Saturday, 9 March 2013

The company 'Mulberry' was founded in 1971, the factory is in Somerset in England.

"Mulberry will make a positive difference to it's people, the environment and the communities in which it works"   Governance of Mulberry
Six things they look to improve:

  1. Climate change
  2. Reducing waste
  3. Fair products
  4. Animal welfare
  5. Community involvement
  6. Health and wellbeing 
This is something most companies look to do especially as many companies have to look out for the climate change along with animal welfare especially when working in the fashion business.

This is Mulberry's CSR approach:


The Mulberry ApprOAch
Mulberry
Our Approach
Mulberry will make a positive difference to its people, environment and communities it works in.
Climate Change
1. All of our premises will be furbished to high energy performance criteria and environmental specifications
2. Where possible we will invest in renewable energy sources 3. We will review our transport policy to minimise our carbon footprint 4. We will source our purchases from sustainable or renewable sources wherever possible 5. We will reduce the amount of chemicals used in our production 6. communication methods between our own premises and third parties will be
improved to reduce the need for printed documents and travel between sites
Reducing Waste
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We will recycle as much as possible from all of our sites The packaging used for our products will be reduced and made more environmentally friendly We will maximise the utilisation of our leather and so reduce waste
Fair partners
10. We will only work with partners who share our ethical values and have signed our Global Sourcing principles and Animal Sourcing principles
11. We will use fair trade alternatives where these are available and suitable for our business needs
Animal Welfare
12. We will continue to ensure that all exotic materials are sourced with cITeS certification 13. We will ensure that we have complete tracking of the source of all hide products
Community Involvement
14. We will introduce a policy to allow employees to have paid time off or funding to assist the local community and other charity projects
15. We will review our charity funding policy and introduce ways for employees to contribute to charity
16. We will consider how best we can use the rookery land to the benefit of the environment and our employees
Health and wellbeing
17. We will encourage healthy eating for our employees and ensure our canteen facilities use locally produced and farm assured products where possible
18. The overall salary and benefit package available to employees will be regularly reviewed to ensure we continue to fairly reward our staff
19. communal space will be provided at all of our own premises 20. Social committees will be established in Somerset and london with funding
made available for events


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