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Policy & Assurance · POL-02

Ethical Sourcing & Forced Labour Policy

A written policy we publish in full rather than summarise. The commitments are testable, and the supplier undertakings behind them are signed before an order.

Issuing body
Runway Merchants (adopted policy)
Holder
Held by Runway Merchants
Status
Not yet published
Not yet published POL-02

This entry is listed before its number is published. It records the standard, the issuing body and the scope we require. Ask us for a copy, or for the number, and we will send what we hold.

Verify or request this document

01 / Scope

What this document covers.

Saying you do not tolerate forced labour is cheap. What is not cheap is publishing how you check, what you do when you find something, and what the supplier has signed up to. The full policy text is on this page so you can hold us to the wording.

Risk concentrates in a small number of commodities, and in our case the honest version is that we are still building the supplier base. We say which categories carry elevated risk and what we require before we buy from them, rather than claiming a clean record we have not had time to build.

Standard
Ethical Sourcing & Forced Labour Policy
Issuing body
Runway Merchants (adopted policy)
Scope
Forced labour, child labour and modern slavery risk across the supply chain we buy from
Holder
Held by Runway Merchants
Certificate number
Not yet published
Issued
Not yet published
Valid until
Not yet published

02 / For buyers

What this means for your order.

Plain-language notes on what the document does and does not tell you.

  • Ask which commodities you are buying, and what the forced-labour risk in that origin is; the answer is not always "none".
  • We will tell you if a supplier will not sign the undertaking, which means we will not buy from them.

Documents in this file

  • Ethical sourcing policy
  • Supplier code of conduct
  • Signed supplier undertaking

03 / Verification

How to check it independently.

A certificate number is only useful if you can take it to the source. Here is where to take this one.

  1. 01

    Take the number from this page

    The number is not published yet. Ask us and we will send the issued copy or the application reference.

  2. 02

    Search the issuing body’s register

    The issuing body is Runway Merchants (adopted policy). Search its public register, or call it, using the number and the company or plant name.

  3. 03

    Confirm the scope, not just the status

    Check that the scope on the register matches the scope printed here. A valid certificate for the wrong activity is not cover for your order.

Issuing body

Runway Merchants (adopted policy)

If the register does not show this entry, tell us. We would rather correct the page than leave a claim standing.

Ask the compliance desk

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