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Social Compliance

PF Concept is committed to building a more transparent supply chain and ensure that our products are manufactured in a responsible and ethical fashion. We have set ourselves the objective to have a 100% transparent supply chain for our tier 1 & tier 2 vendors by 2025. We strive to have all our vendors audited on social compliance by a 3rd party auditor, like BSCI, SMETA Audit, SA8000 or Wrap.

We are monitoring vendor compliance very closely through our own factory audit program. Our internal audit team has set itself the target for 2021 that the top 100 vendors of Polyconcept have either a yellow or green (the top-level) ranking.

A thorough system of regular audits, vendor panel reviews, and scorecards, verifies all elements of social and product compliance as well as other metrics at the factory level. Our requirements and serious violations list have been continuously updated. Clients and end-users can rest assured that our zero-tolerance policy on child labour, forced labour, and fire protection is thoroughly enacted through our internal audits.

Since 2011, we are pursuing a quality engineering approach in partnership with our vendors. The basis for this was a reduction in the number of partners we work with by half. With those remaining on the roster, we are building a long-term partnership for continuous improvement.

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Sustainable change in globalized supply chains can only be achieved in broad-based partnerships. PF Concept is a member of the Amfori Business Social Compliance Initiative (BSCI) since 2018. This is a code of conduct based on the International Labour Organisation’s standards that help global companies build ethical supply chains whilst continuously monitoring and improving social standards around the world.

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When considering social and environmental compliance we do not only look to the vendors in our supply chain but also to our own facilities throughout Europe. Both our warehouse and printing facility in Poznan (Poland) and our factory in Blackpool (UK) have a valid SMETA 4-pillar audit. SMETA 4-pillar audit is an internationally recognized audit which encompasses all aspects of responsible business practices.