This part of our website tells you about how J.C. Rags manages its social, environmental and ethical responsibilities. We are convinced that taking a considered and responsible approach must be an integral part of our overall approach.
Quality is about more than making sure that our products meet or exceed our customers’ expectations. It also means that goods have to be manufactured under fair conditions and that our consumers are aware of our approach to our policy of engagement. This is part of an essential prerequisite for J.C. Rags’s continued sustainability and growth mission.
The contents below explain how we want to achieve this and have been divided into 3 categories:
A: Our corporate standards. This details our requirements around human rights.
B: The environmental standard. This calls for being aligned to the legislations concerning the environment, health and safety.
C: Documentation our business partners must maintain. This calls for facts and evidence in terms of overall compliance to our requirements.
J.C. Rags B.V. and it’s entities (herein after referred to as J.C. Rags) require all their Vendors and Suppliers to operate their business in accordance with the following standards:
General Principle – J.C. Rags Vendors and Suppliers shall operate in full compliance with all national and local laws, rules and regulations applicable to their business operations.
Employment Standards – With regard to the employment of any and all employees of J.C. Rags Vendors and Suppliers shall comply with the following Standards:
1. Forced Labor: J.C. Rags Vendors and Suppliers shall not use forced labor, whether in the form of prison labor, indentured labor, bonded labor, or otherwise. No Employee can be compelled to work through force, the threat of force or intimidation of any form.
2. Child Labor: J.C. Rags Vendors and Suppliers shall not employ persons who are younger than 15 years old (or 14 years old where permitted by the applicable laws), or who are younger than the age for completing compulsory education in their country of employment where such age
is higher than 15.
3. Harassment or Abuse: J.C. Rags Vendors and Suppliers shall acknowledge that their Employees have the right to have a workplace free f rom physical, sexual, psychological or verbal harassment or abuse and Vendors and Suppliers shall treat Employees with respect and dignity.
4. Discrimination: J.C. Rags Vendors and Suppliers shall not discriminate in employment, including hiring, salary, benefits, advancement, training, disciplines, termination or retirement, on the basis of gender, race, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation, nationality, political opinion, or social or ethnic origin.
5. Right of Association and Collective Bargaining: J.C. Rags Vendors and Suppliers shall recognize and respect the rights of Employees’ to organize and join associations of their own choosing, and to bargain collectively.
6. Wages: J.C. Rags Vendors and Suppliers recognize that Employees should be fully compensated for all time worked and be provided with a clear and written accounting for every pay period. Vendors and Suppliers shall pay Employees at least a) the minimum wage required by the applicable law or
b) the prevailing industry wage, whichever is higher. In addition to their compensation for regular hours of work, Employees shall be compensated for overtime hours at least at the premium rate legally required by the applicable law or, in those countries where such laws do not exist, at a rate exceeding their regular hourly compensation rate.
7. Hours of Work: J.C. Rags Vendors and Suppliers shall not require their Employees to work on a regular basis more than sixty hours or the requirement by the applicable law, whichever is shorter per week, including overtime. Vendors and Suppliers shall allow Employees at least one day off in every seven day period on a regular basis and a paid annual leave required by the applicable law.
8. Benefits: J.C. Rags Vendors and Suppliers shall provide their Employees all legally mandated benefits.
9. Health and Safety: J.C. Rags Vendors and Suppliers shall provide a safe and healthy working environment, including, but not limited to adequate lighting, heating and ventilation systems and protection from fire, accidents, and hazardous substances. Employees shall have access at all times to sanitary facilities which are adequate and clean. When residential facilities are provided for Employees, the same standards should apply.
J.C. Rags Vendors and Suppliers shall comply with all applicable environmental laws and regulations and shall work towards further improving environmental conservation. Further, Vendors and Suppliers shall operate the business with consideration for environment and safety by saving resources and energy, reducing emissions, by implementing environmentally-aware purchasing, and by preventing pollution.
J.C. Rags Vendors and Suppliers shall maintain all documents necessary to demonstrate compliance with this Policy and any applicable laws, and submit these documents to J.C. Rags upon J.C. Rags B.V.’s request. Further, J.C. Rags shall have the right to conduct inspections or shall have the right to have J.C. Rags B.V.’s designated independent monitor conduct such inspections to determine if Vendors and Suppliers comply with J.C. Rags Standards and the applicable laws with or without prior notice by J.C. Rags Vendors and Suppliers shall accept such inspections.
