• Introduction
• Our Values
• Our Approach
  • Stakeholders
  • Policies
  • Governance
  • Data & reporting
• Environmental Stewardship
  • Case studies
• Community Impact
  • Case studies
• Responsible Sourcing
  • Case studies
• Workplace Culture
  • Case studies
• Targets and reporting
• Our Partners

'We will always treat our growers and suppliers fairly and ask the same from our customers.'

Our role as a business is to manage effectively the whole supply chain from the grower to the supermarket distribution depot. This means that our responsibilities extend beyond our own direct operations of washing, grading and packing - we must also ensure that our suppliers and growers conduct themselves in a way that is consistent with our values and commitments.

Supply chain transparency is achieved through our membership of Sedex, an innovative data sharing web site which allows businesses to share information about themselves and their growers with their customers. All of our own sites and the vast majority of our growers are registered on Sedex and have completed a self assessment of their ethical performance. In addition, all Produce World production sites submit themselves to an independent ethical audit by Bureau Veritas every two years, the results of which are uploaded onto Sedex.

To ensure that our growers continue to focus on and improve their performance, we have put in place an internal auditing system to monitor the social and environmental performance of our most important growers. Following the audits, we work together to address any areas of non compliance with our Code of Practice.

Responsible Sourcing - Case Study