Question: Did the company identify any specific incidents related to modern slavery that require(d) remediation?
Answer:
Yes
18036068
Walk Free
MSA incidents identified
2022
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updated about 2 months ago by Aditi Chatterjee

Page 11 - "In 2021, we introduced a process to conduct the HRRA prior to the opening of new operations. Weconducted our first HRRA in Turkey to identify potential human rights risks for future Samsung employees, supply chain workers, and surrounding communities in the 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. A total of 21 actions were recommended to be fully in line with UNGPs, 20 of which were completed by December 2022."

 

 

Page 15 - "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 audits on 119 first-tier suppliers and 31 second-tier suppliers during school vacation periods when the likelihood of employment of minors notably increases. Based on our 2022 audits, none were found to have recruited child workers. However, some of the audited suppliers failed to implement recruitment practices of importance, such as the lack of facial recognition for identity authentication, and failure to include child labour prohibition provision in the employment contract.We took immediate action to have the respective suppliers remedy these issues."

 

Pge 16 - "We prohibit forced labour and the collection of recruitment fees from our suppliers' migrant workers through the Supplier Code of Conduct. Based on this policy, a total of USD 1,125,734 was reimbursed to 1,649 migrant workers from 11 countries from 2017 to 2022."

 

Aditi Chatterjee.....2024-03-06 10:30:21 UTC

Page 12 - "The audit results showed that most practices of the production sites were in compliance with the Policy and Guides. However, it was discovered that 307 migrant workers hired by one of the four production sites had paid for part of the transportation expenses incurred while moving from their homes to the location to meet with the recruitment agency in their home country. The amounts paid by the workers (approximately USD 9,876 in total) were reimbursed after the audit."

Aditi Chatterjee.....2024-03-06 10:38:08 UTC