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VANOC
Hudson’s Bay Company participated in various tutorial sessions collaborating with our licensee partners to contribute to overall improvement in the following subject matters:
- 2010 Ethical Sourcing Program
- 2010 Business Network
- 2010 Aboriginal Sourcing Program
As a Premier National Partner of the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, we have reassessed our social compliance program to ensure that we are able to address various challenges and opportunities presented while working with vendors producing our Olympic merchandise. In order to fulfill this goal, we have revamped our Homeworking Policy to provide opportunities for the local employees and workers to communicate their statements and concerns in addition to validating documents to ensure that the vendors satisfy the social compliance requirements. We have also focused on working with our Business to Business sourcing team to ensure that the corporate promotional merchandise is verified for social compliance before the portfolio is presented to our potential clients. Our challenge continues to be found in small purchasing dollars as it impact vendor and factory’s desire to commit to making improvements or even participate in an initial audit. In order to overcome this challenge, we have communicated the benefits of being an approved Hudson’s Bay Company vendor and factory.
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