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Western Digital’s unique products and services require a similarly unique network of suppliers. We have approximately 250 direct material suppliers across 20 countries in Asia Pacific, Europe, the United States, and the rest of the world. We
understand that a proactive partnership with our suppliers strengthens our relationships, improves their performance, and
ensures that critical policies are enforced throughout our supply chain.
Western Digital expects organizations in our supply chain to enforce our prohibitions against slavery and human trafficking, both within suppliers’ operations and upstream with their own suppliers. Our suppliers are required to adhere to relevant laws, RBA Code of Conduct, and our Supplier Code of Conduct, which includes multiple provisions directed at preventing any form of slavery and human trafficking. They commit not to use forced, bonded, or indentured labor and agree to employ workers on a voluntary basis and to not retain identity or immigration documents unless required by law. In addition, employers in the supply chain cannot require workers to pay recruitment fees. If such fees are found to have been paid, they must be fully repaid to the worker based on our zero-recruitment fee policy.
We regularly communicate these requirements throughout our supply chain. For example, each year we ask our highestvolume and highest-risk suppliers to reiterate in writing their commitment to human rights protections. We focus these efforts on direct material suppliers that represent most of our annual supplier spend, as well as contract manufacturers, single source suppliers, and other strategic or high-risk suppliers. For our indirect material suppliers, we require this annual recommitment of on-site suppliers, all labor brokers, and any suppliers of e-waste. In 2023, we asked 248 direct material suppliers and 289 indirect material suppliers to confirm adherence to the following:
• The UK Modern Slavery Act and the California Transparency in Supply Chain Act requiring voluntary labor.
• All work must be free and voluntary.
• No surrender of original identity documents by foreign workers.
• Workers must not be required to pay employers, brokers, or other similar agents recruitment fees or any related fees;
suppliers must agree to repay any such fees that are found to have been paid within 90 days.
• No child labor.
• No harsh or inhumane treatment.
• Labor brokers will not engage sub-agents.
• Other suppliers will train their employees on these provisions.
• Adoption of policies and programs to comply with these requirements.
• Cooperation with Western Digital regarding any issues that might arise on these topics.
I removed the option "Contracts include clauses on forced labor" as I couldn't find the corresponding excerpt.
Labour rights:
p. 1: These policies are consistent with local labor laws and include a strict prohibition on child laborand commitments tofair recruiting practices, fair payment of wages and eliminating human trafficking and forced labor