Social

Long-standing relationships with trading partners enable us to develop common labour standards, with the resulting benefits including compliance with strict requirements relating to product safety and quality, timely production and deliveries, as well as respect for human rights and compliance with social and environmental criteria.

We have a base of factories we have worked with for years. The direction we want to take envisages long-term business relationships, exclusive manufacturing arrangements, on-site supervision by CCC staff and regular visits at foreign factories.

We are one of the fastest growing footwear companies in Europe, and therefore commitment to sustainable development and social responsibility within the organisation and along its supply chain is our priority.

The requirements to be met by all our suppliers are set forth in the Supplier Code of Conduct (SCC), which defines the standards of conduct with respect to human rights, labour rights, environmental protection and the principles of business integrity.

We require our suppliers to periodically provide us with the results of audits performed by trusted, certified organisations. We regularly verify the number of audits carried out by our suppliers, and we check them for compliance with the principles of the Code of Conduct with regard to social and environmental matters. The audits are carried out by organisations which inspect working conditions in manufacturing plants.

Additional supplier monitoring and evaluation tools include the following:

• regular onsite supervision in key factories – hiring permanent CCC staff in Asian factories who are responsible for the production process and for inspecting the conditions in each factory;

• regular visits of head office staff at factories to oversee compliance with CCC standards.

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