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Kingfisher Modern Slavery Act Transparency Statement 2024/25


Policies


Our policy framework outlines the modern slavery and human rights rules and standards within our business and expectations for our suppliers and partners.


These policies, which have been approved by members of our Group Executive and apply to all suppliers (GFR and GNFR), are reviewed annually and updated where necessary. The Group Executive comprises the CEO and his direct reports, including the CFO, banner CEOs, and certain functional leads. This group meets monthly to support and advise our CEO to develop and implement the strategic direction of the Group and its constituent businesses, to make and implement operational decisions, and, where appropriate, to make Board recommendations.


Collectively, they help us implement our commitment to human rights and include:


Code of Conduct


The Code of Conduct applies to all Kingfisher colleagues, contractors and suppliers. It sets out personal and shared responsibilities for meeting high ethical standards, including a duty to report any potential breaches of the Code, and includes a section on modern slavery which states our commitment to human rights and ethical sourcing. It forms an integral


part of our contracts, and we communicate it to suppliers via channels such as the Supplier Manual and Supplier Conferences.


Human Rights Policy


This is our key policy on modern slavery, which states our commitment to respect human rights, in line with international agreements and guidelines including: the United Nations (UN) Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights; the International Bill of Human Rights (which includes the Universal Declaration of Human Rights); the UN Global Compact; the International Labour Organization’s Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work; the Children’s Rights and Business Principles; and UN conventions on the elimination of discrimination.


The Policy also states our commitment to implement due diligence procedures to avoid infringing on the rights of others and includes a detailed section on ethical sourcing and ethical audits (see ‘Working with suppliers’ on page 10).


Supply Chain Workplace Standards


These set out minimum standards on labour practices and environmental practices that suppliers must abide by and which we check through our ethical audits (see ‘Working with suppliers’ on page 10).


They prohibit slavery and child labour and set expectations in areas such as health and safety, working hours and wages, and freedom of association.


These standards reflect the requirements of the Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) Base Code and International Labour Organization (ILO) fundamental conventions on worker rights and align with the audit standards set by Sedex and amfori BSCI.


Whistleblowing Policy


This states our commitment to provide a channel for colleagues and third parties, including suppliers, to raise any concerns securely, confidentially and without fear of retaliation including in relation to human rights and modern slavery (see ‘Whistleblowing and escalation’ on page 21).


You can read our Code of Conduct at kingfisher.com/codeofconduct and our Responsible Business policies at kingfisher. com/ResponsibleBusinessPolicies.


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


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