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"In recent years, increased attention has been given to potential forced labour risks in high-risk locations in Central Asia, including Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, and China’s Xinjiang region."
The above evidence refers to risks not identified directly by the company in relation to its own supply chains. However, the company identified China as a high-risk country (See below and page 2):
With respect to Xinjiang, we have engaged extensively with our China suppliers and reiterated our strict prohibition on all forms of forced labour, including prison labour.
They also identify workforce risks:
In December 2019, we published a review of our Modern Slavery Risk Assessment and disclosed our approach to assessing and addressing identified risks across three priority topics: Responsible Recruitment, Forced and Child Labour Risks in Raw Material Sourcing and Regulatory Needs and Issues Driven Risks (p.2)