# SUPPLIER CODE OF CONDUCT
Date: 1 March 2033
Parties: Harbourlight Components Ltd and its approved suppliers
## 1. Purpose and parties
This Code is adopted by Harbourlight Components Ltd of Bristol on 1 March 2033 for every supplier, subcontractor and labour provider approved for the HL-2033 programme. It forms part of each purchase order only when incorporated by that order; it does not create an employment relationship or guarantee future work.
## 2. Facts, scope and terms
A supplier must comply with applicable employment, health and safety, modern-slavery, environmental, data-protection and anti-bribery law. It must not use forced or child labour, retain identity documents, charge recruitment fees, discriminate unlawfully, or retaliate against a worker who raises a concern. Workers must receive lawful pay and safe, freely chosen work.
## 3. Process and responsibilities
Suppliers must keep accurate origin, wage, hours, training, accident, waste and emissions records for six years after the relevant delivery. They must flow equivalent requirements to material subcontractors, identify production sites before work begins, and obtain Harbourlight's written approval before moving production or using an undisclosed labour provider.
## 4. Evidence, records and safeguards
Harbourlight may conduct proportionate announced or unannounced audits on reasonable notice, including confidential worker interviews and document review. A supplier must cooperate, protect interviewees from retaliation, and provide a corrective-action plan within 15 business days after a finding. Audit costs remain Harbourlight's unless the order expressly states otherwise.
## 5. Review, escalation and outcome
A critical breach includes forced labour, bribery, falsified safety records, concealment of a site, or imminent serious harm. Harbourlight may suspend a purchase order while investigating, require a safe remediation plan, or terminate for material breach under the order. Suspension does not excuse payment for conforming goods already accepted.
## 6. Reservations and practical protections
Suppliers must report suspected bribery, human trafficking, serious injury, environmental release or retaliation within 48 hours through compliance@harbourlight.example or the confidential hotline. Harbourlight will restrict access to reports, preserve evidence, and prohibit retaliation; knowingly false reports made to harm another supplier remain a breach.
## 7. England and Wales law and completion
The Code is reviewed each 1 March by the Compliance Director, with changes notified before they apply to new orders. The version effective on 1 March 2033 is governed by England and Wales law, and nothing removes statutory rights, collective bargaining rights or the order's dispute clause. Each supplier acknowledges receipt and will sign the attached acceptance.