon in its own right. ACT 56
Transactions QLD 93
SA 20
5,800,000
WA 47
VIC 67
TAS 6
NT 1
SUPPLIERS: 219
HEAD OFFICE See pg 24
HEAD OFFICE: 240 Princes Highway Arncliffe 2205
Lowes “Retail employer
SUPPLYCHAIN | FREIGHT
State Office QLD Unit 2/56-58 Burchill St Loganhome 4129 3PL’s 1
ROAD FREIGHT 3
of the Year”
State Office VIC Unit 29/350 Settlement Rd Thomastown 3074
FREIGHT FORWARD 1
State Office WA Unit 3/3 Brennan way Belmont West 6104 CALL CENTRE 1
3 consecutive years!
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SUPPLY CHAINS OUTSOURCED LOGISTICS
MENSWEAR FINANCE COMPANY (MFC) 5.5 MILLION UNITS
PER ANNUM
ZERO | EZYWAY SERVICING
MENSWEAR FINANCE COMPANY (MFC) SCHOOLWEAR
ABN: 21002677778 & MENSWEAR
FROM IWS MINTO
MFC is a wholly owned entity that provides an LOCATION
in-store finance card for customers of Lowes TO OUR STORE
menswear operating under the business name NET WORK
“Lowes Zero”. Its operates out of Lowes Menswear
Arncliffe Head office and provides services solely
for Lowes Menswear.
* image of our 3PL Minto I WS.
ACTIVE USERS: 142,534
AVERAGE APPLICATIONS PER YEAR: 19,069
Established in the early 1950’s by Hans Mueller as
one of the first credit providers in Australia, his
mantra ‘pay as you wear’ was an instant success,
it was relaunched in 2016 under the new product
‘ZERO’ managed by ezyway.
3PL INDEPENDENT WAREHOUSE SOLUTIONS
LOCATION: SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA
The Lowes credit facility is highly
compliant and governed by responsible ABN: 51 611 960 297
lending criteria, Lowes adheres to the
strict NCCP legislation to maintain its
IWS is a Sydney-based third-party logistics (3PL) services company
credit lending license.
committed to consistent and continuous improvement within the
warehousing and distribution operations industry.
Extensive range of value-add services at 3 Western Sydney facilities with
over 21,000 sqm, Wetherill Park, Kemps creek, and a dedicated site exclusive
The Zero card
for Lowes, located at Minto consitising of 11, 000 Sqm.
Implementing best practices throughout supply chain, state of the art
technological EDI solutions and system integration promotes efficiency and
represents 9% of accuracy and reduces manual handling and cost.
Employing 40 permanent employees and 70 casual staff. All non exceutive
Lowes sales employees are coveded by the Australian award scheme.
Two Lowes employees are permanently situated at the Minto facility
working in collaboration with the IWS team.
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SUPPLY CHAINS OUTSOURCED LOGISTICS
FRIEGHT DEAN WORLD CARGO 4PL CALL CENTRE BDE GROUP
LOCATION: PORT MELBOURNE LOCATION: FIJI
ABN: 794 399 118 49 ABN 68 601 293 403
14 agents
DEAN World Cargo consists of 24 staff located in our head office in Port 83,198 inbound calls from Australia per Annually
Melbourne, we handle all operational and customer functions Australia wide
140,969 outbound calls from Fiji Annually
from a centralised office (we have just hired a full time senior customer
service executive in Sydney, hence we will be officially branding as another The call center assist in taking calls for the ZERO card, customer
branch in Sydney in 2022) care for our online division and service our head office switch.
DEAN World Cargo is a proudly 100% Australian owned business that has BDE supply telephone system, IT Development, Applications
been operating for almost 40 years ,established in1983. Some of our key software, Provide Australian support and management of
values consist of respect, integrity and a commitment to the community outsourcing to Greymouse in Fiji .
locally and abroad hence we take our responsibilities on ensuring that our Lowes staff inspect the working conditions in Fiji 4 times per year
supply chain via our strategic partners abroad do not condone or support in to ensure working conditions and standards.
anyway modern slavery.
BDE has star rating in Fiji with their employees getting paid 10-
Modern slavery and child labor are crimes and violations of fundamental 15% above award.
human rights. They take various forms , such as slavery, servitude, forced and
compulsory labor and human trafficking. The call center also has a drop off policy where all staff are driven
home after their shift or a taxi is provided.
DEAN World Cargo and our partners have a zero-tolerance approach to
modern slavery and we are committed to acting ethically and with integrity A Security guard stands watch after 6.00pm every day and
in all our business dealings protecting those most vulnerable in the global monitors all activity.
supply chain. All staff have a Rostered Day off and have the 10 day sick leave per
Providing services for over 300 clients, Handling freight to and from 6 year as well as 4 weeks annual leave.
continents across over 100 ports globally, our largest trade lanes are that Greymouse is an equal opportunity employer and employs
of China, South East Asia, Sub continent and the USA. With the main ports indigenous Fijians, Fijian Indians and other nationalities.
shipped from being in mainland China Shanghai, Qingdao, Ningbo to name
BDE have escalation procedures to raise any workplace issues.
a few with Ho Chi Minh, Jakarta and Port Klang being major trade ports
in South East Asia. Chittagong and Nhava Sheva in Bangladesh and India
respectively are growing tradelanes.
Servicing approx 20,000 TEU per annum handling 500 TEU for Lowes
TOLL
See Tolls Modern Slavery statement
https://www.tollgroup.com/about/policies-procedures/
modern-slavery-act-statement
AUSPOST | STARTRACK
See Australia Post Modern Slavery statement
https://auspost.com.au/content/dam/auspost_corp/media/
* image of our fijian call centre in Suva, Viti levu.
