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The KPIs are not specified in the statement.
Apple mentioned several actions related to the fight against slavery and human trafficking.
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"We also implemented weekly labor process reviews, monthly internal audits, and Apple Supplier Code of Conduct training for their employees, and we increased the frequency of supplier employee interviews and satisfaction surveys. After implementing these improvements, assessments in 2022 elevated this supplier to a high performer in all categories, and verified the presence of effective mechanisms to identify issues such as those that caused the original violation."
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"In 2022, we prioritized the training of 31 new supplier facilities in nine countries on our Recruitment
Toolkit prior to manufacturing ramp-up."
"In 2022, we delivered 59 Recruitment Toolkit training sessions in seven languages to 256 supplier facilities in 47 countries, reaching more than 277,000 supplier employees and management globally, with 59 percent of those working directly on Apple production lines." --> part of the Responsible Recruitment section.
More data about the number of audits:
p. 9: In the 2022 reporting period, 808 independent, third-party assessments that focused on the requirements of our Supplier Code; and 265 assessments that focused on identified 3TG, cobalt, and lithium smelters and refiners in our supply chain2 were conducted across more than 50 countries. In 2022, investigations and more than 200 surprise assessments — where the supplier facility was given zero advance notice of our arrival — were conducted in the United States, China mainland, India, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam