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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
assessments. However, from next year, we will also focus on suppliers’ risk levels and prioritise those in high-risk categories as highlighted by the GNFR risk matrix.
Monitoring progress
We continue to monitor progress of all suppliers who have been EcoVadis assessed. In 2024, this amounted to 75% of in-scope GNFR spend (annual spend over £75,000), the same as the previous year.
70% of suppliers who were re-assessed by EcoVadis improved their score, through changes to their internal processes, reporting and systems. In total, 82% of suppliers we are connected to in the platform improved or maintained their score when re-assessing. We plan to increase the number of suppliers assessed by EcoVadis (see ‘Looking to the future’ on page 26).
Labour and Human Rights
The EcoVadis assessment has a key theme of Labour and Human Rights which includes child labour, forced labour and human trafficking, working conditions and stakeholder engagement on human rights. Questions are asked about companies’ human rights policies and governance and whether they have nominated colleagues with responsibility for human rights.
We are integrating a ‘right to audit’ clause into new contracts with GNFR suppliers. Having completed the GNFR risk assessment, using the updated risk matrix,
we are now working to understand the resulting action plan (see ‘Risk Assessment’ on page 8).
EcoVadis medals scored suppliers1
The EcoVadis score (0-100) reflects the quality of a company’s sustainability management system at the time of the assessment. EcoVadis medals and badges recognise eligible companies that have completed the EcoVadis assessment process, and compared to other assessed companies, have demonstrated a strong management system that addresses sustainability criteria, as outlined in the EcoVadis methodology.
The eligibility criteria for scorecards published starting 1 January 2025, are as follows:
Medals
The medal eligibility criteria outlined below apply to all scorecards published from 1 January 2025, and are defined by EcoVadis. These benchmarks are based on the performance of all suppliers assessed globally on the EcoVadis platform, which includes Kingfisher GNFR suppliers. Medal rankings are awarded according to a supplier’s percentile ranking relative to the entire assessed supplier base:
Platinum – Top 1% (99+ percentile) Gold – Top 5% (95+ percentile) Silver – Top 15% (85+ percentile) Bronze – Top 35% (65+ percentile)
The chart details the scorecard achieved by our GNFR suppliers.
1 EcoVadis has altered the medal system to be more stringent than last year. For example, altering the bronze medal criteria from being in the top 50% to the top 35%.
Top 10 supplier countries assessed on EcoVadis Suppliers by country/territory
France
United Kingdom USA
Germany Poland Spain
Romania Belgium Sweden Denmark
125 43 40 24 15 11
10 10
9 EcoVadis Improvement Programme
The EcoVadis Improvement Programme has been running for just over a year. Our aim is to continue to communicate with suppliers, prioritising those based upon spend and risk, to suggest ways they could improve their scorecard. 53 suppliers were contacted in 2024.
The Responsible Business team has been working with Group Procurement to identify how and where they can add value to the Programme.
12% Maintained 70%
Evolution of re-evaluated suppliers Assessment score
Decreased 18% Improved
Bronze 200
Silver 214 241
EcoVadis medals Scored suppliers1
Platinum 53
Below Bronze 144
Gold 89
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