At Sainsbury’s, we take our responsibility to respect and protect people’s human rights seriously, wherever they are in our business and value chains.

All of our producers have to meet our high safety and human rights standards. Through our code of conduct, suppliers must ensure that access to safe drinking water and hygiene facilities are provided and that water rights are protected.

Our Responsible Sourcing Manual sets our requirements relating to the provision of amenities within worker accommodation. Any accommodation provided to workers must be safe, legal, hygienic, separate from the production areas, sufficiently resourced for the maximum number of workers on site, meet the basic needs of the workers and respect their freedom of movement…

We require regular third-party social audits and conduct due diligence with our suppliers to make sure these standards are met…

We recognise the challenges around lack of available and affordable accommodation in Spain…

Alongside other retailers, importers and producers, we co-fund and support the Spain Ethical Trade Supplier Forums (Spanish ETF) to improve safety and working conditions for farms in Southern Spain, including Almeria….

…we work in collaboration with suppliers, growers, brands, retailers and NGOs in programmes established within the Spanish ETF….