Human Rights In Our Supply Chain

As an international company with global supply chains, the Aldi South Group is aware of our responsibility to respect human rights. The Aldi South Group is certain that long-term business success can only be ensured if human rights are acknowledged and respected. We believe that companies should be committed to respecting human rights and preventing human rights violations. Our commitment, therefore, encompasses our own business operations and our business relationships, as well as those indirectly caused by our actions.

For more information about our due diligence actions in order to respect human rights, please click here.

You can also view the Aldi South Group’s Human Rights and Environmental Due Diligence Policy here which outlines our human rights due diligence process and future commitments.

Modern Slavery

has no place in our businesses or supply chains. Preventing these abuses from happening is a global issue that Aldi and our partners are committed to addressing.

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Women's Empowerment

We support women’s empowerment in flower farms in Ethiopia, where we are one of the largest retailers of Fairtrade flowers in the UK.

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Monitoring Our Suppliers

We are committed to human rights and fair labour practices and expect all people in our supply chains to be treated with fairness, respect, and dignity.

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Key Progress Since 2020

1

In February 2020 we won the Thomson Reuters Foundation Stop Slavery Award and have been recognised for taking positive steps towards tackling modern slavery.

2

In 2021, we delivered extensive training on modern slavery to both our own employees and our suppliers. This included partnering with the Slave-Free Alliance to create a modern slavery e-learning module for our colleagues outlining our ethical requirements, and delivering modern slavery awareness raising training for our produce buying teams.

3

In 2022, Aldi UK and Ireland took a targeted approach to modern slavery, focusing on areas of our business and our supply chain where the level of risk was highest; this included Logistics, Produce and Flowers, Recruitment and Construction.

4

In 2023, Aldi UK continued its strategy of mitigating the risk of Modern Slavery occurring in our operations via the provision of Modern Slavery awareness training in the areas of GBFR, high risk Buying areas, Logistics, Human Resources and Construction.

5

In 2024 we were shortlisted in the Unseen Awards for the Business Impact Award. We also rolled out modern slavery training to over 4500 members of our colleagues.

Our Partnerships

Awards

Stop Slavery Award - In February 2020, Aldi UK won the Thomson Reuters Foundation's Stop Slavery Enterprise Award for goods and service companies. We were recognised for our efforts in tackling modern slavery and taking positive steps to protect human rights in the supply chain. We will continue to work collaboratively to raise awareness and drive better standards.

Unseen Business Impact Award - In 2024 Aldi UK and Ireland was shortlisted for the Unseen Business Impact Award. The awards, run by anti-slavery charity Unseen, recognise the important work, achievements, and commitment shown by businesses and individuals in tackling modern slavery