Specialist areas of work and services:
Description:
I am an independent social sustainability and ethical trade professional with a track record of successful development and implementation of due diligence programmes for Modern Slavery and Ethical Trade in retail and food supply chains.
Experience, Background and Services:
Now working as a consultant, I have 20 years’ experience in food and retail supply chains developing and implementing sustainability and ethical trade compliance programmes, including compliance to the UK Modern Slavery Act. Responsibilities have included:
• Delivering company compliance to the “UK Modern Slavery Act” within own operations and supply chains.
• Experience in the development of Modern Slavery Act statements and delivering on commitments.
• Developing and implementing human rights due diligence framework, including mitigation measures for modern slavery.
• Developing internal programmes including risk assessment to eliminate and prevent modern slavery and human trafficking in supply chains.
• Implementing programmes for supply chain transparency.
• Management of ethical trade and sustainability; developing strategy, business Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), critical success factors and working with technical and commercial teams in delivering strategy and achieving retail business targets on sustainability and ethical trade.
• Working collaboratively with retail teams developing UK market ethical trade strategy and sustainability commodity commitments.
• Company project leader for Oxfam’s Poverty Footprint study “Exploring the links between international business and poverty reduction”.
• Developing and leading projects to address key social sustainability risks such as living wage, women’s empowerment and livelihoods.
EDUCATION:
BSC Agri-Food Marketing &Management; Harper Adams University
International Marketing (Erasmus); L’Ecole Supérieure de Agricole (ESA, France)
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Lead assessor training in SA8000 Social Accountability, British Retail Consortium and ISO 14001
CPD in Investigating Modern Slavery (Derby University)
Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI): Managing Supply Chains, Developing and Implementing ETI Policy
Basic and Advanced Food Hygiene
Threat Assessment Critical Control Points (TACCP)
- Agriculture & Forestry
- Manufacturing
Description:
I am an independent social sustainability and ethical trade professional with a track record of successful development and implementation of due diligence programmes for Modern Slavery and Ethical Trade in retail and food supply chains.
Experience, Background and Services:
Now working as a consultant, I have 20 years’ experience in food and retail supply chains developing and implementing sustainability and ethical trade compliance programmes, including compliance to the UK Modern Slavery Act. Responsibilities have included:
• Delivering company compliance to the “UK Modern Slavery Act” within own operations and supply chains.
• Experience in the development of Modern Slavery Act statements and delivering on commitments.
• Developing and implementing human rights due diligence framework, including mitigation measures for modern slavery.
• Developing internal programmes including risk assessment to eliminate and prevent modern slavery and human trafficking in supply chains.
• Implementing programmes for supply chain transparency.
• Management of ethical trade and sustainability; developing strategy, business Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s), critical success factors and working with technical and commercial teams in delivering strategy and achieving retail business targets on sustainability and ethical trade.
• Working collaboratively with retail teams developing UK market ethical trade strategy and sustainability commodity commitments.
• Company project leader for Oxfam’s Poverty Footprint study “Exploring the links between international business and poverty reduction”.
• Developing and leading projects to address key social sustainability risks such as living wage, women’s empowerment and livelihoods.
EDUCATION:
BSC Agri-Food Marketing &Management; Harper Adams University
International Marketing (Erasmus); L’Ecole Supérieure de Agricole (ESA, France)
CONTINUING EDUCATION
Lead assessor training in SA8000 Social Accountability, British Retail Consortium and ISO 14001
CPD in Investigating Modern Slavery (Derby University)
Ethical Trading Initiative (ETI): Managing Supply Chains, Developing and Implementing ETI Policy
Basic and Advanced Food Hygiene
Threat Assessment Critical Control Points (TACCP)
