Sustainable Supply Chains
Our Social and Environmental Responsibility
We expect our suppliers and business partners to comply with our Declaration of Principles on Human Rights and to implement appropriate processes to respect human rights. You can find the KURZ Declaration of Principles on Human Rights here:
Declaration of Principles on Human Rights
The KURZ Supplier Code of Conduct defines our requirements with regard to general business principles and fair competition, labor and social standards, environmental protection and product safety. KURZ requires suppliers and service providers to comply with these requirements. You can find the KURZ Supplier Code of Conduct here:
Possible compliance violations or human rights abuses can be reported via the Compliance Officer or the Human Rights Officer.
Information on the complaints procedure via our Incident Reporting can be found here:
EU Deforestation Regulation (EU) 2023/1115
LEONHARD KURZ Stiftung & Co. KG Schwabacher Strasse 482, 90763 Fuerth, Germany (‘KURZ’) is aware of the significance of deforestation and forest degradation for the loss of biodiversity. KURZ has analyzed the goods and products purchased from suppliers and subcontractors, as well as its own products and goods, in accordance with its due diligence obligations as a trader within the meaning of the EU Deforestation Regulation (EU) 2023/1115 (‘Regulation’).
This analysis has shown that KURZ does not make available on the market any relevant products as defined in Annex I of the Regulation that contain, have been fed with or have been made using relevant commodities.
KURZ hereby declares that it has taken all necessary steps to verify the nature and origin of the products placed on the market, exported, or made available within the European Single Market by KURZ and to ensure that they are deforestation-free.
KURZ regularly reviews these products to ensure that the due diligence requirements under the Regulation are met, that the relevant evidence is provided, and that declarations can be made.
As of: 12/2024