Cancer Research UK Enhances Ethical Transparency in Retail Supply Chain with Sedex
Technology Category
- Platform as a Service (PaaS) - Application Development Platforms
Applicable Industries
- Consumer Goods
- Retail
Applicable Functions
- Logistics & Transportation
- Product Research & Development
Use Cases
- Retail Store Automation
- Theft Detection
About The Customer
Cancer Research UK is the world's leading cancer charity dedicated to saving lives through research. The organization has an extensive retail division, which includes 13 superstores and 580 shops across the UK. The retail division is a significant part of the organization, and it is committed to improving the ethical performance of its suppliers as part of its sustainability strategy. The organization is dedicated to understanding its supply chain better and continuously improving its ethical performance. By joining Sedex, Cancer Research UK is taking a significant step towards achieving its sustainability goals.
The Challenge
Cancer Research UK, a leading global charity dedicated to cancer research, has a vast retail division with 13 superstores and 580 shops. The organization was seeking to enhance the transparency of the ethical performance of its retail supply chain as part of its sustainability strategy. The challenge was to understand the supply chain better and continuously improve the ethical performance of their suppliers. The organization needed a solution that could provide a comprehensive view of the ethical performance of their global supplier base, thereby enabling them to drive continuous improvement in this area.
The Solution
To address this challenge, Cancer Research UK became a member of Sedex, the world's largest ethical audit platform. Sedex is dedicated to providing transparency of the ethical performance of global supply chains. By joining Sedex, Cancer Research UK could gain a clear understanding of its supply chain and the ethical performance of its suppliers. This membership would allow the organization to monitor and improve the ethical performance of its suppliers continuously. The move aligns with Cancer Research UK's sustainability strategy, which aims to drive continuous improvement of the ethical performance of the suppliers to their retail outlets, which now number almost 600 across the UK.
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