"We recognise that human rights abuses can exist within our own business (non-product operations). In our last risk assessment, we identified recruitment and the utilisation of contract labour as areas of potential risk, and we have policies in place accordingly to mitigate these risks as well as a robust recruitment process. This process includes our own due diligence, such as checking original documents such as passports and right to work documents."

(Pg. 6).

Answer changed to 'No' as this is not directly associated with business KPIs

pg. 5

“One of the key area’s we recognised was a risk of slavery and human trafficking in our Tier 2 suppliers in China. This is informed by the concerning reports of bonded or forced labour in the Xinjiang area of China and the persecution of the Uyghur ethnic minority. Our FatFace Way of Life clearly stipulates we prohibit cotton from this region and this is supported through our membership of the Better Cotton Initiative as this is the minimum cotton standard we use at FatFace for all our products. We took a “test and learn” approach to deeper supply chain assessments and piloted a trial in Turkey to construct a lower level audit methodology focused on investigating further into our Tier 2 supply chain, where the risk of modern slavery naturally increases. Interestingly, after conducting the assessments, we did not find any signs of modern slavery but did recognise that below Tier 1, the factories are much more transient. These units are typically small - under 25 workers in some cases, work in shared buildings and are typically less compliant with our code of conduct than Tier 1 factories.”