A transparent supply chain

In addition to our suppliers, there are many other parties involved in making our products. For example, the tanneries, plastic manufacturers or factories of product parts. Allshoes is only a link in a greater whole, which means that all of these parties together determine the success of our business and our products.

This means that the people working at the beginning of the supply chain are just as important as our own employees. It is therefore essential to treat these people with respect and to offer them a healthy and safe working environment.

In order to be able to determine whether working conditions are good at the parties that are further down the supply chain, the parties involved must first be identified.

We do this step-by-step. At this time, our tier 115 suppliers and a part of our tier 2 suppliers have been identified. Each year, we identify an extra tier up to and including tier 5. This should lead to a transparent supply chain by 2025. As soon as the parties have been identified, we can work together with our partners to improve the conditions in the supply chain.

The Transparency Pledge is a global initiative drawn up by trade unions and human rights organisations. The initiative was developed to promote transparency within the clothing and footwear industry. As a signatory of the Transparency Pledge, we are required to make our production locations public. At first this will only concern our direct suppliers, but in the next few year more tiers15 will be added. As soon as we know who the parties are that make an indirect contribution to our products, they are requested to commit to our Supplier Code of Conduct.