PANDORA ETHICS REPORT 2015
TRAINING
KEY SUPPLIERS
Again in 2015, PANDORA hostedCSR training sessions
for our key suppliers. Group Procurement, PANDORA
ProductionThailand (PPT) andGroupCSRworked closely
together to create and organise the sessions – a team effort
that demonstrates a company-wide dedication to integrating
CSR throughout our business.
This year, the training sessions took place inThailand,
providing PANDORA the opportunity to show the 150
participants PPT, to talkwith our internal experts, tomeet
our craftspeople and to see first hand howwe approach
CSR at our own crafting facilities.
We have excellent suppliers, but their approach toCSR
issues can be very different. Some are already very familiar
with implementingCSR, and for them the training is a case
of confirming they are on the right track. For others, CSR is
quite new territory and seeing PANDORA’s crafting facilities
canbe an eye-opener.
“My background is in factories, mainly inChina, and this
is just amazing,” says JonathanChan, GeneralManager of a
largeChinese packaging supplier. “It is totally different from
what I amused to.The infrastructure, equipment and skills
of theworkers – it’s really impressive. I’ve always known
that PANDORA is good, but this is beyondmy expectations.
I’m 60 years old, but I have learnedquite a lot today from
seeing these crafting facilities.”
“After training sessions, PANDORA has follow-up
meetings to determine howwell suppliers aremeeting
our requirements.The best method for our suppliers is
to quickly assimilate their new knowledge and begin
making the necessary changes.We often see impressive
improvements after we have visited a supplier’s production
facility”, says Jon-Paul Daniel,Vice President, Group
Procurement.