documents/publications/2019-australia-post-annual-report.pdf
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OUR STORE LOCATIONS
‘Lowes has 190
Airport West Cranbourne Park Lilydale Merrylands Salamander Bay
Albury Dalby Lismore Midland Gate Savvy Tuggeranong
Armadale WA Dapto Mildura Seven Hills
stores nation
Lithgow
Armidale Darwin Liverpool Minto Shellharbour
Arndale SA Dubbo Loganholme Miranda Shepparton
Ballarat Central
Ballina
East Hills Girls High School
On Campus
Elanora
Macarthur
Macdonalds Jamison wide!’ Mirrabooka
Morayfield
Singleton
Southport
Bankstown Mackay Morwell Springfield
Elizabeth
Bateau Bay Macquarie Mt Druitt St Joseph’s On Campus
2
Ellenbrook Shop
Batemans Bay Maddington Mt Gambier
Erina St Marys
Bathurst Maitland Mt Gravatt
Fairfield Stafford
Beenleigh Mandurah Mt Pleasant
Figtree Strathpine
Belconnen Maroochydore Murray Bridge
Forster Taigum
Belmont Marrickville Muswellbrook
Fountain Gate Tamworth
Belmont WA Maryborough Narellan
Glendale Taree
Bendigo Lansell Square Melton Newcastle
6
Glenorchy Tea Tree
Bendigo Marketplace Menai Noosa
Gosford Toombul
Blacktown Normanhurst Campus
Goulburn Shop Toormina
Booval
Grafton North Lakes Top Ryde
Brimbank
Grand Central Northland Townsville
Brisbane
3
Green Hills Nowra Tuggerah
Broadmeadows
Griffith Oakleigh Tuggeranong
Browns Plains
Gungahlin Ocean Keys Tweed City
Bundaberg
Gympie Orange Victoria Point
51
Burwood Plaza
Head Office Pagewood Wagga Wagga
Cairns Central
Helensvale Palmerston Warrawong
Cairns Earlville
Hervey Bay Parabanks Warriewood
Cairns Smithfield
Highpoint Parramatta Warringah Mall
Caloundra
Hornsby Penrith Warrnambool
Campbelltown
Horsham Perth Modern School On Warwick
Campsie Campus
81
Hurstville Waverley Gardens
Capalaba Park Plenty Valley
Inala Plaza Werribee
Carindale
Carlingford
Ingle Farm 11 Port Macquarie
Queanbeyan
West Lakes
9
Jesmond Wetherill Park School
Castle Plaza Raymond Terrace Uniforms
Joondalup
Castle Towers Redbank Wollongong
Kardinya Park
Castletown Richmond Woodcrest State college
Karingal Hub
Centenary Riverlink Woodridge
Kawana
Cessnock
28
Robina Woy Woy
Kingaroy
Charlestown Rockdale Wynnum
Kippa-Ring
Chermside Rockhampton Yeppoon
Kirwan
Clifford Gardens Rockingham
Knox
Coffs Harbour Roselands
Kotara
Colonnades Rosny Park
Lake Haven
2
Coomera Rouse Hill
Leichhardt
Corio Runaway Bay
15
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COUGARS QUIK DRY
LOOP FOLD LABEL
OUR BRANDS
**Design and artwork is intellectual property
of First Choice Distributors Pty Ltd.
OUR CATEGORIES APPAREL TYPES
Lowes
Shirts
Big Mens
Lowes Kidswear Tops
Work-wear T-Shirts
Baby @ Lowes Unisex Tanks
Polos
Pets @Lowes Hawaiian
Outdoor-wear
Vests
ACTUAL SIZE :
DBK Formal Wear
Blazers
Shorts
COUGARS School-wear Trousers
Jeans
Sportswear A P PA R E L
Elliott’s Chinos
Swimwear Overalls
Gumarra Matchy Matchy Suits
Traders Business Wear Work Boots
Training Shoes
Underwear Socks & PJ’s
Prodigy Socks
Shoes & Accessories Jackets POLYESTER
Manhattan Baby-wear Jumpers
WARM MACHINE WASH
WITH LIKE COLOURS
DO NOT BLEACH
Hats DO NOT SOAK
Iconic Soul Dog Wear DO NOT RUB
Business shirts LINE DRY ROBERT HUNTLEY
WARM TUMBLE DRY COLLECTION
Home & Gifts DO NOT IRON TRIM OR
Beare & Ley Underwear Socks & PJ’s
Rashies
PRINTS
COOL IRON ON REVERSE
DO NOT DRY CLEAN X
Botany Bay Traders Swimwear
Towels
Robert Huntley Tunics
Skorts
Riley Adams Blouses
Womens Business Skirts ESSENTIALS
Outer Peak Sports Representive
BY LOWES
Anglers Edge Leavers bespoke tshirts / jersey MAIN LABEL COLOURS
Traders 308 DISTINCTIVE
PROCESS BLACK
Perizzi CYAN NAVY GREY
SCUBA BLUE-
Maxsport EXCLUSIVE TO LOWES
PANTONE 16-4725 TPX
Street
OPTICAL WHITE
Woven Label Design
Baby at Lowes
Swing Tag Design
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“LOWES PROVIDING A PREMIUM CONVENIENCE TO ‘THE GREATEST RISK OF WASTE IS
LOCAL SCHOOL COMMUNITIES ALL OVER AUSTRALIA, TRANSITIONING UNIFORMS, OUR
SELLING TO SCHOOLS FOR OVER 100 YEARS!” CONTRACTS UPHOLD A
BI-LATERAL WASTE MANAGEMENT
AGREEMENT THAT SHARES EQUAL
RESPONSIBILITY BETWEEN RETAILER
AND THE SCHOOL ‘
LIST OF SCHOOLS
LOWES SCHOOLS
Georges River College Marist College - Kogarah Masada College
St Mary Mackillop College Carlingford High School Homebush Boys High
Perth Modern High School Freeman Catholic College St Aloysius
St Clare's College Ellenbrook Secondary Pascoe Vale Girls College
Lowes Schoolwear is the largest provider of school Lowes Schoolwear has qualified under these
St Patricks College Sutherland Casimir College Years 7-10 Glenala State High School
uniforms around Australia. As part of the process in arrangements based on our experience and
securing and retaining business Lowes participates performance with initiatives in place to ensure Wollondilly Anglican College Y Strathfield Girls High Oran Park High School
in Tenders for schools and request for Tenders compliance and continual improvement, with the Patrician Bros Fairfield Magdalene Catholic High School Caroline Chisholm Glenmore Par
with procurement departments, including various following governing bodies. Cardijn College Nowra High School Mackay North State High School
religious archdiocese and state governments Mccarthy College Tamworth East Hills Girls High School Henry Kendall High
Queensland Government DETSOA 78764 Standing
around Australia. Lowes submissions are Arthur Phillip High School Karabar High North Sydney Girls High School
Offer of Arrangement for provision of school
required to satisfy criteria as set out in the tender
uniforms and accessories Waverley Christian College Campbelltown Performing Arts Springfield Central State Scho
documentation with past performance taken John Therry Catholic High Port Hacking High School Junio Asquith Boys High Yr 7- 8
into consideration. Successful candidates must Western Australian Government ED19088 Supply
Cherrybrook Technology H/S Telopea Park School Hunter Sports Hs Gateshea
provide evidence and satisfy contractual terms and of School Uniforms and Specialty School Apparel –
