Responsibility
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All Barrette Outdoor Living facilities are committed to being environmentally responsible. Each distribution center has a recycle program in place, and employees are committed to doing all they can to reuse and recycle non-useable parts, pieces and packaging that come into our facilities. Galloway, NJ generates massive power with newly installed solar panels: Barrette Outdoor Living (BOL) has completed the installation of a rooftop solar array on their 400,000 square foot Galloway, New Jersey manufacturing facility. This 2.097-kilowatt system was the result of a Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) between the company and Dynamic Energy Solutions, LLC of Wayne, Pennsylvania. The array is comprised of 6,554 solar photovoltaic modules and is estimated to generate more than 2.6 megawatt-hours in the first year of operation. This will supply more than 50 percent of the facility’s electricity consumption and is estimated to save Barrette more than $6 million through its lifetime. This rooftop array is a major step in not only reducing operating costs, but minimizing the company’s carbon footprint on the community. The energy produced by the solar system will offset 50,468 tons of carbon dioxide which is equal to powering 4,944 homes annually or driving 112,215,095 miles in a passenger vehicle. Barrette Outdoor Living will further their sustainable gains by extending this program throughout their eight other North American manufacturing plants in the next few years. Brooksville, FL occupies 200,000 square feet of manufacturing space in a state-of-the-art facility. Their sustainability initiatives include: In addition: Flint, MI distribution center has over 165,000 square feet of manufacturing space. Their sustainability initiatives include: Bulls Gap, TN is located on approximately 70 acres, and houses a 550,000 square foot manufacturing building. Very little goes to landfill: In 2008, the Bulls Gap plant received the State of Tennessee Environment Stewardship Award for reduction in waste. Human trafficking and forced labor is a global issue that requires the combined efforts of countries and companies to raise awareness and combat all forms of trafficking. The United Nations defines it as an act of recruiting, transporting, transferring, harboring or receiving a person through a use of force, coercion or other means, for the purpose of exploiting them. Every country is affected by human trafficking, and men, women, and children can fall victim. Barrette Outdoor Living has taken proactive steps to mitigate the risk of human trafficking and forced labor in our supply chain. Verification In order to verify that Barrette Outdoor Living’s product supply chains do not use goods produced by forced or child labor, we regularly review updates to the U.S. Department of Labor’s List of Products Produced by Forced or Indentured Child Labor so we can more closely monitor factories that may operate in the countries listed. Factories are also required to go through a rigorous approval process before they join our supply chain, including working with Sourcing, Sustainability, and Quality Assurance departments to make sure the factories meet company standards. Auditing To ensure all the factories in our supply chain are fulfilling their obligation, Barrette Outdoor Living engages an independent third party who is on-the-ground, and who visits the factories that supply our products. Each audit consists of a factory walk-through, confidential interviews with workers, and a review of relative documentation (e.g. payroll, time records, employee age verification, etc.). We typically audit factories once per year, but we can visit more or less depending on the factory’s performance and track record. Certification All business partners are contractually required to adhere to Barrette Outdoor Living’s zero tolerance for slave, involuntary, or child labor, which states “Barrette Outdoor Living will not tolerate the use of convict, indentured, slave, bonded, or other forced involuntary labor, including human trafficking, either directly or indirectly, by its vendors, or by any subcontractors utilized by its vendors.” When a vendor accepts a purchase order, they are confirming their compliance with our zero-tolerance stance on human trafficking and forced labor. Internal Accountability We have a zero-tolerance policy for involuntary labor, human trafficking, and child labor. If any of these findings are uncovered during an audit, the factory must take immediate steps to correct the problem. The factory is required to alert Barrette Outdoor Living on how they are correcting the issue and Barrette Outdoor Living will work directly with the factory to ensure there are no recurrences. In addition, a full follow-up audit will be performed at the factory 6 months later to confirm the issue has been resolved. Training and Awareness All internal managers directly involved in Supply Chain Management undergo training on human trafficking and slavery that discusses the risks of human trafficking for business, and actions that can be taken to mitigate the risks.
Our commitment to the environment
At Barrette, We Care. Compliance with California’s Transparency in Supply Chains Act