MODERN SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING STATEMENT 2021

Charles Tyrwhitt Limited is committed to acting responsibly in all our business practices through making sound decisions which take social, economic and environmental factors into account. We want to be part of a socially and environmentally responsible supply chain, sourcing and delivering worldwide and choosing business partners who share our company values and targets.

At Charles Tyrwhitt our values underpin everything we do. People matter, the well being of our employees is crucially important to us and we continue to build long term business partnerships and long lasting relationships with our supply chain based on fundamental principles of our Ethical Trading Policy.

The Charles Tyrwhitt Ethical Trading Policy outlines the commitments we make and the processes we require from all our product suppliers to demonstrate compliance and good practices through the supply chain. Our suppliers are required to submit an annual independent audit to confirm manufacturing standards, compliance and good working practises are aligned to our Ethical Trading Policy. Our Technical and Buying teams visit the factories when able and request updates on worker engagement programmes, sustainability and reviews of any corrective action plans in place. Informed by the best available information, we choose to work with suppliers who demonstrate ethical practices above what would be considered the minimum.

The Charles Tyrwhitt Ethical Trading Policy is based on the UK Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) base code and our policies are based on International Labour Organisation (ILO) standards. This includes the key principles:-

Freedom of Employment
The right to collective bargaining and freedom of association are respected
Safe and hygienic working conditions
Child labour is not acceptable
All workers shall be paid a living wage
Working hours are not excessive
Discrimination shall not be practised
Regular Employment is provided
No harsh or inhumane treatment is allowed

Charles Tyrwhitt has a zero tolerance approach to modern slavery and human trafficking, which is reflected in our policies and controls on Ethical Trading throughout our product supply chain. With over 30 product suppliers based in 16 countries, some of whom we have been working with for more than 15 years, we have established strong business partnerships. We will continue to nurture these relationships and remain true to our values.

During 2020 we introduced a Factory self-assessment programme to ensure that workers wellbeing, health and safety was the top priority as we worked in collaboration with all our suppliers to navigate through the impact of the Global Pandemic.

What has been implemented?
Our technology team have instigated factory self-assessments across all our supplier partners to ensure workers wellbeing and health and safety is the top priority.

How and when?
In 2021 we continued to build on the factory self-assessment and audit process to allow us to review and ensure no signs of forced or coerced labour within our supply chain and rates of pay, overtime and break times were in line with standards.

What are the next steps for 2022?
Alongside annual independent supplier audits and factory self-assessments and in line with our CSR strategy we have subscribed to The Higg Index, a suite of tools that will better allow us to assess the social and environmental performance of our supply chain to further ensure we are doing everything we can do to make workers wellbeing and health and safety the number one priority within our supply chain

Luke Kingsnorth, CEO, Charles Tyrwhitt Limited
January 2022

Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement 2020

Charles Tyrwhitt Limited is committed to acting responsibly in all our business practices through making sound decisions which take social, economic and environmental factors into account. We want to be part of a socially and environmentally responsible supply chain, sourcing and delivering worldwide and choosing business partners who share our company values and targets.

At Charles Tyrwhitt our values underpin everything we do. People matter, the well being of our employees is crucially important to us and we continue to build long term business partnerships and long lasting relationships with our supply chain based on fundamental principles of our Ethical Trading Policy.

The Charles Tyrwhitt Ethical Trading Policy outlines the commitments we make and the processes we require from all our product suppliers to demonstrate compliance and good practices through the supply chain. Our suppliers are required to submit an annual independent audit to confirm manufacturing standards, compliance and good working practises are aligned to our Ethical Trading Policy. Our Technical and Buying teams visit the factories when able and request updates on worker engagement programmes, sustainability and reviews of any corrective action plans in place. Informed by the best available information, we choose to work with suppliers who demonstrate ethical practices above what would be considered the minimum.

The Charles Tyrwhitt Ethical Trading Policy is based on the UK Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) base code and our policies are based on International Labour Organisation (ILO) standards. This includes the key principles:-

Freedom of Employment
The right to collective bargaining and freedom of association are respected
Safe and hygienic working conditions
Child labour is not acceptable
All workers shall be paid a living wage
Working hours are not excessive
Discrimination shall not be practised
Regular Employment is provided
No harsh or inhumane treatment is allowed

Charles Tyrwhitt has a zero tolerance approach to modern slavery and human trafficking, which is reflected in our policies and controls on Ethical Trading throughout our product supply chain. With over 30 product suppliers based in 16 countries, some of whom we have been working with for more than 15 years, we have established strong business partnerships. We will continue to nurture these relationships and remain true to our values.

During 2020 we introduced a Factory self-assessment programme to ensure that workers wellbeing, health and safety was the top priority as we worked in collaboration with all our suppliers to navigate through the impact of the Global Pandemic.

What has been implemented?
Our technology team have instigated factory self-assessments across all our supplier partners to ensure workers wellbeing and health and safety is the top priority.

How and when?
In 2020 we received 100% response rate to the factory self-assessments which enabled us to review and ensure no signs of forced or coerced labour and rates of pay, overtime and break times in line with standards.

