Company Responsibility
RíSON International Design Group - ÉCLAT.., together with its subsidiaries and affiliates (collectively, the “Company”), is dedicated to upholding fair and legal employment practices and environmental sustainability requirements.
As an integral component of this commitment are prohibitions on discrimination, forced labor, and child labor, insistence on fair wages and hours and the provision of safe and healthy working conditions, as well as guidelines for minimizing each Associate’s/Independent Contractor’s environmental footprint.
As a condition of doing business with the Company, each Associate/Independent Contractor must execute the Code and implement the principles contained therein.
The Company will continue to develop Associate/Independent Contractors monitoring systems including, but not limited to, independent, unannounced third party audits to assess and ensure compliance with the Code.
If the Company determines that any Associate/Independent Contractor has violated the Code, the Company may either terminate its business relationship or require the Associate to implement a corrective action plan.
By espousing the foregoing principles, the Company strives to ensure integrity of its supply chain while continuing to uphold and exceed the quality of our branded merchandise.
This includes adhering to the Transparency in Supply Chain Act and federal laws as well as the standards established by the Company. .___________________________________________________________________________.
Transparency in Supply Chain Act (SB 657) (the “Act”)
The Act, which became effective January 1, 2012, requires certain retail sellers and manufacturers to disclose their efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their direct supply chains. It is intended to provide consumers with the means to determine which companies have an active social responsibility program and thereafter to make conscientious purchasing decisions.
The points outlined below highlight the Act’s mandatory disclosures, followed by an explanation of how the Company is addressing each of them:
(1)Verification
The Company continues to develop monitoring systems to assess and ensure Associate’s compliance with the slavery and human trafficking prohibitions set forth in the Code through various means, including, but not limited to, independent, unannounced on-site third party verification visits.
(2)Audits
The Company relies on independent third party vendors to conducts unannounced audits of Associates, which assist in the evaluation of Associates’ compliance with Company’s supply chain standards for trafficking and slavery.
(3) Integrity of Components
By executing the Code, every Associate certifies that materials incorporated into goods and merchandise manufactured for the Company comply with labor and trafficking laws, and with all other applicable laws, rules and regulations of the respective country or countries in which they do business.
(4) Accountability
Associates must manifest their commitment to the implementation of the Code’s stated anti-slavery and human trafficking principles by maintaining or establishing an appropriate management system (with adequate documentation and record-keeping in place) to address compliance with these principles and detection and correction of any non-compliance.
(5) Training
In connection with its commitment to enforce and uphold the principles set forth in the Code, the Company provides training on recognizing the warning signs of human trafficking and slavery to those employees who have direct responsibility for supply chain management.
To us, values such as honesty, integrity, consideration, and respect are more than words; they are embedded in everything we do and are the foundation of our social and environmental efforts.
These same values helped us craft our approach to environmental sustainability, which reflects our commitment to operating our business in a manner that ensures future generations can live with cleaner water and air, healthier forests and oceans, and a stable climate. By actively encouraging our associates to lead us in an environmentally and socially responsible direction, we will innovate to deliver sustainable products to people around the world, and will be a good corporate citizen. In this way, we will create value for our business and the communities in which we operate, while continuously reducing our environmental footprint.
We base our approach to sustainability on three pillars: our social, environmental and economic impacts. These three are inextricably linked, with the vibrancy of each reliant on the health of the others. As we advance our sustainability journey, we will continue to embed social and environmental considerations into all our decision making in order to create shared value where we live, work and play.
Looking Forward
As a growing and emerging global company, we are still in the early stages of our sustainability journey. We recognize that sustainability is fundamental to our success as a corporation and to our role as a global citizen of the Earth. We are ready and committed to embrace the challenges and opportunities that lie ahead, as we build value for our business and help create a better world for future generations.