1 / 5

Global supply chain challenges and responsible sourcing in the Varner Group April 13th 2005

Global supply chain challenges and responsible sourcing in the Varner Group April 13th 2005 Camilla Stang, CSR Manager, Varner-Gruppen AS. The Varner Group – in brief. Family company 9 different chain concepts – together the largest clothing retailer in Norway No factories of our own

zahir-davenport
Download Presentation

Global supply chain challenges and responsible sourcing in the Varner Group April 13th 2005

An Image/Link below is provided (as is) to download presentation Download Policy: Content on the Website is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use and may not be sold / licensed / shared on other websites without getting consent from its author. Content is provided to you AS IS for your information and personal use only. Download presentation by click this link. While downloading, if for some reason you are not able to download a presentation, the publisher may have deleted the file from their server. During download, if you can't get a presentation, the file might be deleted by the publisher.

E N D

Presentation Transcript

  1. Global supply chain challenges and responsible sourcing in the Varner Group April 13th 2005 Camilla Stang, CSR Manager, Varner-Gruppen AS

  2. The Varner Group – in brief • Family company • 9 different chain concepts – together the largest clothing retailer in Norway • No factories of our own • Production in over 400 factories in 25 countries • Own puchasing offices in Turkey and Hong Kong/China – design and product development in Norway

  3. The Varner Group Code of Conduct • Member of IEH (Ethical Trading Initiative) since 2002 • Code of Conduct launched in 2003 • CoC mapping of supply chain started in 2003 • Risk assessment through supplier profiling and database tool • 2005: Monitoring and identifying needs for improvement -> corrective action

  4. Asian challenges • Traceability – complexity of supply chain • CSR efforts = Often trust based • Cultural and regulatory issues • Leverage • Inspection approaches • Dealing with non-compliances • Non-compliances are inevitable • Carrot or stick? • Pass/fail or gradual improvement?

  5. Working towards improvement • Identifying and involving resources for driving improvement • Co-operation vs. Competition • Buyer practices • Consolidating CoC practices throughout the company • Involving stakeholders

More Related