C & J Clark International Ltd.

" Clarks requires all suppliers to work openly and actively towards compliance with this Code of Practice which forms partof the terms and conditions of trade for Clarks [...] No children under 15 years or the minimum school leaving age of the country where it is higher are to be employed or engaged in theproduction of Clarks products [...] All work must be conducted on a voluntary basis, and not under threat of any penalty or sanctions. The Supplier shall not use anyform of forced, bonded, indentured, trafficked, slave or involuntary prison labour [...] Workers have the right to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively without prior authorization from suppliers’ management [...] No employee shall be subject to any discrimination in employment, including hiring, salary, benefit, advancement, discipline, termination,or retirement, on the basis of gender, race, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, pregnancy, maternity or social orethnic origin."

"Clarks requires all suppliers to work openly and actively towards compliance with this Code of Practice which forms partof the terms and conditions of trade for Clarks [...] No employee shall be subject to any discrimination in employment, including hiring, salary, benefit, advancement, discipline, termination,or retirement, on the basis of gender, race, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, pregnancy, maternity or social orethnic origin."

Remediation plan for social harms: "Remediation, as used within this plan, is the process of ending situations of child labour, all forms of forced labour and labour trafficking, and as far as possible correcting any harms experienced by victims. It is important that this puts an end to modern slavery and tackles the harms experienced by the affected people. If Clarks either causes or contributes to a negative impact they will be responsible for the remediation. Even if there is no contribution or direct link this should not prevent Clarks from taking an active part in the response and remediation process... Our full Remediation Plan is available internally to employees on our Policy platform. Our partners and suppliers can request a full copy of the Remediation Plan from ethics@clarks.com."

"Suppliers sourcing Brazilian material must be able to: [...] Provide information on the slaughterhouses’ due diligence process to ensure they are not sourcing cattle from deforested areas. This includes at a minimum, legal compliance procedures to check farms not included on IBAMA embargo list." 

"Clarks is committed to eliminating deforestation and we require our suppliers to ensure that hides sourced from Brazil and not from farms involved in any form of deforestation in the Amazon biome (Since October 2009)."

"Clarks is committed to eliminating deforestation and we require our suppliers to ensure that hides sourced from Brazil and not from farms involved in any form of deforestation in the Amazon biome (Since October 2009). We take a collaborative approach to developing our policies, and have worked with conversation organisation the National Wildlife Federation to strengthen our requirements with regards to leather sourcing in Brazil."

"Suppliers shall comply with all applicable laws, regulations and standards for health & safety [...] Suppliers shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations regarding the protection and preservation of the environment [...] We monitor suppliers’ adherence to the standards set out in this Code of Practice through audits as well as informal visits andassessments. Audits may be undertaken by Clarks own auditors or by an independent third party appointed by Clarks. Audits may beundertaken as announced, semi-announced or unannounced. During audits we require unrestricted access to all areas of the facility,to all documents necessary to determine compliance with these standards and to all employees for confidential interviews"

They have a Clarks Integrity Line for grievances in their operations, and require that all suppliers must have an internal grievance process, but that anonymous and independent reporting is also available through the ethics@clarks.com, and suppliers can use the integrity line in severe cases. 

"We monitor suppliers’ adherence to the standards set out in this Code of Practice through audits as well as informal visits and assessments. Audits may be undertaken by Clarks own auditors or by an independent third party appointed by Clarks. Audits may be undertaken as announced, semi-announced or unannounced. During audits we require unrestricted access to all areas of the facility, to all documents necessary to determine compliance with these standards and to all employees for confidential interviews." The Code of Practice includes labour / worker rights standards.  

"We have updated our list of suppliers to include those used in the production of the majority of our products for the Autumn Winter 2021 season. This list includes the footwear suppliers we directly manage, who produce approximately 80% of our branded footwear, as well as the majority of footwear and non-footwear suppliers that are used through agents and licensees. In total these suppliers represent over 99% of Clarks production by volume.As part of our commitment to provide increased transparency of our supply base, a list of all the tanneries supplying leather used in Clarks specified shoes produced for the Autumn Winter 2021 season by our direct managed suppliers is available: Clarks Tannery list." 

"Clarks requires all suppliers to work openly and actively towards compliance with this Code of Practice which forms partof the terms and conditions of trade for Clarks [...] No children under 15 years or the minimum school leaving age of the country where it is higher are to be employed or engaged in theproduction of Clarks products [...] All work must be conducted on a voluntary basis, and not under threat of any penalty or sanctions. The Supplier shall not use anyform of forced, bonded, indentured, trafficked, slave or involuntary prison labour [...] Workers have the right to form and join trade unions and bargain collectively without prior authorization from suppliers’ management [...] No employee shall be subject to any discrimination in employment, including hiring, salary, benefit, advancement, discipline, termination,or retirement, on the basis of gender, race, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, pregnancy, maternity or social orethnic origin."

"Clarks requires all suppliers to work openly and actively towards compliance with this Code of Practice which forms partof the terms and conditions of trade for Clarks [...] No employee shall be subject to any discrimination in employment, including hiring, salary, benefit, advancement, discipline, termination,or retirement, on the basis of gender, race, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, pregnancy, maternity or social orethnic origin."

Remediation plan for social harms: "Remediation, as used within this plan, is the process of ending situations of child labour, all forms of forced labour and labour trafficking, and as far as possible correcting any harms experienced by victims. It is important that this puts an end to modern slavery and tackles the harms experienced by the affected people. If Clarks either causes or contributes to a negative impact they will be responsible for the remediation. Even if there is no contribution or direct link this should not prevent Clarks from taking an active part in the response and remediation process... Our full Remediation Plan is available internally to employees on our Policy platform. Our partners and suppliers can request a full copy of the Remediation Plan from ethics@clarks.com."

"Suppliers shall comply with all applicable laws, regulations and standards for health & safety [...] Suppliers shall comply with all applicable laws and regulations regarding the protection and preservation of the environment [...] We monitor suppliers’ adherence to the standards set out in this Code of Practice through audits as well as informal visits andassessments. Audits may be undertaken by Clarks own auditors or by an independent third party appointed by Clarks. Audits may beundertaken as announced, semi-announced or unannounced. During audits we require unrestricted access to all areas of the facility,to all documents necessary to determine compliance with these standards and to all employees for confidential interviews"

They have a Clarks Integrity Line for grievances in their operations, and require that all suppliers must have an internal grievance process, but that anonymous and independent reporting is also available through the ethics@clarks.com, and suppliers can use the integrity line in severe cases. 

"We monitor suppliers’ adherence to the standards set out in this Code of Practice through audits as well as informal visits and assessments. Audits may be undertaken by Clarks own auditors or by an independent third party appointed by Clarks. Audits may be undertaken as announced, semi-announced or unannounced. During audits we require unrestricted access to all areas of the facility, to all documents necessary to determine compliance with these standards and to all employees for confidential interviews." The Code of Practice includes labour / worker rights standards.