Structure

Mode Choc is a family-owned business from Québec, counting 11 physical stores and a transactional website shipping across Canada. The chain offers quality, trendy and affordable clothes, accessories, and decoration for the whole family.

Commercial Activities

Mode Choc offers a wide range of trendy and affordable clothing collections for the whole family, as well as plenty of decorative accessories. Adding to its carefully selected suppliers, Mode Choc designs and imports about 50% of its merchandise in the form of exclusive collections, thanks to the design team that’s based at the headquarters in Alma and at one of the company’s satellite offices in Sainte-Thérèse, Québec.

Supply Chains

Mode Choc works closely with different suppliers. They are chosen according to criteria which were established by the company’s own carefully thought-out values. Pleasant relationships were built over the years with many manufacturers, suppliers, agents, and representatives.

Two distinct supply chains enable Mode Choc to offer a wide variety of affordable products to dress its customers’ everyday life. The first, supplied through local wholesalers, distributes well-known international and Canadian brands. The supply chain linked to the design and import department includes the company’s exclusive brands and collections, designed in Québec, which are conceived to suit Canadian families needs and are manufactured by our partner factories in Asia.

Sustainable Management and Social Responsability Practices

The company’s management is aware of the present-day realities. That’s why audits of the suppliers are actively performed, despite them being well aware of the company’s core values and having agreed to conform to them. Benevolence and proactivity towards the well-being of oneself, others and the environment must be reflected in all spheres of its supply chain. It is of the utmost importance that the items offered to the customer be created and manufactured with respect, equity and in a safe environment. The establishment of sustainable management and social responsibility practices is one of Mode Choc’s priorities.

Measures Against Forced Labour Child Labour

Following its mission while standing by its values is at the forefront of the company’s concerns, as it is what defines us. In case of forced labour or child labour, Mode Choc will cease all relations with the supplier.

In the spirit of longevity, the company hopes to maintain good business relationships with its long-time suppliers, with whom it shares its values. Mode Choc keeps supporting sustainable development and social responsibility.

As shown in the sustainable development plan, to become an agent of change over the course of the next few years, Mode Choc will develop a Responsible Procurement Policy. This policy will make available the list of suppliers and the product’s traceability. This policy will also be a gauge of success for the establishment of clear measures towards suppliers to counter forced labour and child labour in all supplier chains.

The company did not need to take any actions towards any of its suppliers to eliminate forced labour and child labour as part of its operations and within the supplier chains, since the situation did not occur. Mode Choc continues to act with due diligence to ensure these types of practices do not take place with any of its suppliers. It ensures that the International Labour Organization (ILO) norms are followed throughout the whole manufacturing process.

Eco-Design and Responsible Procurement

Mode Choc is taking steps - based on recommended practices from known market certifications - to define its own criteria for environmentally responsible clothing. The company’s management firmly believes in the importance of offering products that promote eco-designing and of having a socially responsible supply chain.

“We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.”

Antoine de St-Éxupéry

Longevity of Good Practices

Mode Choc reflects its management, being in line with the times by making sustainable management at all levels one of its top priorities, caring for the satisfaction of its customers and the environmental and social responsibility of its suppliers.

Over the course of the next five years, the company will challenge itself to become a role model in the retail industry, that’s often mistreated over environmentally harsh activities. The climb may be arduous, but the first steps have already been taken. The company will continue to strive towards transparency concerning the products’ traceability. Mode Choc contributes to the well-being of families by providing everyday wear at affordable prices. It implements practices to make shopping environmentally responsible so that the right choice is available to all.