Frontier Co-op 2024 Biennial Sustainability Report

TRACEABILITY & TRANSPARENCY

RESPONSIBLE TRADE THROUGH SEDEX A key component of Frontier Co-op’s commitment to traceability and transparency includes responsible trade. This means we work hard to ensure our work practices have positive social and environmental im- pacts. One way we assess this is through our membership in Sedex – one of the world’s leading responsible trade membership organizations. Sedex offers businesses a formal assessment and scoring system, as well an online platform with tools and resources, to help them operate more responsibly and sustainably. For businesses like Frontier Co-op that operate through many supply chains, Sedex offers the Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audit (SMETA) – a tool that helps Sedex members assess the social impact of their entire supply chain. It involves four pillars – labor, health and safety, environment, and business ethics. Suppliers are sent a Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ), then, in areas identified as “high-risk,” third party auditors conduct supplier site visits to assess activities related to the four SMETA pillars. The results of these assessments help Frontier Co-op identify which activities and processes are going well and which need improvement. This informs Frontier’s work to conduct training, capacity building, and further evalua- tion accordingly. As more suppliers are integrated into the Sedex database, respond to the SAQ and engage in SMETA, the gathered data also allows Frontier to identify and respond to risks by sector and country.

INTEGRATING OUR SUPPLIERS INTO THE SEDEX DATABASE

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