response by LederundSchuh
The company LederundSchuh, one of Europe’s largest shoe retailers, employs over 3,300 people in more than 321 locations in 9 countries (by 12/2015). Responsible behaviour is the forefront of our work ethic throughout all aspects of the value chain. This is our policy from the development of our collections to production and distribution as well as our products. The LederundSchuh Group does not own any production facilities; instead it has its products manufactured by hundred of partners worldwide. Our Code of Conduct commits all suppliers to comply not only with local regulations regarding labour, social and environmental laws but with international standards as well. Only a small part of our production (about 1%) is directly sourced from Eastern Europe.