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
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Fortum
2021
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updated over 1 year ago by Aileen Robinson

"About 40% of Fortum’s purchases, excluding Uniper, were from countries we classify as “risk countries”. The majority of these purchases were from Russia" (pg. 2)

Sam Ward.....2022-11-03 23:25:43 UTC

"Over half, i.e. about 62% of the purchasing volume, excluding Uniper, was purchased from suppliers operating in Europe, mostly in Finland, Sweden, and Norway. This does not include electricity purchases from the Nordic wholesale market. About 40% of Fortum’s purchases, excluding Uniper, were from countries we classify as “risk countries”. The majority of these purchases were from Russia.In 2021, Fortum, excluding Uniper, had about 12,000 suppliers of goods and services. About 1,500 of the suppliers were in risk countries. Excluding the Russia Division’s local suppliers, there were about 500 suppliers in risk countries" (pg 2)

Erin Carney.....2022-11-07 22:46:03 UTC

p.2 Company identifies Russia in their statement as one of the identified risk countries

"Over half, i.e. about 62% of the purchasing volume, excluding Uniper, was purchased from suppliers operating in Europe, mostly in Finland, Sweden, and Norway. This does not include electricity purchases from the Nordic wholesale market. About 40% of Fortum’s purchases, excluding Uniper, were from countries we classify as “risk countries”. The majority of these purchases were from Russia.

In 2021, Fortum, excluding Uniper, had about 12,000 suppliers of goods and services. About 1,500 of the suppliers were in risk countries. Excluding the Russia Division’s local suppliers, there were about 500 suppliers in risk countries.

Aileen Robinson.....2022-11-17 10:57:10 UTC