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“HSBC Asset Management has its own human rights principles for investments, which include specific provisions on risks related to Modern Slavery. Investee companies are expected to:

¡ promote the fair treatment, equal opportunity and health and safety of employees;

¡ eliminate harmful or exploitative child labour and forced labour;

¡ protect the rights of local communities and indigenous peoples; and

¡ identify, assess and respond to human rights risks in their supply chains.”