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
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pg. 8

"[Figure 3 - High inherent risk sectors in Whitbread supply chains]

Services - Housekeeping and contract cleaning, Construction, Laundry Services, Logistics and waste management

Food and Beverage - Meat and poultry suppliers, Food manufacturing

Non-Food - Case goods suppliers, Manufactured furniture, Consumable items, Cotton products"

pg. 9

"At the time of reporting, our high-risk supplier list is comprised of 82 suppliers, operating over 152 sites:"

pg. 11

"We know sourcing in China comes with an inherent level of ethical risk. Sourcing products through our international sourcing team, who have direct relationships with the production factories, allows us to work much closer with our supply chain partners, providing opportunities to understand their businesses better, with greater leverage and control to influence positive change and ensure human rights are respected."

Singh Anjali.....2022-01-11 14:21:01 UTC