Our commitment

The management of DK Company A/S is committed to ensure a responsible and ethical sourcing of products in any relation to the business.

Ethical Sourcing Requirements

This policy describes DK Company A/S approach in certain sourcing regions, where human rights infringements or environmental risks are potentially present.

Our global supply chain and partners must be committed hereto when sourcing and manufacturing products for DK Company A/S.

Sub-contracting

Requirements for use of sub-contracting is defined in DK Company A/S Sub-contracting Policy.

Sandblasting

DK Company A/S do not accept the use of sandblasting and are committed to work with suppliers and business partners to find alternative solutions and methods. The process poses great risks to human health and life, and the method is banned for all products produced for DK Company A/S.

Sourcing of cotton

Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan

DK Company A/S strongly opposes the use of child- and forced labour. Several reports have documented an extended use of both when harvesting cotton in Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan.

We require all our suppliers and business partners to stop the sourcing of cotton from Uzbekistan and Turkmenistan, develop policies against sourcing in these countries and enforce the ban throughout the entire supply chain.

For awareness of cotton traders please refer to this below link/list:
http://www.cottoncampaign.org/

XUAR

DK Company A/S strongly condemn the use of child- and forced labour in the cotton industry located in the Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region (XUAR).

Suppliers and business partners of DK Company A/S are prohibited from sourcing raw materials and finished goods made in XUAR.
It is required to take adequate precautions and actions ensuring sourcing in XUAR is stopped and enforce the ban throughout the entire supply chain.
We will support and exert our influence to obtain physical traceability in the cotton supply chain through our Better Cotton membership and accredited third-party certification.

Sourcing in Myanmar

Myanmar is exposed to severe human and labor right risks to workers and against ethnic minorities; especially in relation to activities conducted by the military.
Sourcing from Myanmar is continuously banned in the entire supply chain of suppliers and business partners of DK Company A/S and is evaluated on yearly basis. DK Company A/S relies on information and guidelines from the Ethical Trading Initiative’s (ETI) Garment sectorial assessment & findings report.

Link to ETI report: https://www.ethicaltrade.org/sites/default/files/shared_resources/Myanmar%20enhanced%20due% 20diligence%20sectoral%20assessment.pdf

Sumangali Scheme

Sumangali is a scheme where girls between 11–17 years of age are being hired into, mostly spinning mills in Southern India, to work. The girls are hired on a contract for three to five years after which, they are paid a lump sum, often used as a dowry.
Sumangali is therefore to be considered a form of bonded child labour, which we strongly oppose. Suppliers to DK Company A/S must ensure that this scheme is not practiced in any facilities throughout the supply chain.

Conflict Minerals

DK Company A/S supports the Dodd-Frank Act Reform and Consumer Protection Act, that was approved on August 22, 2012 by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). This rule revolves around the sourcing of conflict minerals such as tantalum, tin, tungsten, and gold.

The purpose of this policy is to make sure that we comply with all disclosure and reporting requirements Under rule 13p-1 of the Securities Exchange act, as well as Regulation (EU) 2017/821 of the European Parliament and of the Council of May17th 2017.

According to this regulation EU companies are obliged to ensure imports of abovementioned minerals do not originate from conflict-affected or high-risk areas, and our supply chain do not contribute to the financing of armed groups.

DK Company A/S commits to operate our business with the highest standards of business ethics and expect third parties with whom we work to maintain these same high standards. We expect our supply chain to comply with our requests to provide us with information about the source of some of these materials and perform transparency and due diligence regarding their sourcing of the minerals at issue.

Approval

This statement was approved by the Parent Company DK Company A/S and relates to all the companies in the DK Company Group.