UK Food Supply Chain Serious Incident Escalation and Management Protocol
Where a serious incident occurs within the supply chain of multiple retailers, brands, and/or suppliers, organisations are encouraged to collaborate to reduce duplication of activity and unnecessary burden for all parties; promote good practice and efficiency in the resolution of issues; provide confidence and assurance to all stakeholders that the matter is being managed in the best interests of those impacted.
This Serious Incident Case Escalation and Management Protocol
- Outlines the recommended process for suppliers to report to their retailer customers potential cases of modern slavery such as forced labour, human trafficking, debt bondage and other forms of serious worker exploitation in their UK operations and supply chains (serious incidents)
- And how retailers and brands will handle such cases received from suppliers in order to drive consistent application of good practice.
Process for managing Collaborative Action Required (CAR) finding non compliances
In response to FNET member and stakeholder concerns about how to manage Collaborative Action Required (CAR) finding’s from SMETA 7 audits FNET has worked with retailer members to align on a common approach. Our approach is work in progress which we envisage developing over the next 6 months as we learn more about the types of CAR’s being raised and what good practice looks like to collaborate to remediate them. Any feedback on how this document can be improved is gratefully received [email protected]