Panel Marist Sisters College Woolwic John The Baptist Ps Gympie High School
conditions during tenure. Terms and conditions
are established to not only serve community Lilydale High School Normanhurst Boys High School Hunter River High
Catholic Education Department, Parramatta
expectations, but to satisfy requirements with Archdiocese -Uniform Supply panel of preferred
Emmaus College Tomaree High School Lisarow High School
applicable regulations or regulatory frameworks. suppliers St. Patrick's Marist College D Gladstone Park Secondary Colle Terrigal High School
Ryde Secondary College Sydney Technical High St. Pauls High School - Yrs 7-
Lowes is and has been in contact with schools Catholic Education Department, Wollongong
facilitating the supply of uniforms for over half Aquinas College Figtree High School Tamworth High
Uniform Supply panel of preferred suppliers
a century. In recent times the move to centralise Cronulla High School Burwood Girls Harrison School
procurement for various groups has resulted Sydney Catholic Schools -Uniform Supply panel of St. John's High Nowra Oxley High Tamworth Good Shepherd Plumpton
in supplier qualifying under overreaching preferred suppliers Epping Secondary College St John Bosco High College Eng Champagnat Catholic College
arrangements to ensure adherence and compliance Note: Lowes at present have submitted Endeavour Sports High School Camden High School Tempe High School
with but not limited to, practices regarding, applications Requesting for Tender with ACT and Hume Central Secondary Collage Xavier High School Oak Flats High School
labour regulations, ethical employment practices, SA Government. Woodcrest State College Murrumbidgee Regional High Sch Rosehill Secondary College
environmental impacts and Workplace health and
Additionally, Lowes is currently tenured with Saint John Paul Ii College Kirwan State High School Mary Immaculate Ps Boss Park
safety.
various schools under Department of Education Maronite College Mernda Primary Lara Secondary College
NSW, ACT, Victoria And Tasmania contracts. Blakehurst High School All Saints College Bethlehem College
La Salle College Bankstown Holy Family Primary Menai Amaroo School
Oran Park Public Hornsby Girls High School Rutherford Public School
Mount St Joseph Secondary Scho Keira High Wagga Wagga Christian College
St Marys College Ipswich Macquarie Fields High School St Justins Primary
Kildare Catholic College Callaghan Waratah Campus Coburg High
Kalamunda Senior High School Jubliee Primary School Manning Valley Ac Yrs 3-6
Richard Johnson Anglican Yrs 1 Singleton High School Jerrabomberra Public School
St Francis Xavier College Wamberal Public Crusoe College
Illawarra Sports High School Bossley Park High School St Catherine Of Siena Preston
Lavalla Catholic Colleg Tlsc - Tumbi Umbi Campus Ambarvale High School
Phoenix College De La Salle Revesby St. Therese's Primary New Lamb
St Joseph College Kotara High School Randwick Boys High School
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St Marys Primary Ipswich Aveley North Public St Carthage's School Lismore St Paul's Camden Primary Queanbeyan High School Neville Bonner Primary School
Holy Spirit Primary Nicholls Kingsgrove High School St Mary & Josephne Primary Sch Mary Immaculate Ps Eaglevale St Francis Of Assisi Primary St. Patricks Ps Blacktown
Mount Stromlo High School Kogarah High School St Mary's Primary Sch Casino St John's Catholic Primary Sch Coolamon Central School Lismore High School
Rose Bay High School Erina High School All Saints Senior Catholic Hig Griffith North Public School Picnic Point Hs Secret Harbour Primary School
White Friars Catholic School St Therese Ps Mascot Kincumber High School Melba Copland Secondary Sch St Michaels Ps Tralalgon Beverly Hills North Public Sch
St Keiran Catholic Primary Northern Beaches State High School Strathfield South High Red Cliff Secondary College Woolooware High School St Marys Primary Dubbo
De La Salle Boys College Ashfi Irrawang High School Gungahlin College Holy Cross Ps Trinity Park St Josephs Merewether St Ann's School
Springfield Lakes State School Gold Creek School Aveley Primary School Saint Helena's Catholic Primar Bellingen High School St Mary's Primary Rydalmere
Spring Farm Public School Emmaus Christian School Peel High School Tamworth St Michaels Nelson Bay Heathcote High School All Saints Ps Liverpool
Glendale High St Pius Primary School, Banyo Yarra Hills Secondary College Surveyors Creek Public School St Joseph's Ps Warrnambool Runcorn Heights State School
The Hills Sports Snr St. Mary's Ps Warners Bay Tamworth Public School Kurnai College Orange High School Arbor Grove Primary
Albury High School Tlsc - The Entrance Campus Merrylands High School Helensvale State School St. Aidan's Primary Rooty Hill Ellen Stirling Primary School
De La Salle College Caringbah Stella Maris Catholic Primary North Bundaberg State High Sch West Lakes Shore School R-7 St Anthony's Ps Wanniassa Chifley College - Bidwill
Asquith Girls' High School St Josephs Moorebank Mount Annan High Coorparoo Secondary College Lake Gwelup Primary School St Johns Primary Dubbo
Sacred Heart Ps Booval Thuringowa State High St Joseph East Maitland Thomas Reddall High St. Michaels Nowra Howrah Primary School
Canterbury Girls High Salisbury High School Heatley Secondary College Kingaroy State High School Belmore Boys High Upper Yarra Secondary College
Immaculate Heart College Maitland Christian School Wagga Wagga Lutheran School Dubbo Public Clontarf Beach State School St. Therese Ps West Wollongong
Our Lady Of The Rosary F'field Carlton Public James Fallon High School Hamilton South Public St Patricks Primary Griffith St Josephs Primary Tweed Heads
Camden South Public Richard Johnson Anglican Yrs 7 Warnervale Public School Good Shepherd Catholic School Malvern Springs Primary School Pearsall Primary School
Wheelers Hill Secondary College Putney Public School Our Lady Of Rosary Ps Kensing Orara High Coffs Harbour Kanwal Public Border Christian College
