Union Supply Co Ltd has a strict Ethical Sourcing policy based on long term relationships with our supply partners. We directly manage all of our production using a very selective group of long established suppliers. An extensive history of sourcing combined with experience working for and alongside major brands and retailers has given us the ability to be fully in control of our supply chain with absolute confidence we achieve or exceed all global ethical standards.

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All components, from fabric to metalware and pocket linings are ethically sourced with full visibility of the supply chain. All supply partners are fully accredited and bound by ethical trading audits which ensure we are only investing in to partners who believe in our own personal ethics as well as world class compliance standards.

ACCREDITATIONS

Please contact us for specific audit reports for each of our supply partners and for full GOTS organic certified product details.

REACH is a European Union regulation concerning the Registration, Authorisation and restriction of Chemicals which came in to force on 1st June 2007 to replace a number of European Directives and Regulations with a single system.

Sedex is a not for profit membership organisation for businesses committed to the continuous improvement of ethical performance within their supply chains. Sedex was founded in 2001 by a group of UK retailers to drive convergence in social audit standards and monitoring practices.

WRAP is a not for profit organization dedicated to promoting safe, lawful, humane and ethical manufacturing around the world through certification and education. The WRAP principles are based on internmational workplace standards and regulations which encompass human resources management, health and safety, environmental practices and legal compliance.

BSCI is a leading supply chain management system that supports companies to drive social compliance and improvements within the factories and farms in their global supply chains. BSCI implements the principle international labour standards protecting workers’ rights such as International Labour Organization (ILO) conventions and declarations, the United Nations (UN) Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and guidelines for multinational enterprises of the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)

GOTS is the worldwide leading textile processing standard for organic fibres, including ecological criteria, backed by independent certification of the entire textile supply chain. The aim of the standard is to define world-wide recognised requirements that ensure organic status of textiles, from harvesting of the raw materials, through environmentally and socially responsible manufacturing up to labelling in order to provide a credible assurance to the end consumer.