Question: Does the company’s statement identify specific geographic regions (e.g. Indonesia), industries (e.g. agriculture), resources (e.g. Palm Oil) or types of workforce (e.g. migrant workers) where the risk of modern slavery is the greatest?"
Answer:
Geographic,
Industry,
Resource/products and services,
Workforce
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Pg. 7: "Table 1 describes the results of this assessment for the countries / sectors most prevalent in our operations and supply chain. This assessment of modern slavery risk comprised an assessment of country risk and sector / commodity risk...We have assessed that there is a risk of modern slavery being present in our extended supply chain due to the geographical locations from which products and raw materials are sourced. In the next reporting period, Coles intends to conduct further review and assessment into call centre operations that service our business as part of our extended supply chain."

Pg. 8: Table 1 assesses modern slavery risks and indicators of such in Australia, China, Europe and the United Kingdom, India, Mexico, New Zealand, Thailand, the United States, and Vietnam, as well as the sectors, industries, and resources at higher risk in these places.

Pg. 9: "Exploitation of migrant and undocumented workers" section

Hollianne Lao.....2021-03-31 19:47:54 UTC