St Thereses Ps Bentley Pk Marrickville High School St Marys Star Of The Sea Hurst St Martha's Primary Strathfiel Richmond River High
Ashfield Boys High Singleton Public School Timboon P-12 School Minchinbury Public
Bethany Primary - Glenmore Par Our Lady Of Mercy College Burr Good Shepherd Ps Hoxton Pk
Dapto Public School Glenroy College
Kooringal High Camira State School
St Andrews Christian College
Blacktown Boys High
Belconnen High School
Good Shepherd Primary Amaroo
Thornton Public School
Sarah Redfern High School
West Wallsend High
Canberra High School
Wyong High School
St Gregorys Primary
De La Salle Senior College Cro
Ballarat High School
Mother Teresa Primary School
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St. John's Ps Campbelltown Currajong State School Holy Spirit Ps Lavington Gwynneville Public Our Lady Of The Rosary Waitara Wyrallah Road Public
Our Lady Of The Rosary St Mary Horsham West & Haven Primary Rainbow Street Public School St Josephs Primary Kilaben Bay Woori Yallock Primary School West Goulburn Public School
St. Benedict's Primary Edgewor Arkana College Kingsgrove Sarah Redfern Public St Laurence's Dubbo Calare Public School Lyneham Primary School
St Patrick's Parish Ps Albury St Anne's Ps Nth Albury Highfields Prep & Kindy School Gymea Technology High School Eaglehawk North Primary Meadows Primary School
Hillarys Primary School Nambucca Heads High School Sacred Heart Primary School Canley Vale Public St Matthew's Primary School Nanango State High School
Edney Primary School Elermore Vale Public School St.josephs Primary Oatley Lake Albert Public School St Benedict's Primary School Our Lady Of The Assumption, En
Butler Primary School James Cook Boys Technology Hig Our Lady Of The Way Ps Emu Pla St. Anthonys Primary Marsfield Sir Joseph Banks Holy Trinity Primary Wagga
Nazareth Catholic Primary Unanderra Public William Ross State High School Turner Primary School East Hills Boys Kelso Public
Matraville Sports High St. Nicholas Primary Tamworth Bathurst Public School St.pius X School Unanderra Galilee Catholic St Mels Primary Campsie
Jones Hill State Primary Schoo St James Primary Belair Public School Merriwa Primary Fairview Heights State School Catherine Mcauley
Mount Clear College Our Lady Help Of Christian Ear Merewether Heights Public St. Cecilia's Ps Wyong Findon Primary School East Griffith Public
St Pauls Ps Gateshead Mortdale Public School The Hills Sports H/S Jnr Fitzgerald State School St Dominics Ps Broadmeadows Corpus Christi Ps St Ives
Canterbury Boys High Mary Help Of Christians Toormi Moana Primary School St Edward's Primary Tamworth Barraba Central School Balga Primary School
Ramsgate Public School Holy Family Catholic Ingleburn Calvary Lutheran School Pitt Town Public Chifley College - Dunheved Cam Kooringal Public School
Heritage Christian School K-5 Delacombe Primary School Taree High School Woodmans Hill Campus Ngunnawal Primary School St Vincent's Primary School
Melrose High School Brandon Park Primary Cronulla Public School St Gerard's Primary School Aberdeen Public School Mcauley Primary School
St Josephs Ps Bulli Canobolas Rural Techology Hig Rosetta Primary School Golden Square Primary School Aldridge State High School Southern Montessori School
Queen Of Apostles Primary Scho Great Lakes College Grahamstown Public School Yale Primary School St John Vianney Ps Morisset Taree West Public School
St. Thomas More School St Gertrudes Smithfield St Vincent De Paul Ps Hendon Primary School Orange Public School Townsville Central State Schoo
Pioneer State High School Gooseberry Hill Ps Durack State School St Peters Primary Stockton Keilor Heights Primary Blair State School
St Brendan's Ps Bankstown Trinity Ps Kemps Creek Figtree Heights Public School Mount Austin High School Rasmussen State School St Marys District School
St Mary's Catholic School Belmont High Maida Vale Primary School Leda Primary School Moonee Ponds West Primary Sch St John The Apostle Primary
Kanahooka High School Campsie Public School Horsham Primary School Vincentia Public St. Therese's Ps Denistone St Mary Magdalene's School
Werrington County Public Schoo Westdale Public School Mildura West Primary School Kingsford Smith School Ipswich East State School St Josephs Rockdale
Holy Family Primary School New Town Primary School St. Declans Primary St Margaret Mary's Primary Sch Penola College Buy Back Branyan Road State School
St.luke's Ps Revesby Mackillop College Bathurst Cambridge Park High Palmerston Primary School Richard Johnson Anglican Schoo St. John's Ps Lambton
Anne Hamersley Primary School St Francis Xavier Ps Ashbury Kingsgrove Public School St. Joachim Ps Lidcombe Sans Souci Public Queanbeyan East Primary
Our Lady Of Mt Carmel Primary Colyton Public School St Joseph's School, Nundah Bucasia State School Maddington East Ps Richmond Primary School
Beaconsfield State School St Brigid's College St Anthonys Primary Clovelly Mundingburra State School Chatham High St. Felix Ps Bankstown
St Patricks Primary Wallsend Bohlevale State School Hughes Primary St Brigids Primary Gwynneville Golden Square Primary Red Hill Public School
Woongarah Public School Holy Spirit Carnes Hill Granville South Creative & Per Queanbeyan West Primary School Kennington Primary School North Parmelia Primary School
St. Francis Xavier Ps Arncliff St Thomas Aquinas Primary Serviceton South State School Nareena Hills Public School Quarry Hill Primary St. Raphaels Primary
Oxley Vale Primary School Lindisfarne Primary School St. Christophers Primary Panan St. John Vianney Doonside Nulkaba Public School Mabel Park State School
Moorefield Girls High School St. Patrick's College Mackay Avondale Primary School Grafton Public School Penola Catholic College Holy Family Emerton
J J Cahill High School Warwick West State School St. Marys Primary Georges Hall Queanbeyan South Primary Sch Albury Public School Raglan Public
Palmerston Chrstian College Pleasant Heights Public Our Lady Queen Of Peace Quinns Rocks Primary School Murray High School Bambara Primary School
