B&Q aspires to be world class in environmental sustainability, in comparison with all business sectors. This goal cannot be achieved without the active support of the many hundreds of suppliers who provide us with products that come from all over the world.

We respect our suppliers and will treat them fairly. In return we expect our suppliers to give us good service and also to address the environmental issues associated with the life-cycles of the products they supply.

We will continue to work with our suppliers to reduce their impact on the environment and manage the challenges of sustainable environmental development.

It is our policy to:

• work with our product suppliers to establish clear visibility through all our supply chains, so that we know who is making every product we sell and can identify the critical environmental issues associated with its lifecycle

• define standards for the environmental performance of our product suppliers and regularly assess each supplier's performance against these standards

• provide training for our commercial teams, suppliers and other relevant people on the environmental issues associated with supply chain management

• ensure that any product labelling that makes environmental claims about supplier companies, is verifiable

• work with suppliers and contractors employed in developing, refurbishing and maintaining our premises who uphold environmental standards on product procurement and behaviour consistent with B&Q's requirements