Church & Dwight products have been a standard of quality and environmental responsibility since 1846. We are committed to conducting our operations in a responsible manner and expect the same commitment from our suppliers. California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010 requires manufacturers and retailers doing business in California to disclose their efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking from their direct supply chains. Church & Dwight’s efforts include the following:

  1. Church & Dwight utilizes risk-based assessments when selecting new suppliers. In addition, all of our suppliers are expected to abide by the Church & Dwight Co., Inc. Global Operations Guiding Principles (“Guiding Principles”) which set out minimum standards for working conditions that are safe and afford workers respect and dignity. The Employment Standards within the Guiding Principles provide that “employees must be employed of their own free will,” suppliers are not permitted to utilize “forced labor in any form,” may not utilize corporal punishment as a form of discipline, and must pay employees wages required by law. Our Guiding Principles are posted on www.churchdwight.com.
  2. Our supplier contracts require suppliers to conduct their operations in accordance with all applicable laws. In addition, consistent with the Guiding Principles, our supplier contracts include a Child Labor and Forced Labor warranty which requires suppliers to warrant that they do not “employ children, prison labor, indentured labor, bonded labor or use corporal or other forms of mental and physical coercion as a form of discipline” and that they “will not conduct business with vendors employing children, prison labor, indentured labor, bonded labor or who use corporal punishment or other forms of mental and physical coercion as a form of discipline.”
  3. In our supply contracts, Church & Dwight reserves the right to audit suppliers’ premises for compliance with the Child Labor and Forced Labor warranty. Church & Dwight’s standard quality audit protocols, applicable to scheduled audits by Church & Dwight personnel, include suppliers’ compliance with the Child Labor and Forced Labor warranty and our Guiding Principles as one of the audit items. Any supplier found to be in violation is subject to corrective action including termination of business.
  4. Church & Dwight requires all of its employees and management to abide by our Code of Conduct. Our Code of Conduct requires that we maintain the highest ethical standards and never take unfair advantage of anyone. It was designed to encourage a culture of honesty, accountability and mutual respect; to provide guidance to help personnel recognize and deal with ethical issues; and to provide a reporting mechanism for company personnel to report unethical conduct.
  5. Any violation of the applicable laws, our Code of Conduct or the Guiding Principles by a Church & Dwight employee may result in disciplinary action, including termination of the employee.

Church & Dwight will continue to review its policies and procedures to make sure we have appropriate safeguards in place to protect persons employed in bringing out products to our consumers.