ETHICAL SOURCING AND MANUFACTURING GUIDELINES

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As a leader in the retail industry, Beare & Ley takes its ethical and social responsibilities seriously. We are committed to upholding human rights and fair working conditions and ensure that our suppliers adhere to our legal, moral and ethical standards.

We ensure that all products we purchase come from ethical sources and that we, by association or otherwise, are not party to any illegal or unethical manufacturing practices.

Responsible Sourcing Guidelines

We have a range of measures in place that form our responsible sourcing guidelines. All employees of Lowes, or agents working for Beare & Ley, must comply with these guidelines at all times. They must ensure that any supplier, either local or offshore, must fully comply at all times.

The following represents the minimum requirements Beare & Ley requires in regards to all our suppliers.

• All suppliers, either local or offshore, must comply with all laws, regulations, building codes, and industrial regulations of the country or countries in which they operate, at all times.
• Every factory that produces garments for Beare & Ley must provide Beare & Ley or its agents with their annual compliance certificate.
• Work conducted for Beare & Ley cannot be subcontracted to another supplier. To ensure this every production run is checked both during manufacturing and at the time of shipping to ensure compliance as part of our quality assurance process.
• Beare & Ley staff members conduct inspections of the facilities and working conditions for all suppliers in the countries we source from.

Unacceptable Practices

Beare & Ley will not accept, under any circumstances, any of the following practices from the suppliers we deal with:

• Child labour
• Unsafe working conditions
• Illegal conduct
• Corruption
• Excessive work hours
• Discrimination
• Forced labour of any kind
• Denial of the right of freedom of association and of collective bargaining.
• Inhumane treatment