What are the next steps for 2021?
Alongside annual independent supplier audits we will continue to run factory self- assessments to ensure we are doing everything we can do to make workers wellbeing and health and safety the number one priority within our supply chain.

Luke Kingsnorth, CEO, Charles Tyrwhitt Limited
January 2021

Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement 2019

Charles Tyrwhitt Limited is committed to acting responsibly in all our business practices through making sound decisions which take social, economic and environmental factors into account. We want to be part of a socially and environmentally responsible supply chain, sourcing and delivering worldwide and choosing business partners who share our company values and targets.

At Charles Tyrwhitt our values underpin everything we do. People matter, the well being of our employees is crucially important to us and we continue to build long term business partnerships and long lasting relationships with our supply chain based on fundamental principles of our Ethical Trading Policy.

The Charles Tyrwhitt Ethical Trading Policy outlines the commitments we make and the processes we require from all our product suppliers to demonstrate compliance and good practices through the supply chain. Our suppliers are required to submit an annual independent audit to confirm manufacturing standards, compliance and good working practises are aligned to our Ethical Trading Policy. Our Technical and Buying teams regularly visit the factories and require updates on worker engagement programmes, sustainability and reviews of any corrective action plans. Informed by the best available information, we choose to work with suppliers who demonstrate ethical practices above what would be considered the minimum.

The Charles Tyrwhitt Ethical Trading Policy is based on the UK Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) base code and our policies are based on International Labour Organisation (ILO) standards. This includes the key principles:-

Freedom of Employment
The right to collective bargaining and freedom of association are respected
Safe and hygienic working conditions
Child labour is not acceptable
All workers shall be paid a living wage
Working hours are not excessive
Discrimination shall not be practised
Regular Employment is provided
No harsh or inhumane treatment is allowed

Charles Tyrwhitt has a zero tolerance approach to modern slavery and human trafficking, which is reflected in our policies and controls on Ethical Trading throughout our product supply chain. With over 40 product suppliers based in 16 countries, some of whom we have been working with for more than 15 years, we have established strong business partnerships. We will continue to nurture these relationships and remain true to our values.

During 2018 we introduced training on Charles Tyrwhitt's Ethical and Environmental Sourcing Policies (including the issues surrounding Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking) to our new starters' Company Induction programme.

What has been implemented?
We ensure that awareness is delivered in our induction training for all new head office employees.

How and when?
We discuss what Modern Slavery is, its impact and how the act applies to Charles Tyrwhitt. Each new head office employee who attends receives a guide with full details.

What are the next steps for 2019?
Modern Slavery awareness training has been added into our new "On Boarding" guide for retail sales assistants launching in Spring 2019. It will also be included in our online e-learning induction being developed for launch by the end of 2019. Updates will be made when required.

Luke Kingsnorth, CEO, Charles Tyrwhitt Limited
January 2019

Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement 2018

Charles Tyrwhitt Limited is committed to acting responsibly in all our business practices through making sound decisions which take social, economic and environmental factors into account. We want to be part of a socially and environmentally responsible supply chain, sourcing and delivering worldwide and choosing business partners who share our company values and targets.

At Charles Tyrwhitt our values underpin everything we do. People matter, the well being of our employees is crucially important to us and we continue to build long term business partnerships and long lasting relationships with our supply chain based on fundamental principles of our Ethical Trading Policy.

The Charles Tyrwhitt Ethical Trading Policy outlines the commitments we make and the processes we require from all our product suppliers to demonstrate compliance and good practices through the supply chain. Our suppliers are required to submit an annual independent audit to confirm manufacturing standards, compliance and good working practises are aligned to our Ethical Trading Policy. Our Technical and Buying teams regularly visit the factories and require updates on worker engagement programmes, sustainability and reviews of any corrective action plans. Informed by the best available information, we choose to work with suppliers who demonstrate ethical practices above what would be considered the minimum.

The Charles Tyrwhitt Ethical Trading Policy is based on the UK Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI) base code and our policies are based on International Labour Organisation (ILO) standards. This includes the key principles:-

Freedom of Employment
The right to collective bargaining and freedom of association are respected
Safe and hygienic working conditions
Child labour is not acceptable
All workers shall be paid a living wage
Working hours are not excessive
Discrimination shall not be practised
Regular Employment is provided
No harsh or inhumane treatment is allowed

Charles Tyrwhitt has a zero tolerance approach to modern slavery and human trafficking, which is reflected in our policies and controls on Ethical Trading throughout our product supply chain. With over 40 product suppliers based in 16 countries, some of whom we have been working with for more than 15 years, we have established strong business partnerships. We will continue to nurture these relationships and remain true to our values.

During 2017 we began a communication process with over 100 of our key "non-product" suppliers. These suppliers provide us with services or "goods not for resale". The suppliers received a copy of our Ethical Trading Policy to understand whether they were aware of, and addressing the risks, of modern slavery. We will continue this dialogue as part of our supplier partnerships, and extend to more of our smaller "non-product" suppliers through the course of the next year.

During 2018 we will introduce training on Charles Tyrwhitt's Ethical and Environmental Sourcing Policies (including the issues surrounding Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking) to our new starters' Company Induction programme. We will also ensure that awareness training is delivered to all current employees.