Creating Sustainable Supply Chain - Marshalls · Creating Sustainable Supply Chain by David Morrell BSc MCIHT Group Head of Sustainability

Creating Sustainable Supply Chain

byDavid Morrell BSc MCIHT

Group Head of Sustainability

Our Challenge

Our Business ~ Overview

• Founded in 1885 by Solomon Marshall

• Public Limited Company

• Member of FTSE4Good

• £358.5m turnover Y2014

• 2,132employees

• Head Offices in West Yorkshire

Data source: Marshalls plc Annual Report 2014

Group of Brands

47 Operational sites, including 20 Quarries in Britain

1 Sourcing / Export office in China 2 Operational sites in Europe

6 Brands6 BrandsBusiness Superbrand

Regionally locatedtriangulating the UKFalkirk – Sittingbourne – Bleadon

Supplying concrete and natural stone paving and walling for commercial & domestic use togetherwith street furniture & drainage products

Data source: Marshalls plc Annual Report 2014, Marshalls Environmental KPI Report 2015

Marshalls Business Model

“Marshalls’ regards Corporate Responsibility as a journey in the course of which it aims to align its business values, purpose and business values, purpose and strategy with the social, environmental and economic needs of our stakeholders, whilst embedding sustainable and ethical business policies and practices in everything we do.”

Marshalls Business Model

Thinkingng

Passion

Action

Integrity & Ethics

UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights: Implementing the United Nations PROTECT, RESPECT & REMEDY Framework

State has a duty to PROTECTBusiness has responsibility to RESPECT with due diligence to avoid infringing and addressing harms that do occurIndividual has access to effective mechanisms to seek REMEDY against any infringement

Case StudyProduct Journey

Case StudyMarshalls’ Indian Sandstone

Supply Chain ~ Getting Started

Understand the Issues• customers• other stakeholders• supply chain

Develop Practical Solutions

Go Beyond Ethical Auditing

Share Best Practice

Case StudyUnderstanding the Issues

Case StudyMap the supply chain to raw

material extraction

Case StudyMap the supply chain to

packaged product

Starting out:– Need to understand the supply chain– Engage with suppliers to ‘improve’

Case StudyStarting Out

– Encourage & Support

Do nothing!

... accepted that slave labour was the

Would you want to buy from, or work for, a company that ...

labour was the cultural norm

in somecountries from where it purchased goods?

... directly or indirectly employed


employed children who worked for 14 hours a day?

... blamed sub -contractors when

human rights abuses


human rights abuses were publicly

identified in its supply chain?

... accepted that bribery and

corruption was


corruption was acceptable - as long as you got

away with it?

Addressing the issues

Addressing the wider Social issues



Addressing the Supply issues

bringing the team together

supply chain owners


supply chain ownersprocurement

programme managersNGO / Trade Union

customersauditors

best practice advisors

Communicatewww.marshalls.co.uk/sustainability

Integrity & Ethics

• Commitment from your Business– Why are you doing it?

• Build stable and trusted supply chain partners– Review procurement practices in your supply chain

• Invest in the resources to understand the micro and macro issues in your supply chain

7 lessons to share ...

macro issues in your supply chain– Consider the route cause of the issues?

• Consider your sphere of influence– Target resource where it will make the biggest change

• Investigate best practice approaches– Remember these may be from outside your business / sector

• Don’t forget to communicate your journey– Ensure your Customers are engaged

• Don’t stop, do measure / monitor / review / learn /share

Integrity & Ethics

“Collectively we can make a difference ...”

Thank you

David MorrellGroup Head of Sustainability

Marshalls [email protected]

Creating Sustainable Supply Chain - Marshalls · Creating Sustainable Supply Chain by David Morrell BSc MCIHT Group Head of Sustainability

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