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"Unless a higher or equivalent standard is applied, suppliers are required to agree, as a condition of doing business with Merlin, that Merlin’s Ethical Dealing Principles will apply. Any requests for amendment must be escalated to senior management in accordance with Merlin’s Risk Profile. Our Ethical Dealing Principles require suppliers to be compliant with international conventions in relation to forced labour; freedom of association; right to organise and collective bargaining; equal remuneration; abolition of forced labour; discrimination; minimum age and child labour; the European Convention on Human Rights and European Money Laundering Convention. They also require suppliers to be compliant with applicable legislation in relation to bribery and modern slavery."

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"invoking strict sanctions on suppliers who do not meet our performance expectations or uphold the terms of our agreement (for example, any evidence of child labour results in the immediate delisting of a supplier); and"