ENCOURAGING RESPONSIBLE PRACTICES
The Group encourages its employees and stakeholders to give practical expression to the Group’s values in their individual behaviour and their attitudes towards customers. Rémy Cointreau strives to maintain and develop responsible practices by its suppliers, in its regions of operation, and promotes responsible consumption by all.
Ensuring excellent practices by our
partners
For Rémy Cointreau, setting an example means driving and embodying a wider movement within its ecosystem to promote responsible practices. In line with SDG 8, which aims to promote responsible sourcing, the Group has been a member of the SEDEX (Supplier Ethical Data Exchange) platform for several years. This international organisation, which encourages ethical and responsible practices in global supply chains , enables Rémy Cointreau and its partners to pool information and simplify sourcing processes with a view to establishing a more responsible approach. Supplier data on labour, hygiene, safety, environment and business ethics standards are available to all, together with audits conducted by other customers on suppliers. Since the Group’s membership , the number of its strategic suppliers joining SEDEX has risen continuously, reaching 86% this year.
To ensure excellent practices from start to finish, the Group now requires that these partners’ own second-tier suppliers also have SEDEX certification.
The Group has decided to disseminate its vision for responsible sourcing and the management of related risks as widely as possible. Since 2003, it has been a signatory of the United Nations Global Compact, which gathers companies and non-profit organisations. The Group is also a member of the GC Advanced Club (maximum level of reporting within the UN Global Compact), which aims to help signatories to commit and to assess, define, implement, measure and broadcast their social responsibility strategy.
Bruichladdich, first whisky and gin distillery in Europe to obtain B Corporation (B-Corp) certification
Highly involved in its terroir alongside the men and women of Islay, Bruichladdich received international B-Corp certification after several months of audit. This certification rewards the distillery for its ambitious sustainable development programme , and its commitment to foster exemplary and responsible methods in its ecosystem of suppliers, customers and partners. The distillery has incorporated a strong human dimension into its CSR commitment by developing career opportunities for its 80 permanent employees on the island, and also by favouring local suppliers as far as possible.
As part of an ambitious sustainable development plan for the years to come, Bruichladdich has also purchased 15 hectares of land reserved for research and development focused on responsible agriculture.
