Social responsibility

Quality, social standards and sustainability are the law for us – regardless of what the respective valid laws are around the world. Together with our suppliers, we have committed ourselves to meeting the goals and requirements of amfori. What they say goes. This means we take social responsibility regarding fair business practices as well as transparency, reporting and information. We conduct audits in the countries of our manufacturers and suppliers according to the amfori qualification and auditing programme.

If a supplier does not meet the requirements in the first step, we actively provide support and advice to contribute to an improvement in working conditions. In addition, we guarantee the ongoing adherence to BSCI requirements utilising in-house as well as independent inspectors and their auditing procedures, including TÜV Rheinland Group, TÜV Nord/Süd Group, SGS, Bureau Veritas, Elevate, Intertek, UL VS Limited - Responsible Sourcing, ABS Quality Evaluation and ALGI.

We support extensive measures and the review of our suppliers, for instance in the area of building safety, fire protection and electrical safety. After all, these have a direct impact on the health and safety of the people working there.

Also in the field of textiles, we are currently committed to the DETOX Initiative. It aims to make the manufacturing of textiles completely free of harmful chemicals up to the year 2020. The amount of pollutants in wastewater in manufacturing countries should be reduced to the extent that drinking water flows out of the factories in future.

When it comes to the generation, production and handling of food, textiles and other consumer goods, safety and animal protection are likewise important. This means we only use FAD-free (Fish Aggregating Devices) tuna for the production of tinned tuna. For trading with rice from India and pineapple from Thailand, we bank on fair trade and are therefore certified from the Fairtrade Labelling Organizations International (FLO).