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,
Resource/products and services,
Workforce
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Page 6 - "Migrant workers are often vulnerable to the risk of forced, bonded, or indentured labour as well as human trafficking as they are seeking economic opportunities outside of their own country. This could be due to unstable political or economic situations in their countries. As a result, migrant workers are identified as a key risk group who are at heightened risk of adverse human rights impacts. Our Migrant Worker Policy was updated in 2020 to better protect the rights of migrant workers. "

 

Page 10 - "In 2021, we introduced a process to conduct the HRRA prior to the opening of new operations. We conducted our first HRRA in Turkey to identify potential human rights risks for future Samsung employees, supply chain workers, and surrounding communities inthe macro-context of Turkey's human rights track record. With the support of sustainable business and human rights consultancies, Enact and twentyfifty, we identified four potential salient human rights risks of our own production sites in Turkey; decent working conditions, health and safety, supplier responsibility, and freedom of expression."

 

Page 16 - "We maintain zero tolerance for child labour for our suppliers and perform special audits of their recruitment practices every year to eliminate child labour. In 2022, we performed auditson 119 first-tier suppliers and 31 second-tier suppliers during school vacation periods when the likelihood of employment of minors notably increases."

 

Page 17 - "We strive to minimise any possible adverse impacts of mineral mining, including human rights abuses, child labour exploitation, sexual violence, and environmental destruction. We take human rights and environmental issues related to mineral mining in conflict-affected and high-risk areas, such as some African countries, very seriously. To address these risks we use responsible minerals in strict compliance with the OECD Due Diligence Guidance for Responsible Supply Chains of Minerals from Conflict-Affected and High-Risk Areas.To support our responsible minerals management system, we conduct investigations on the status of responsible minerals use and identify and remedy risk factors of our mass-produced materials suppliers. In 2022, we reviewed the credibility of data submitted by 438 suppliers around the world and their conflict minerals policy implementation status.. All of our suppliers are obligated to fully comply with our responsible minerals policy. We only accept minerals supplied by smelters and refiners accredited with RMAP certification. As a result, we are able to screen out conflict minerals mined and sourced in an illegal manner from conflict-affected areas, such as DR Congo, and only handle minerals supplied by internationally accredited smelters and refiners. In addition to conflict minerals, we also monitor high-risk minerals that raise concerns over environmental damage and human rights abuses to ensure more rigorous management of our supply chain."

 

 

Note from researcher - In the case of geographies, some have been mentioned as example, instead of any exhaustive list.

Aditi Chatterjee.....2024-03-04 22:00:27 UTC