Pg. 12. "Since the release of our first modern slavery statement (FY 2016), we have found breaches of our social sustainability standard such as excessive overtime, late payment of wages or use of recruitment agents, which if left unaddressed may lead to cases of modern slavery. We investigate all such cases identified during audits and site visits and require that remediation steps are taken where practices do not comply".
"We require our suppliers to remediate any practices which fall short of our standards, including cases that present indicators or possibility of forced labour or modern slavery. For example, in the last 12 months:
1 — We identified a case of suppliers providing informal loans to workers which if left without terms being clearly defined, could lead to bonded labour.
2 — A situation where migrant workers rely on their employer for everything from accommodation to opening a bank account, due to not speaking the local language. Such circumstances create dependency that could lead to exploitation.
In both cases, as in any other cases, we have educated the relevant suppliers, supported them to put preventative measures in place and have a monitoring program in place to ensure ongoing compliance".