Responsible Retailing

Modern Slavery Act 2015

This statement is made pursuant to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes our slavery and human trafficking statement. It sets out the steps that Jollyes Pet Superstores has taken and will continue to take to prevent modern slavery or human trafficking from taking place within our business and supply chain.

Company Structure

Jollyes is a medium sized specialist pet retailer with stores in the UK. As such, we have an extensive supply chain in excess of £50m per year. We work with a wide range of different suppliers, subcontractors and partners each of which will have their own subcontractors, affiliates and associate entities.

The foundation for our continued success has been our honest, ethical & fair approach to dealing with our suppliers, employees and customers.

Our Policies on Slavery & Human Trafficking:

We have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery in our organisation and our supply chain.

We are committed to understand and mitigate the risks associated with modern slavery in our business and those in our supply chain.

We have reviewed our policies, risk assessments, due diligence and training where applicable internally and we are continuing to work with our suppliers to ensure compliance to the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the Act).

Our Suppliers:

We are working collaboratively with our supply base to ensure that direct and indirect suppliers are acting ethically and have effective controls and procedures to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place.

We have undertaken a group wide risk assessment to highlight areas of vulnerability and where applicable, we will strengthen our processes in any areas highlighted.

We are introducing some standard Terms & Conditions (T’s & C’s) that our suppliers will receive if they wish to trade with us – these T’s & C’s ensure compliance with the Act. These T&C’s will form a basis for all of our supply agreements.

Any examples of non-compliance will be reviewed and appropriate action taken.

The wide range and the breadth of parts of our supply chain make it challenging to effectively manage all supplier’s policies towards human rights and therefore Jollyes insist that that it is ultimately the responsibility of any supplier who wishes to carry out business with us:

Wherever possible, Jollyes will use suppliers with industry accreditation

Wherever possible, we build and develop long standing relationships with national & local suppliers and make clear expectations of our business behaviour. Where we use national or international supply chains, our point of contact is always with a UK company and we expect these entities to have sustainable anti-slavery and human trafficking policies & processes

RECYCLING

You can now recycle your old electrical items with us. If you’re buying a new electrical item, we will recycle your old one for free.

Unwanted electrical equipment is the UKs fastest growing type of waste.

Many electrical items can be repaired or recycled, saving natural resources and the environment. If you do not recycle, electrical equipment will end up in landfill where hazardous substances will leak out and cause soil and water contamination – harming wildlife and also human health.

Why recycle?

Unwanted electrical equipment is the UKs fastest growing type of waste.

Many electrical items can be repaired or recycled, saving natural resources and the environment. If you do not recycle, electrical equipment will end up in landfill where hazardous substances will leak out and cause soil and water contamination – harming wildlife and also human health.

We can help...

We are pleased to offer our customers the chance to recycle their old electrical items by simply handing in your items to a member of staff in one of our stores.

To remind you that old electrical equipment can be recycled, it is now marked with a crossed-out wheelie bin or recycle symbol. Please do not throw any electrical equipment (including those marked with the crossed out wheelie bin or recycle symbol) in your bin.

Find more information on WEEE recycling, and locate your local recycling centre, at www.recyclenow.com

Find your closest Jollyes store here: Store Locator

Find more information on WEEE recycling, and locate your local recycling centre, at www.recyclenow.com. Find your closest Jollyes store here: Store List

CHARITIES

Jollyes use of 5p carrier bag proceeds

Take a look at our charity donations chosen by our Reward card customers. We have had a fantastic response, and the first charity donation has gone to Support Dogs who have been donated £5,000 along with Guide Dogs who have been donated £3,000 and finally Cats Protection who have been donated £2,000. We aimed to donate to various charities with different causes.

GENDER PAY REPORT

At Jollyes we proud to offer fair and equitable pay to all our colleagues and this is reflective in our salary structure.

Jollyes Gender Pay Compared to the UK

According to the Office of National Statistics, the UK’s current mean gender pay gap is 17.4%, while the median figure is 18.4%. The causes of a gender pay gap can be complex and there are often a number of factors that influence this such as such as working hours and the number of men and women in different roles across a business.

This is why the UK government has introduced the requirement for all employers to publish their gender pay gap to identify differences in pay between male and female employees across our entire business regardless of job role. This allows companies to monitor the gender pay gap so that they can understand it’s causes so that the relevant action can be taken to reduce it.

Jollyes Gender Pay by Quartiles

As part of the Gender Pay Gap reporting process, employers have been asked to split their workforce into four groups based on pay, and to show the proportion of male and female employees in each quartile.

Having reviewed our results in detail we have identified that the majority of our gap is the result of having a considerably larger volume of female employees working in our lower and lower middle quartiles.