Suppliers

We collaborate with our manufacturers and suppliers to make sure the products we sell are safe and responsibly sourced. In addition, we consider their overall sustainability performance, particularly their energy efficiency and climate change impact.

For customers to enjoy our amazing technology they need peace of mind that we’re sourcing responsibly. With over 6,400 suppliers globally, with the majority based in Europe and China, we want to use our size and unique capabilities to do good.

Beyond compliance with all relevant national and international legislation, we have our own Standards for Responsible Sourcing that set out our expectations for all suppliers, partners and subsequent supply chains. The Standards reflect our commitment to acting with integrity in business relationships and are underpinned by both our Child Labour Remediation & Young Worker Policy and Conflict Minerals Policy.

An Anti-Bribery, Gifts and Hospitality Policy is in place. The procedures in place to oversee the anti-corruption and bribery control environment is reviewed by the Audit Committee on at least an annual basis and most recently in June 2024. The full policy is reviewed by the Board periodically.

Read more about our work on Scope 3 emissions from our supply chain.

We’re committed to eradicating all forms of modern slavery and human trafficking. The fact that modern slavery still exists today is abhorrent and eradication requires collaboration and transparency.

We continue to take action to tackle modern slavery and human trafficking in our operations and supply chain and report progress annually in our Modern Slavery Statement. Our Anti-Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking Policy clearly states the actions our colleagues, suppliers and partners must take if a case of modern slavery is discovered or suspected. We work with our suppliers to ensure they take appropriate steps and manage risks within their own supply chains.

We continue to expand our efforts to tackle the issue – collating existing actions and working on new initiatives across our business and supply chain to mitigate risk and identify areas that need additional focus.

At Currys we are proud of the progress we made in 2024/25. Our key achievements included:

• Reviewed and republished our Standards for Responsible Sourcing, and our Anti-Modern Slavery & Human Trafficking, Child Labour Remediation & Young Workers and Conflict Minerals Policies. The policies now all reference our anonymous whistleblowing channels and the Group whistleblowing Policy.
• Our internal Modern Slavery Escalation Process was republished alongside a new document detailing agencies working in each of the countries where we operate who can support should a person experiencing modern slavery be identified.
• Continuing to invite more suppliers to join the EcoVadis platform to enable us to measure their sustainability performance, with 64% of Group spend now assessed for sustainability and 63% for carbon maturity.
• Through our membership of the Responsible Business Alliance, we continue to expand our understanding of the mineral risks associated with our industry, gaining greater insight into the supply chain stages, composition and ESG issues relating to the technologies we sell. This year we engaged our own label and licensed brand suppliers through sharing our updated Conflict Minerals Policy, supporting guidance and additional resources and training materials.
• We have continued to worked with Bright Future to provide secure employment for survivors of modern slavery and help another person find safe and stable work at Currys
• We have also collaborated with the Slave Free Alliance part of the global anti-slavery charity Hope for Justice, to review our security and cleaning providers in the UK & Ireland. We also launched a project to increase accessibility and ensure all employees, regardless of language, can access important information
• Through our work on climate change we also engaged with key suppliers to understand more about the information they hold on the lifecycle emissions of their products.

In 2025/26 we will:

• Continue work with our own label and licensed brand suppliers to increase their average score on EcoVadis.
• Collaborate with Slave-Free Alliance to review our understanding of, and response to human rights risks in our operations and supply chain.
• Refresh our modern slavery ‘Spot the signs’ training for our colleagues in supply chain and service operations.
• Refresh our responsible sourcing training module for all buyers and colleagues working with suppliers.