Question: Does the modern slavery statement define the performance indicators against which the company measures the effectiveness of its actions to combat slavery and trafficking? E.g. number of audits done, number of employee training provided
Answer:
No
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Walk Free
2020
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updated over 2 years ago by Lucia Ixtacuy

The company reports its number of audits and training, however, performance indicators are not explicitly mentioned.

pg. 8

"Supply Chain Audit

Food

Food ethical audits identified 84 non-compliances in 20/21, compared with 46 in 19/20, under the heading ‘employment is freely chosen’: 72 of those referred to improvements in management systems/policies which we accepted."

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"C&H

C&H ethical audits identified 4 non-compliances in 20/21, under the heading ‘employment is freely chosen’. One of the non-compliances identified a requirement to improve management systems and polices. The remaining 3 noncompliances covered issues with debt and document retention. All non-compliances have been closed out in the factories from which we source."

pg. 10

"7 MODERN SLAVERY TRAINING

In M&S Foods we were able to continue some programmes, and in 2020/21 delivered training to 133 colleagues internally as part of the Food Induction Programme, as well as externally in the supply chain through the following collaborative programmes:

Stronger Together UK: 237 Individuals

Stronger Together South Africa: 51 Suppliers

Stronger Together Spain: 12 Suppliers

Responsible Recruitment Toolkit: 85 Suppliers

Retailer Covid Webinars: Managing Labour Responsibly: 1,149 Individuals

This year we developed and launched an Ethical Toolkit for all food suppliers to use which contains best practice case studies from across our supply base. This covers a number of the indicators set out in this recommendation, such as agency work and equal opportunities."

Singh Anjali.....2021-07-09 07:00:43 UTC

These numbers are not disclosed in the context of KPIs or assessing effectiveness.

Sofia Gonzalez De Aguinaga.....2022-01-05 19:12:02 UTC