Partner relations

Suppliers

The condition for cooperation with suppliers is their compliance with the rules of safety, care for the environment, as well as the provisions of the conventions of the International Labour Organisation and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

The LPP Code of Conduct

“The LPP Code of Conduct” is a document taking into account the provisions of the International Labour Organisation conventions and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and defining the conditions our suppliers are strictly obliged to observe in order to do business with LPP.

The rules it contains cover such areas as:

The need to have an appropriate remuneration policy and formal conditions of employment for employees

An absolute ban on the employment of children

Voluntary work

Freedom of association

Equal treatment of all employees

Health and safety standards

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In addition to the need to comply with the LPP Code of Conduct, we control the working conditions of our suppliers by subjecting them to regular audits carried out by representatives of our offices, as well as independent auditing companies.

 

In 2024, we became a member of Cascale, an international non-profit platform providing tools for analysing the environmental and social impact of the value chain. The association aims to change the standards in the textile and apparel industry, so that they are fully compliant with the idea of ​​​​sustainability and meet regulatory requirements.

The organization uses the Higg FSLM tool, which allows entities in the value chain to assess their own activities. Based on this assessment, they receive points that allow you to track their performance in social and environmental areas, including recruitment and hiring, working hours, wages and benefits, equal treatment and inclusion of employees, health and safety, termination of cooperation, company management systems and commitment to the well-being of people and communities.

In 2013, we became the only Polish clothing company to join the signatories of the International Accord, an initiative aimed at improving safety and working conditions in garment factories in Bangladesh.

The International Accord is an agreement operating on behalf of the fashion industry to improve working conditions. It operates in Bangladesh and Pakistan, aiming for collective actions with trade unions to ensure workplace safety in factories. Over the 10 years of working with Accord in Bangladesh, we have implemented a series of activities to monitor the level of workplace safety in the sewing factories where our collections are produced.

We are committed to ensuring that our suppliers are aware of their workers’ rights, which they should absolutely respect; to this end, since 2018, we have been organising Awareness Day in Asia where we educate suppliers on human rights, labour rights, as we and occupational health and safety principles.

The first series of Awareness Day training sessions for suppliers in Bangladesh took place in 2018. In subsequent years, we gradually expanded our audience by conducting training sessions in other countries where our production takes place. Currently, training sessions are held in Bangladesh, China, India, Pakistan, and Cambodia. In 2025, Awareness Day was held for suppliers from Bangladesh, China, Pakistan and India.

In addition to the inspections conducted through International Accord, we regularly subject factories collaborating with us to social audits. To this end in 2022 we started working with amfori BSCI, an international association working for more transparent and sustainable trade.

This enables us to monitor factories from a social and environmental perspective. The system assists us in eliminating from our supply chain those entities that do not provide decent working conditions and wages, among other things.

As part of the supply chain, we also take care of the method of raw material procurement. For example, we are committed to our partnership with Cotton Made in Africa, a standard for cotton cultivation in Africa. This helps us to not only to source raw materials, but also to support local communities.

The funds generated from the paid use of the licence are used to finance training for farmers, improve working conditions and promote gender equality, as well as respect for children’s rights. The funds also cover community projects in the areas of education, health and safety of children, and support for women in the local labour market.

We also conduct training sessions for strategic suppliers in the non-manufacturing value chain in Poland. The first session of the ESG Academy took place in 2023 - 2024.

During seven sessions, topics covered included theory and best practices in human rights, diversity and inclusion, occupational health and safety, environmental issues, and ESG reporting. Six sessions are scheduled for 2025. The training session that kicked off the cycle focused on best practices for combating greenwashing.