West Tamworth Public Emmaus Catholic Primary School Irrawang Public School Bethel Christian School Mt Dru Tomaree Public School Heatley State School
Playford College Our Lady Of Annunciation Ps Churchill State School Arncliffe Public School Goodna State School Caroll College
St Joseph's Kingswood Our Lady Help Of Christian Ros Mountview High Cessnock The Entrance Public School St Michael's Primary School Nursery State Special School
Keilor Primary School St Clare Of Assisi Primary Antonio Catholic School Kirwan State School Namadgi School St Joseph's Primary School
Eleebana Public School Weetangera Primary School Waraburra State School Glengarry Primary School Weir State School Queens Park Primary School
Metella Road Public School Hassall Grove Public School Torrens Primary School St. Therese Primary Sadlier St.john The Apostle Narraweena St Brendan's Primary School
Anna Bay Public John Calvin Christian School Wanniassa School K-10 Lavington Public School Canterbury South Public Fadden Primary
Chifley College - Mt Druitt Ca Armidale Secondary St Andrews Christian Community Toormina Public Yarrilee State School Oakey State High School
St.patricks Primary Kogarah Our Lady Of Dolours Chatswood Swansea High Leonay Public School St. Paul Of The Cross Ps Enmor St Patricks School Bundaberg
St Michaels Primary Meadowbank St John The Apostle Ps C Beach Westport Primary School Gundagai High School St Philomenas Primary Our Lady Of Victories Ps
Townsville State High School Holy Cross Ps Kincumber Majella Primary School Melton West Primary St Patricks Ps Port Kembla Woodport Public School
Wedge Park Primary School Fort Street Public School Kahibah Public School Ben Venue Public Armidale St Joseph's Primary Wagga Wagg Riverview State School
St Kevins Eastwood Tamworth South Public Lake Illawarra High School St Nicholas Of Myra Primary Rosewood High School Fairfield Heights Primary Scho
Our Lady Help Of Christians St Mary Mackillop Ps Sth Pnrth Seven Hills High School Our Lady Help Of Christian Hen St Joseph Primary Bileola Campbelltown North Public Scho
St Anthony's Ps Kingscliff Assumption College Hillston Central School Our Lady Of Rosary Ps Wyoming Holy Family Primary Luddenham Maryborough State High
Cobbitty Public School Jurien Bay District College Emu Plains Public Our Lady Sacred Heart Merbein Monash Primary School Our Lady Queen Of Peace Glades
22 | Lowes Manhattan Pty Ltd Modern Slavery Report 2022 Lowes Manhattan Pty Ltd Modern Slavery | 23Blessed Sacrament Primary Scho Preston North East Ps Gowrie State School
St. Fiacres Ps Leichhardt Abermain Public Tallangatta Primary School
Villa Maria Primary School East Goulburn Public Timbumburri Public School
Verity Christian College St Francis Assisi Ps Warrawong Theodore Primary School
Forest Street Primary St Monica's Primary School Goodna Special School
Cessnock West Public School East Maitland Public School St Mary's Catholic Ps Armidale
Annandale State School Holy Family Elc Toukley Public
Osborne Primary School St Joseph's Primary Tamworth Macgregor Primary School
Fraser Primary School St Pius Dubbo St John The Baptist Ps Maitlan
Bletchington Primary Muswellbrook Public Black Mountain School
St. Columba's Ps Leichhardt Nt St Mary’s School Wellington St Brendans Primary Annandale
St. Bernadettes Dundas Valley Ashtonfield Public School Aitkenvale State School
Sandgate State School Callaghan - Jesmond Senior Cam Broadmeadows Primary School
Cundletown Public School Morwell Park Primary St Monicas Primary Footscray
Kangaroo Flat Primary Kurri Kurri Public School Table Top Public School
Marcellin Technical College Maddington Primary P&C Assoc. Wondai State School
Broadmeadows Valley Primary Sc Byford John Calvin School Sacred Heart Primary School
Wagga Wagga Public School St. Oliver's Harris Park Inala State School
St John The Baptist Freshwater New Lambton South Public Schoo Walkerston Primary School
Northview State School St Annes K-10 Temora Oonoonba State School
Redbank State School
Fern Bay Public School
Ballina Primary School
Rosary Primary School
Chifley College - Shalvey High
Hendra State School
RISK
Charlestown South Public Schoo St Michaels Thirroul Ipswich East State School
Kingswood High Ipswich North State School
IDENTIFYING, MITIGATING & REMEDIATING RISK OF MODERN SLAVERY
Learn Achieve Celebrate
Warriapendi Primary School Florey Primary School Lalor East Primary
St. Michaels Stanmore Charles Conder Primary School Campbell Primary School Risks of modern slavery in any international retail these workers and their employment terms. We have
Holgate Primary Evatt Primary School Curtin Primary
supply chains are dynamic and complex. We are visited these locations and undertaken assessments
constantly reviewing risks to prioritise our efforts of the work environments to ensure they comply with
Hawker Primary School Lightning Reef Primary Sacred Heart Primary Villawood
where there is greatest impact to people in our local legal conditions and do not provide conditions
Woodridge North State School Western Suburbs Special Sch Jennings Street School
operations and supply chain. for potential risks for modern slavery conditions. We
Calwell Primary School Orange Grove Primary School Lavington East Public are working on improving auditing in this area as it is
Since 2019, we have conducted risk assessments
Turvey Park Public School St. Agnes Matraville Karangi Public School new operational environment.
designed together with our advisor partner
Huntly Primary School Kelso State School St John Vianney Primary School
Intertek, a compliance and sustainability solutions The products we sell in our stores and online are
Mount Rowan Campus St Thomas More's Primary Sch Caves Beach Public
provider. These assessments are informing our sourced from 9 countries. Each of these products
St Mary's School Bellingen Sturt Public School St Therese's Primary Lakemba and sourcing countries presents a different set of
Responsible Sourcing Program and areas of focus.
