GBG international holdings MSA 2016 page 3

Audits are used to identify compliance gaps where action must be taken to remediate the issue. Suppliers identified as higher risk will undergo more frequent assessments, to ensure progress is being made to address the issues. Audits may be scheduled in advance, or may be conducted with non-specific date ranges provided. Audit findings or non-conformances are scored against an internal scorecard. When priority issues are identified, such as potential slavery or human trafficking violations, we demand immediate action by the supplier. If such potentially serious issues were to come to our attention, we would engage experts in the subject matter as appropriate. When other serious but less urgent non-conformances are identified during the audit process, we will work with the supplier to implement controls to address the issue through adoption of stronger policies and procedures.3