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Kingfisher Modern Slavery Act Transparency Statement 2024/25


Introduction


Suppliers & customer offer


Governance


Policies


Risk assessment


Working with suppliers GFR


Working with suppliers GFR


Goods For Resale


The products we buy to sell to our customers, whether they’re OEB1


or non-OEB2 ,


are sourced from over 2,600 suppliers across 56 countries.


To ensure these suppliers adhere to our compliance standards we continue to tighten our internal policies and requirements. For example:


— Each banner has permanent resources responsible for onboarding and verifying suppliers. Regular meetings take place with the banners to improve the quality of existing data.


— The Group has created thorough guidance documents, to support implementation of policy compliance.


— A film and factsheet, detailing our compliance requirements, are provided to new and existing suppliers. Both are available in the relevant market languages.


— We continue to map the growers of our largest OEB suppliers for horticulture and have addressed all critical3 findings with the growers.


and high-risk


— We continue to use the Sedex Self- Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ), a set of questions for businesses to complete about their management systems, policies and working conditions. We review and ask further questions where there may be concerns about their business practices.


Our ethical audit programme scope and due diligence process is focused on directly sourced products, including Tier 1 and Tier 2 suppliers.


Tier 1


OEB, non-OEB and International Brand4 suppliers with whom we have a direct business relationship


Tier 2 OEB and non-OEB production sites


Beyond Tier 2


E.g. growers, component/raw material providers


Working with suppliers GNFR


Going beyond audit


Whistleblowing & escalation


Employee training


Partnership & collaboration


Looking to the future


Tier 1: OEB and non-OEB suppliers


OEB suppliers, as well as non-OEB suppliers above a spend threshold of £50,000, must disclose all the production sites supplying us with finished goods. Suppliers share this information with us via collaborative social audit platforms including Sedex and amfori BSCI. For non-OEB suppliers below the spend threshold, we follow a letter of conformity approach. An exception is made for those suppliers who, despite being below the threshold, source from production sites identified as high risk by our ethical audit risk matrix. In such cases, the production sites are required to provide a valid ethical audit.


This is an ongoing process, and we continue to work with our supplier partners to ensure their production site information remains in alignment with our Responsible Business policies and our ongoing commitment to improving transparency. 82% of suppliers are compliant with policy requirements, meaning they have an active membership to one of our nominated audit platforms: Sedex or amfori BSCI, or an EcoVadis certificate scoring over 50, dated within the past 12 months. This is an increase from 71% in 2023. For OEB suppliers, 95% are compliant, an increase from 92% in 2023. Compliance with policy has increased due to the increased awareness of our suppliers to our programme, following


1 Own Exclusive Brand (OEB) – refers to Kingfisher’s own brands. Designed, produced and/or sold by Kingfisher. Sourced by Group Offer and Sourcing (O&S) and sold across banners and through wholesale, joint venture and franchise partners.


2 Non-Own Exclusive Brand (Non-OEB) – refers to products that carry the supplier’s name but are not widely recognised brands in our markets. Local and national branded products supplied by suppliers that are sourced by banners or Group Offer and Sourcing (O&S) and may not be exclusive to Kingfisher.


3 ‘Critical’ refers to a systemic, deliberate, or severe breach of the audit code or local law which represents a danger to workers or others, or which denies a basic human right, or an attempt to pervert the course of the audit. ‘Major’ relates to a systemic breach of the audit code or local law that could present a danger to workers or violate a human right.


4 International Brand suppliers are not included in our disclosure and audit data. 5 This is the number of suppliers registered on the Sedex platform. The total number of suppliers is likely to be higher.


United Kingdom Top 10 supplier countries


Number of suppliers5 424 China


France Poland Spain


Romania Italy


Germany Hong Kong Belgium


42 35 135 67 57 257 179 386 372


In 2024:


2,666 of our suppliers were OEB and non-OEB suppliers.


82% of suppliers were compliant with our policy requirement of holding an active membership with one of our nominated ethical audit platforms vs 71% in 2023.


95% of OEB suppliers were compliant with our policies vs 92% in 2023.


79% of non-OEB suppliers were compliant with our policies vs 67% in 2023.


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