Mark's Work Wearhouse (Mark's) has an established track record of acting in a socially responsible manner. For example, we have been engaged in auditing offshore factories that make products we sell in the stores for many years, through a combination of third-party audits, internal assessments and factory self-assessments.

More recently, Mark's began implementation of a comprehensive new Supplier Code of Business Conduct (the Code) through our parent organization Canadian Tire Corporation, Limited. The Code sets standards for a wide-range of important matters including compliance with laws, wage and benefits, working conditions, the use of child or forced labour, sub-suppliers and human rights. Through Canadian Tire, we are also involved as a founding member of the organization Canadian Retailers Advancing Responsible Trade, committed to furthering responsible trade and ending unacceptable conditions for workers around the world. We are also a founding member of Fair Factories Clearing House, founded in 2004 to create a global clearinghouse for factory information and social compliance audit reports, and provided seed funding to this organization.

Mark's requires supplier certification of the Code which carries with it an assessment, monitoring and enforcement regimen. In addition, the Social Compliance Officer, independent of the buying and merchandising team, administers the process and reporting.

Open the following PDF document to obtain a copy of the Supplier Code of Business Conduct

For more information, please contact Mark's Social Compliance Officer:
robin.lynas@marks.com

Fair Factory Clearing House:
www.fairfactories.org

Canadian Retailers Advancing Responsible Trade:
www.retailcouncil.org/crart/about_crart.asp