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?"
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The company does not specify the name of any particular industry or country at high risk.

pg. 7

"We also monitor unauthorised subcontracting (UAS), which has high risk for forced labor. We take extra precautions in countries with a high risk of UAS by offering specialized awareness training for suppliers and facility management, and by conducting site visits to ensure our product is being manufactured in the appropriate designated facility."

pg. 9-10

"Gap Inc. works with governments, NGOs, and trade unions, and monitors resources – such as the U.S. Department of State’s Trafficking in Persons Annual Report and the Global Slavery Index – to identify high risk areas in our supply chain. We adopt a comprehensive view of the industry and areas of risk and focus our efforts where we do business and where our programs can have the greatest impact.

Further, we have built a map of our suppliers’ Tier 2 textile mill locations and have conducted due diligence in textile mills that are located in areas that are deemed high risk. We have communicated responsible recruitment requirements to Tier 2 mills in Taiwan and South Korea where there is elevated risk to foreign contract workers; we expect that suppliers in those countries to comply with our requirements by the end of 2020. We will be following-up with those facilities to assess progress when COVID-19 travel restrictions to these countries are lifted."

Singh Anjali.....2021-11-29 06:10:42 UTC

I have unchecked No and checked industry (textile), resource (cotton), geography (Taiwan and South Korea) and workforce (Refugee workers) because:

Gap Inc. works with governments, NGOs, and trade unions, and monitors resources – such as the U.S. Department of State’s Trafficking in Persons Annual Report and the Global Slavery Index – to identify high risk areas in our supply chain. We adopt a comprehensive view of the industry and areas of risk and focus our efforts where we do business and where our programs can have the greatest impact.

"Further, we have built a map of our suppliers’ Tier 2 textile mill locations and have conducted due diligence in textile mills that are located in areas that are deemed high risk. We have communicated responsible recruitment requirements to Tier 2 mills in Taiwan and South Korea where there is elevated risk to foreign contract workers" (p. 10)

In addition to helping us identify UAS and foreign contract workers, risk-mapping has identified the particular risks that refugee workers may face (p. 11)

When it comes to the raw materials used for our products, we recognize that forced and child labor is a risk, particularly within cotton cultivation. Cotton supply chains are often opaque, complex, and can involve traders and agents that facilitate the exchange of cotton and yarn between the different stages of production (p.11).

Sofia Gonzalez De Aguinaga.....2021-12-11 01:06:29 UTC