pg. 8

"Supply Chain Audit

It is a requirement that all new direct suppliers to Food and C&H have due diligence checks in place in the form of an 100% completed self-assessment questionnaire and an ethical audit, conducted by approved third parties. If issues are identified, appropriate investigative and remedial actions are taken. In C&H, once a supplier is onboarded, we operate an audit policy that requires an annual social compliance assessment to take place within a 3-month window. This audit cycle is then augmented by our regional compliance team, based in our sourcing offices, who support factories with implementing a corrective action plan. In Food, suppliers are risk assessed and the audit programme is designed around the results of those assessments."

pg. 11

"– In April 2020, the BCI set up an expert Task Force on Forced Labour and Decent Work to review selected elements of the Better Cotton Standards System (BCSS). The primary focus was improving the effectiveness of the BCSS in identifying, preventing and mitigating against the risks of forced labour, and facilitating the remediation of victims of forced labour."