2020 | Selfridges & Co Ltd | MSA Identification of risks
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?"
Geographic,
Industry,
Resource/products and services,
Workforce

Yes they talk about forced labour in the cotton industry in places such as Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan and Tajikistan the Xinjiang region. In the Xinjiang region, ethnic minority groups are exploited and forced to pick cotton. The company is taking steps to ensure that the cotton they source from is not from the Xinjiang region. (Page 9 “Forced labour in the cotton industry and the Xinjiang Region)

Anna Tateishi.....2021-11-08 21:25:36 UTC

But they don't talk about the geographical locations in which they CURRENTLY source their supplies from.

Anna Tateishi.....2021-11-14 22:27:51 UTC

pg. 5

"We do not directly recruit or manage these people - our concession or supplier partners do. As well as retail workers, they include workers in industries of higher risk such as construction, cleaning, security and other areas where temporary work is high."

Singh Anjali.....2021-12-04 12:21:58 UTC

Added Workforce because:

As well as retail workers, they include workers in industries of higher risk

such as construction, cleaning, security and other areas where temporary

work is high. During peak periods there may be need to increase the

number of temporary workers in our business to meet the increased

demands in our sites. However, these people are all based on our sites

and we have visibility of their practices as we work alongside them; and

our partners are required to ensure that the right-to-work are checked (p.5)

Added resource because:

This year in particular we began asking for additional information from brands sourcing cotton products from China of the steps they are taking to ensure the cotton they source is not from the Xijniang region... Due to the prevalence of cotton across the products we sell it is a particular focus for our business. (p.9)

Sofia Gonzalez De Aguinaga.....2022-01-02 20:12:29 UTC