Corporate Social Responsibility
The Group’s approach is based on a simple principle: that Mulberry will make a positive difference to its people, the environment and the communities in which it works. Employees are actively encouraged to find new ways of meeting our wider responsibilities, and as such have focused our initiatives in the following key areas:
- Climate change – investing in the latest technologies to help reduce energy consumption and impact on the environment and sourcing purchases from sustainable or renewable sources wherever possible;
- Reducing waste – there is a continuous process to identify ways to reduce waste, as well as recycling as much material as possible from our UK sites, especially to community arts and crafts groups;
- Manufacturing and apprentices – Mulberry is proud to produce approximately 50% of its leather goods in its own British factories where it employs nearly 600 people. Since 2006 it has run an award winning apprenticeship programme at these factories to train young people to become accomplished craftsmen and craftswomen;
- Fair partners - ensuring by way of regular audits that suppliers adhere to the Mulberry Global Sourcing Principles which help to create a suitable environment for their workers, including working hours and child labour provisions. Under the UK Modern Slavery Act, UK companies with a turnover of more than £36 million are obliged to publish an annual Slavery and Human Trafficking statement which can be found on the Group’s website, mulberry.com;
- Animal welfare – commitment to ethical practices and traceability in our leather, fur and exotic skins supply chains;
- Community involvement – Mulberry actively donates money, product and support to charities in our local communities. Each year charities are selected by employees for the Group to support. This year, we are supporting Freewheelers Emergency Voluntary Service which provides a free out-of-hours motorcycle service to hospitals in the South West, and Rhythms of Life, who provide meals, clothes, toiletries, sleeping bags, and a friendly ear to London’s homeless every day of the year.
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Climate Change
1. All of our premises will be furbished to high energy performance criteria and environmental specifications.
2. Where possible we will invest in renewable energy sources.
3. We will review our transport policy to minimise our carbon footprint.
4. We will source our purchases from sustainable or renewable sources wherever possible.
5. We will reduce the amount of chemicals used in our production.
6. Communication methods between our own premises and third parties will be improved to reduce the need for printed documents and travel between sites.
2. Where possible we will invest in renewable energy sources.
3. We will review our transport policy to minimise our carbon footprint.
4. We will source our purchases from sustainable or renewable sources wherever possible.
5. We will reduce the amount of chemicals used in our production.
6. Communication methods between our own premises and third parties will be improved to reduce the need for printed documents and travel between sites.
Reducing Waste
1. We will recycle as much as possible from all of our sites.
2. The packaging used for our products will be reduced and made more environmentally friendly.
3. We will maximise the utliisation of our leather and so reduce waste.
2. The packaging used for our products will be reduced and made more environmentally friendly.
3. We will maximise the utliisation of our leather and so reduce waste.
Fair Partners
1. We will only work with partners who share our ethical values and have signed our Global Sourcing Principles and Animal Sourcing Principles.
2. We will use fair trade alternatives where these are available and suitable for business trade.
2. We will use fair trade alternatives where these are available and suitable for business trade.
Animal Welfare
1. We will continue to ensure that all exotic materials are sourced with CITES certification.
2. We will ensure that we have complete tracking of the source of all hide products.
2. We will ensure that we have complete tracking of the source of all hide products.
Community Involvement
1. We will introduce a policy to allow employees to have paid time off or funding to assist the local community and other charity projects.
2. We will review our charity funding policy and introduce ways for employees to contribute to charity.
3. We will consider how best we can use the Rookery land to benefit of the environment and our employees.
2. We will review our charity funding policy and introduce ways for employees to contribute to charity.
3. We will consider how best we can use the Rookery land to benefit of the environment and our employees.
Health and Wellbeing
1. We will encourage healthy eating for our employees and ensure our canteen facilities use locally produced and farm assured products where possible.
2. The overall salary and benefits package available to employees will be regularly reviewed to ensure we continue to fairly reward our staff.
3. Communal space will be provided at all of our premises.
4. Social committees will be established in Somerset and London with funding made available for events.
2. The overall salary and benefits package available to employees will be regularly reviewed to ensure we continue to fairly reward our staff.
3. Communal space will be provided at all of our premises.
4. Social committees will be established in Somerset and London with funding made available for events.
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