The company has given its pre-assessment audit result, along with it has also said that all new suppliers are screened on the basis of social, environmental, and product health and safety requirements.

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"Pre-Assessment

Even before forming part of the Inditex supply chain, 100% of aspiring suppliers and manufacturers are evaluated by a pre-assessment audit that guarantees that only those who comply with our sustainability standards can form part of our supply chain.

The pre-assessment audit is conducted by external or internal auditors and without prior notification. This type of audit was designed to verify the degree of compliance of potential business partners with the Inditex Code of Conduct for Manufacturers and Suppliers, and it contains the minimum requirements in terms of social and labour rights.

A noteworthy major milestone for 2019 is the extension of the scope of these pre-assessment audits. The extended scope has involved bolstering the verification of the environmental and product health and safety requirements covered in the Green to Wear standard. Thus, it has become a more comprehensive assessment in terms of supplier sustainability, in a phase prior to the start of its relationship with Inditex.

Inditex carried out 2,789 pre-assessment audits during 2019, 612 more than in the previous year. A total of 2,767 of these were conducted by external auditors, who are trained to correctly apply the Inditex methodology.

Approved companies can receive orders from the buying teams and are subject from that moment to the standards laid down in the Inditex Minimum Requirements document, which includes the social, environmental and product health and safety requirements."

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"Pre-assessment audits in 2019

Pre-assessment audits 2,789

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In the page number 93 we can read that only those companies which have the verification of compliance with the Code of Conduct for Manufacturers and Suppliers can be approved. Therefore, all of the new suppliers were screened using labor practices criteria.