Question: In the modern slavery statement, does the company explain one or more of the corrective steps it has taken (or would take) in response to modern slavery incidents in their operations and/or supply chain?
Answer:
No
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Walk Free
2020
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It states of remediation but the approach or process of remediation is not explicitly mentioned. pg. 10 "We engage independent auditors with expertise in labor issues to assess our human rights performance in our workplaces. Non-compliances that are identified are addressed." " Across all three of our programs, we use customized approaches to assess risk and where issues are identified, we have processes in place to support remediation –by Mars and through suppliers." It outlines various action plans but does not explicitly mention it as a corrective action to address the issues of modern slavery. pg. 16 "In 2019, we issued our first annual Cocoa for Generations report on progress and in early 2020 we launched our Protecting Children Action Plan." pg. 17 "In 2016, we launched our first Thai Fish Supply Chain Human Rights Action Plan which includes key performance indicators and uses the CARE Framework." pg. 20 "We continued to implement our Protecting Children Action plan in cocoa, the Palm Positive plan i...

Lucia Ixtacuy.....2022-06-24 12:29:27 UTC

pg. 9 Seeking to prevent, address and/or remediate human rights

impacts, either directly or in close collaboration with industry,

government and civil society. Such actions may include monitoring and

verification systems, awareness raising and training, grievance

mechanisms, remediation of individual cases, and addressing the

enabling environment and root causes.

pg. 10

Assess & Remediate: Across all three of our

programs, we use customized approaches to

assess risk and where issues are identified, we

have processes in place to support remediation –

by Mars and through suppliers. Specific

remediation approaches vary and are described

across our three program areas.

Sascha.....2022-07-01 08:30:18 UTC