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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 GNFR


Going beyond audit


Whistleblowing & escalation


Employee training


Partnership & collaboration


Looking to the future


Tier 2: OEB and non-OEB production sites


Through our suppliers, we work with over 5,500 known production sites, across 73 countries, to manufacture our goods for resale (both OEB and non-OEB products).1 The increase in supply chain visibility is a result of the collaborative efforts between the Group O&S team and the enhanced resources allocated within the banners. This includes training workshops and the creation of work instructions to help the banners manage compliance with policies for their production sites and suppliers. Additionally, the O&S team manages and supports Hybrid Suppliers, who supply both OEB and non-OEB products. Refer to the ‘Supplier engagement’ section on page 20 for more information on our ongoing supplier training and capacity building.


Our policies require suppliers to disclose their production sites. These sites are categorised as either low or high risk (see page 14), with information regarding these sites shared on an accepted ethical compliance platform. High-risk sites must share a valid ethical audit completed in the previous two years for review.


73% of declared production sites comply with our disclosure requirements vs 85% in 2023. The slight decline is partly due to changes in how data was captured in 2023, following the launch of a new Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ).


1 This is the number of production sites disclosed to us via Sedex or other platforms. The total number of production sites is likely to be higher. 2 In 2023, the launch of a new SAQ meant that completion of the SAQ to 100% could not be tracked, therefore the 2023 reported data is not comparable with 2024 and other years. 3 This refers to production sites linked to Kingfisher on Sedex. The actual number of workers at declared production sites is higher.


The Sedex SAQ enables us to risk assess suppliers and production sites based on their responses; however, the updated format limited our ability to track full completion rates. As a result, the 2023 data is not directly comparable with 2024 or previous years.


We continue to work with our suppliers to disclose their production site information, which is in alignment with our policies and our ongoing commitment to improving transparency.


In 2024, we had: 5,551 declared production sites.


73% of declared production sites complying with our disclosure requirements vs 85%2


in 2023.


Over 948,000 people working at our declared production sites.3


40% female workers, 60% male workers and fewer than 1% stating ‘Other’.


Top 10 supplier countries Number of production sites


China France


United Kingdom Poland Spain Italy


India Germany


Romania Taiwan


381


96 137 150 163 224


96 576 543 2,255


Tier 2: Production site due diligence


Our supplier engagement and ethical audit programmes are designed to improve ethical standards in our supply chain.


Our due diligence for modern slavery issues also includes ethical risk assessment processes (page 7). In addition, we go beyond basic due diligence through supplier training and engagement (page 20), and collaboration with human rights experts and others in our sector (page 23).


Sourcing by region Number of production sites


Asia Pacific 49.7%


Western Europe 35.4%


Eastern Europe 10.5%


Middle East 2.2%


Americas 1.6%


Africa 0.2%


Other 0.4%


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