Medina Primary School St. Paul's Primary Rutherford Chapman Primary This year, we focused on supply chains. These human rights challenges, including risks of modern
Tuggerah Primary Hill Top Public School Caladonian Primary assessments focused on the inherent risks of slavery. We source products from suppliers that are
St. Joan Of Arc Primary Haberf Eaglehawk Primary School Lanyon High School exploitation involved in producing the products in both vendor and non-vendor branded. With our own
Lilydale Primary School Cathedral Primary Bathurst Padstow Park Public School our supply chains. branded products we are more directly connected
Sacred Heart Primary Morwell Mount Austin Public School Riverlands Montessori School to these products because suppliers are producing
Lowes Menswear acknowledges the following
and packing products directly for our business, which
Jewells Public Kitchener Public St Kieran Catholic Primary modern slavery risks as most salient in our supply
means we have greater connection to the workers
Cronulla South Public School Queanbeyan Primary School Sunshine Bay Public School chains.
and influence to remediate breaches.
Carrington Public Rockingham John Calvin School Wilsonton State School The types included, forced labour, debt bondage,
St Anne's Primary Strathfield Ourimbah Public School Generic, wholesale or non regular suppliers will be
Wooroloo Primary School deceptive recruiting for labour, forms of child
subject to further risk assessment. Similarly where our
St Christophers Holsworthy Armidale City Public Yoogali Public School labour, restrictions of movement, intimidation,
suppliers themselves source their supplies from, such
St Thomas The Apostle Primary Albury North Latham Primary School threats and human trafficking.
as cotton, provides additional levels of risk.
Big Hill Primary School Wagga Wagga North Prim. Lilydale West Primary School We do not directly employ any staff overseas so
This risk assessment will allow us to “segment”
Padbury Primary School Oakey State School St Patrick's School Allora this lowers modern slavery risks within our direct
suppliers into three groups: priority, moderate and
Mackay State School Raymond Terrace Public School team. Therefore, our operational risk assessment
minimum. Each segment will have different due
Muswellbrook South Public Scho St.francis Xavier Belmont focused on the only areas of the business that
diligence requirements based on associated risks.
St John's Primary Riverstone Redcliffe Special School use contracted labour or service providers whose
We are still developing our supplier segmentation
Coomealla High School Hillvue Public School workforce engaged with us in overseas locations.
methodology.
We have less direct visibility and control over
24 | Lowes Manhattan Pty Ltd Modern Slavery Report 2022 Lowes Manhattan Pty Ltd Modern Slavery | 25Mitigating and remediating risks of modern slavery Lowes recognises that it may contribute to a greater
is a high priority and we are developing new risk of slavery in our supply chain by placing pressure
Policy frameworks to build upon our long standing on suppliers by such means as asking for reduced
practices of strict supplier agreements and regular costs or better quality. We will be factoring this into
3rd party audits in the country of origin for our
products.
our future risk asessment profiles for suppliers
We recognise the importance of building greater
CONSULTATION
We are enhancing our set of policies and
procedures that articulate our values, ways of
understanding of modern slavery risks and our
requirements with the team members who are WITH CONTROLLED ENTITIES.
working and expectations of our suppliers that will responsible for supplier relationships and oversight
be reviewed regularly. This policy framework will so that they are equipped to provide guidance to
ensure that our suppliers clearly understand our our partners to comply. We have and will continue to
Where Lowes held a “controlling interest”
expectations. raise awareness via training for all team members in
in an entity (MFC) we met with the entire
this area.
Strengthening supplier contracts is one of the team to educate, raise awareness and set our
key ways in which we articulate our human rights expectations in mitigating modern slavery
expectations and control the potential risk of risks. We provided documentation outlining
modern slavery arising in our global supply chain our expectations and will provide a copy of
is through our contracting process with our this document upon its completion. Lowes
direct suppliers. Building on existing Responsible does not have a controlling or any other
Sourcing provisions, modern slavery specific equitable interest in any other entity.
provisions have been incorporated in our many
Lowes undertakes that if we do in the future
of our trade procurement contracts and Vendor
look to taking a controlling interest in another
Trading Terms. We intend to have these provisions
entity, a full risk assessment and audit for risk
in all agreements by 2021.
of modern slavery will form of our assessment
In the future, we intend to use a Slavery before we take control and based on that we
Compliance Statement, which is a supplier will undertake the appropriate actions.
modern slavery compliance confirmation. We
request the supplier to sign and provide this
statement to Lowes on the commencement date
of an agreement and on each anniversary of the
commencement date during the agreement term.
“STRENGTHENING SUPPLIER
CONTRACTS IS ONE OF THE
KEY WAYS IN WHICH WE
ARTICULATE OUR HUMAN RIGHTS
EXPECTATIONS AND CONTROL
THE POTENTIAL RISK OF MODERN
SLAVERY”
26 | Lowes Manhattan Pty Ltd Modern Slavery Report 2022 Lowes Manhattan Pty Ltd Modern Slavery | 27LIST OF OUR SUPPLIERS | ASSESSMENT OF RISK TAIWAN Risk assessment: MEDIUM*
HONGKONG
Solid Textile Co Ltd
CHINA Risk assessment : HIGH*
Mel Enterprises
Uking Industrial Co.,Limited
Afw Pty Ltd Shaoxing Dengao Garment Co Ltd Jiangxi Huyan Industrial
Krayons Sourcing Limited
Shiny Pty Ltd Shaoxing Daxin Sunshine Industry (Hk) Ltd
Jiangxi Handsome Garments Better International Jiangxi Shaoxing Guyue Clothing Co.ltd
Ningbo Hongli Group Co. Ltd. Ningbo Lianyi Imp & Exp Excellent Promos Co.limited
Yichang Mingshen Garments.,Co Yong Ri (China Adv) Reason Imp. & Exp. Co. Ltd Risk assessment : MEDIUM*
Zhejiang Willing Foreign Tradi Ningbo Yinzhou Karuisi Textile Shanghai Shimei Garments Co.l
Ningbo United Group Imp & Exp Quzhou Municipal Senior Trade Suzhou Peifa Arts&Crafts Co.lt
Hong Ho Precision Textiles Co Jiangxi Boruang Jinyu (Fujian) Dress Weaving
Beijing Textiles Imp&Exp Corp. Anhui Garment Imp & Exp Co.ltd Beijing Garments Imp & Exp
Smartex International Shantou Zhongyuan (Tunnyfish) Hubei Bbh International Trade
Beijing Chengfangjie Garment Ningbo Yinzhou Yida Knitted Jiangxi Angmai Industrial Co.,
Beijing Yuxi Costome Co Ltd. Jiangxi Textile Group Imp&Exp Nanchang Giant-Tex Industry Co
Qingdao Yijia E.t.i. Jiangxi Ruizhi Garments Imp&Ex High Hope Int’l Group
Sunny Jet Textiles Taizhou Rongbang Imp.&Exp.co.l Ningbo Huazhong Dress Co,Ltd
Time Develop Co.
