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page DS 30 SUPPLY CHAIN Lidl Ireland/Northern Ireland | Sustainability Progress Report 2018/19 SO N CIA LS TA DAR HUMAN RIGHTS ARE THE BASIC RIGHTS AND FREEDOMS THAT BELONG TO EVERY PERSON. WHEN DISCUSSING HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN, WE ARE REFERRING TO THE RIGHTS OF EVERY WORKER EMPLOYED BY OUR SUPPLIERS. Since 2008, we have worked closely with the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ) to deliver bespoke training programmes aimed at improving labour standards for production facilities in our non-food supply chain. GIZ currently employs more than 20 people in Bangladesh dedicated to supporting suppliers, improving working conditions and social compliance, including preventing forced labour. In collaboration with an expert partner, we are also developing a set of simple management tools for our non-food suppliers to use in order to help address known inherent country risks. Highlight Globally in the past five years, around 90 million people have experienced some form of modern slavery for periods of time ranging from a few days to five years. Forced labour and human trafficking for labour exploitation and severe forms of exploitation involving deception and coercion of workers by unscrupulous employers, is considered modern-day slavery. Last year, Ireland was downgraded by the US State Department’s Trafficking in Persons (TIP) report to Tier 2 ranking, on a par with Indonesia and India, for the 2018 discovery of forced labour in the Irish fishing industry. Our Approach At Lidl, we are firmly opposed to forced labour and strive to eradicate forced labour as a priority for our socially responsible business. We also recognise that all supply chains are not the same. We source a wide range of food and non-food products from over 60 countries and hundreds of suppliers. Our products are negotiated by buying teams based in Ireland, our international headquarters in Germany and across our network of Lidl companies based in Europe. Lidl Ireland and Northern Ireland are responsible for the social compliance of all nationally negotiated suppliers, while our international headquarters and other network of Lidl offices manage the social responsibility of the products that we import from them. The responsibility for oversight of ethical and sustainability policies, including Modern Slavery, sits with our Managing Director. Code of Conduct In order to prevent and avoid forced or compulsory labour in our business, we require all our suppliers to comply with our Supplier Code of Conduct. Our Code of Conduct was developed in 2007 in line with the International Labour Organisation (ILO) core conventions. It defines the social expectations of all global direct and indirect suppliers and forms an integral part of our commercial contracts. The Code specifically prohibits human rights violations in the form of both child labour and forced labour and further addresses issues including working conditions, discrimination and workplace health and safety. Our Code of Conduct is part of our contracts, to ensure that these core ethical standards are met throughout our supply chain. Our Code of Conduct is publicly available on our website. Resources and Agriculture Supply Chain and Processing Agricultural Inputs Cultivation & Harvesting Animal Keeping Production Processing Transportation Operations and Processes Customer and Society Logistics Centre Transportation Stores and Services Purchase Usage Disposal