SINGAPORE
Jagger Pte Ltd
Risk assessment : LOW*
BANGLADESH Risk assessment : LOW*
J Mm Fashion (Boydtex)
Tamshna Fashion Wear Ltd.
Tung Hai Sweaters Ltd
Rifa Knitwear And Designer AUSTRALIA
Boyd International Pty Ltd
C & S Marketing Co Pty Ltd
Mdr Global Trading P/L (Usd)
First Choice Distributors P/L
Licensing Essentials
Brand Collective Pty Ltd
Sisal Apparel Ltd
Mactex Industries Limited Capital Link Imports Pty Ltd Isidor’s Pty Ltd
Majumder Garments Limited Risk assessment: HIGH* Koala Clothing Australia P/L Top Shoe International Pty Ltd
* REF: GLOBAL SLAVERY INDEX,INDEPENDENT PRIVATELY FUNDED INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS
ORGANISATION FUNDED IN PERTH, AUSTRALIA BY ANDREW FORRESTOR
28 | Lowes Manhattan Pty Ltd Modern Slavery Report 2022 Lowes Manhattan Pty Ltd Modern Slavery | 29“MITIGATING AND REMEDIATING RISKS OF MODERN
SLAVERY IS A HIGH PRIORITY AND WE ARE DEVELOPING
ADDRESSING NEW POLICY FRAMEWORKS TO BUILD UPON OUR LONG
STANDING PRACTICES”
MODERN SLAVERY
TIMELINE
OCT 2017
QLD (SOA) standard offer arrangement formalises Lowes responsible stock
management plan, this becomes the base approach for all contracts signed by all
school procurement officers and business managers. * see pg16
JUNE 2018
Donating to countries such as New Guinea, Fiji, Pakistan.
JUNE 2019
Commonwealth Modern Slavery Act guide is distributed to Leadership group and
key heads of departments for review. All groups are to report back on what their
SEPT 2020
understanding is of ‘Modern Slavery’ and to determine and identify high risk in the
business. Statement moves to internal review with Leadership group*
DEC 2019
OCT 2020
CEO appoints a Select Group * to establish ‘Lowes Panel for Modern Slavery
Statement moves to review with intertek and awaits publication.
Compliance’. The Panel meets each Financial year quarter for 2 hours to deploy
strategy for governance and outstanding actions. { *see panel p3.}
FEB 2020
NOV 2020
Lowes Panel engage Third part ‘Intertek’ to run 3-day workshop with all Panel
Statement submitted and published
members. Annual budget is set for Factory Audits and other waste management
initiatives. Schedule of current audit conversions and list of factories servicing
over 25% supply is deemed first to be audited using Intertek FEB 2021
MAR 2020 2021 Aduit program finalises 16 factory audits complete over a 12 month program
Covid 19 Global pandemic significantly halts all WCA conversions and planned
Audits until Sept 2020. Lowes submits it’s Modern slavery statement for review to MAY 2021
green team. ( Green team is leadership members NOT partipating in Lowes Modern Sign agreement with Worn Up, to contniue our sustainablty and continous
Slavery Panel known as red team ) improvement program
APRIL 2020
Lowes whistleblower policy *See Annexure. is published and sent to all Lowes Staff. JUNE 2021
Creating an escalation pathway and providing an internal environment and a
culture of safety. Significant disruption in Australia, Covid sweeps the nation, most states move to
MAY 2020 working from home, snap lock downs in factories systemic over Asia.
All (SOA) standard offer arrangement now include waste minimisation plan on
distinctive uniforms, including using brokers ‘active international’ selling direct to NOV 2021
public in exchange for advertising trade credits. Audit commitments for 2022 published
JUN 2020
DEC 2021
Establishment of Continuous Improvement Committee. Tim Zhu prepares audit
schedule for 2021. Kathy Adair onboards Manrags fashion recycle group, whose Submission to Australian Government
mission is to reduce the number of textiles that end up in landfill, due to massive
garment overproduction and non-existent recycling.
30 | Lowes Manhattan Pty Ltd Modern Slavery Report 2022 Lowes Manhattan Pty Ltd Modern Slavery | 31CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT RECYCLE | UPCYCLE | DONATE
Early 2020 Lowes embarked on a continuous improvement approach well before any sanctioned Our waste Management approach is complicated comparative to regular fast fashion. Our garments are
reporting and compliance. In order to officially report and demonstrate our commitment to respecting bespoke distinctive wear that cannot be resold or reused based on copyright and contractual obligations.
human rights, Lowes CEO, Mrs. Linda Penn developed a ‘Lowes panel’ to formalise agreements with
Our continuous improvement committee join the Lowes Modern Slavery panel on request to pitch for
all sectors of our Supply chain and goes to market to engage ‘Intertek’ to set strategic benchmarks to
new and improved methods to handle waste management and sustainability.
monitor activities in accordance with the Modern Slavery Act 2018
This paved way for an affiliate program monitored by our continuous improvement committee to have
our textiles recycled and prevented from landfill.
LOWES PANEL FOR MORDERN SLAVERY • Capturing the performance of our factories
COMPLIANCE by reviewing the outcomes of all audits
conducted by Intertek
Lowes is committed to bilateral long-term
outcomes that benefit suppliers, schools • Schedule audits for the next fiscal year.
and our consumers. We recognise robust UPPAREL - RECYCE
negotiations are inevitable in business practice LOWES FORMALLY ENGAGES INTERTEK TO Impact Statement
ABN :626 450 815
and contribute to innovation, efficiency and FACILITATE ALL ACTIVITIES
the long-term sustainability. HTTPS://UPPAREL.COM.AU/ Date: 1/11/2020
Company: Lowes
Lowes policy has always been for the suppliers Introducing the National Retail Association Congratulations Lowes!
to provide certification of factory audits as Sustainability Champion of the Year for 2020. Between 01/10/2020 — 31/10/2020 you prevented
395kg of textiles from being sent to landfill.
3,979.2 kg
TEXTILES DIVERTED
evidence of compliance.
This has also resulted in the prevention of
“As leaders within the circular economy, we 1,580kgs of greenhouse gases from polluting our
atmosphere.
These were usually in the forms of various The panel recognised the need to engage a third believe that sustainability leads to success Thank you again for joining our fight against
textile waste.
for everyone. We exist as change-makers, not
We are so pleased that we were able to join
15,916.8 kg
certificates: party to validate audits.
forces to create a better planet and a brighter
future for the next generation! GASES PREVENTED
only for our community but also for the next From the UPPAREL team.
• BSCI Lowes understood the need to consult with generation. As we continue to reduce waste in
• SMETA third party resources and databases, by utilising landfill and increase the lifecycle of all textiles,
consultants and having them evaluate slavery we encourage others to join us through
• QIMA this would broker an arrangement to remediate continued education and convenience.” Impact Statement
The Panel consists of 4 leadership members identified deficiencies and where necessary
terminate supplier factories that refuse / fail to Lowes has been in collaboration with Upparel -
whose areas govern Technical operations,
comply with procedures and guidelines formerly known as Manrags for over two years
Sarann Ryan, Merchandise Control, Michael
commit-ting to continuous bilateral waste
Date: 24/02/2021
Company: Lowes
Manios, Human Resources Jason Heap and Intertek results yield several decision-making management, making sure our school uniforms Congratulations Lowes
Head of school Operations Tim Bryant. factors based on previous audits and how these and basic apparel is not wasted and purposely
Between 20/11/2020 — 20/2/2021 you prevented
296.00kg of textiles from being sent to landfill.
296.00 kg
The panel meets every quarter to initiate, dictate future frequency of audits. Audits are managed through a sustainable mindful This has also resulted in the prevention of
1,184.00kgs of greenhouse gases from polluting
TEXTILES DIVERTED
forecast and remediate on all supply chains. scheduled in advance with the suppliers in order program.
our atmosphere.
Thank you again for joining our fight against
to foster relationships of co-operation and trust, textile waste.
This consists of; We are so pleased that we were able to join
1,184.00 kg
we only suggest unannounced audits when we LOWES TOTAL TEXITLE DIVERTED FROM
forces to create a better planet and a brighter
future for the next generation! GASES PREVENTED
• Reviewing and aligning all international suspect violations. LANDFILL: 4.3 TONE From the UPPAREL team.
standards and policies by communicating
LOWES TOTAL GAS PREVENSION:
PREVENSION : 17.4 TONE
standards and requirements to our agents
and business partners.
• Evaluating by continuing to monitor Impact Statement
compliance by conducting a pre-sourcing
assessment with our agents. All buyers
Date: 19/10/2021
and Merchant controllers submit any new Company: Lowes
supplier to the panel for review. Congratulations Lowes!
Between 01/07/2021— 30/09/2021 you prevented
textiles from being sent to landfill. 95.1 kg
This has also resulted in the prevention of TEXTILES DIVERTED
greenhouse gases from polluting our atmosphere.
Thank you again for joining our fight against
textile waste.
We are so pleased that we were able to join
forces to create a better planet and a brighter
future for the next generation!
332.9 kg
GASES PREVENTED
From the UPPAREL team.
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SRI-LANKA-2021
LOWES GATEWAY PROCESS
MENSWEAR & SCHOOLWEAR PRODUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT TRAINING AND INTERNAL
During the pandemic Lowes gathered ACCOUNTABILITY
information to send inventory to the most
neglected groups globally. The continous
improvement commitee secured referrals Our commitment to upholding global standards
from a series of countrys and based on supply require that all areas liaising with external
distruption choose to ship to ophanages in Sri suppliers/ agents must adhere to company
Lanka. sanctioned policy. All staff at head office are
WORN UP - UPCYCLING Louis Marie childrens home required when onboarded into the company to
Koslanda Road, Beragala - Sri Lanka review our core policies. Lowes has an extensive
ABN: 87 610 520 619
learning management system regulated by HR
Paynters Home
HTTPS://WORNUP.COM/ called the Lowes Academy.
Gamini Mawatha, Nuwaraeliya
Worn up grew out of Sustainable Schoolwear. Worn INTERNAL TRAINING
up which had been making school and corporate
Lowes Academy is for all 1206 staff and is sectioned
uniforms since 2016 decided to take back the
into core areas managed by our internal intranet
uniforms they made so they didn’t go to landfill. Worn
called the Lowedown.
up no longer produces uniforms but now exclusively
collaborates with rag traders and big retailers to All staff here have individual user profiles that
identify products that can be reconstituted into monitor the training modules and the timeframe for
newer products, these products are categorized completion.
as “ up-cycled” as they can be broken down and These modules include all work health and safety
repurposed many times. modules, compliance and ethics training, our
Worn Up and the Textile Rescue Program work with company may take disciplinary action against any
Schools, corporates, Councils and sports associations worker who violates our policy.
to keep as many uniforms out of landfill as possible WHISTLEBLOWER
and turn them into a raw material for new products.
We have a whistle-blower hotline accessible on the
Worn up and Lowes began collaborating July 2020 Lowedown that is available to all staff and this has
and was the first major retail school supplier to com- now been extended to agents and factories.
mit to a 30 carton per month minimum to reduce and
donate fabric for the upcycle program. GATE PROCESS
Worn up as a collective have achived the following to Lowes developed The “Gate Process” which is a
date. “We are very grateful to Lowes for the project management technique to keep all buyers,
generosity and kindness which put a big product developers and planners accountable in
smile to these underprivilege children” - the developing, sourcing and purchasing phases.
DIVERTED FROM LANDFILL: 50 TONNES Blessings thank you! The gateway is reinforced at the leadership level,
it unpacks the process to make sustainability and
M3 SAVED: 500 CUBIC METRES OF LAND SAVED Roger Perera
waste management a key performance indicator for
ROUGH CO2 KG/ DIVERTED: 3,750 CO2/KG all personnel involved.
EQUIVALENT roger perera
The Gate way is divided over a few stages. • Go – Concept is good enough to proceed to the
next stage
These stages are separated by ‘gates’. Each stage is
the decision point for whether or not to proceed • Kill – Concept is not good enough to develop
to the next stage. This decision is made by a further and is therefore shut down
manager or steering committee. The quality of the
• Hold – Concept is not good enough to continue
idea, finances, timeframe and succession rate is all
with development at this time but has enough
assessed at each of the gates. After each gate, one
merit to not be shut down. It will be put on hold
of the following decisions can be made:
to possibly be resumed at a later date.
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