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:
Worker remediation,
Corrective action plan,
Senior management,
Cancel contracts
18830162
Walk Free
Puma
2022
Unverified

p.3,4,5

"For active factories, the remediation of ZTIs is treated with the highest priority. Should a factory fail to remediate any identified ZTls within an agreed timeframe, the business relationship with this factory will be terminated."

"The high-risk areas identified include the field of cotton farming as well as labor blind spots, for example, on the lower Tiers of leather tanning as well as marine shipping. Together with internal and external stakeholders an action plan was set up to mitigate the potential risks identified. We collect material consumption data annually as well as the countries of material origin. We have required our suppliers to source only more sustainable cotton, grown in farms which are ticensed as having good farming and human rights standards, or recycled cotton. We are currently sourcing our catton from more sustainable sources and have achieved our target of using 100% more sustainable cotton fabric at the end of 2020."

"Since then, we have actively engaged with suppliers, industry peers and with the United Nations’ International Organization for Migration. Through the efforts of multi-stakeholder engagements, factories paid back more than $ 100,000 in 2022 to 255 foreign migrant workers, at six factories in Japan, South Korea, China (Taiwan) and Thailand."

"In practice, all employees could address their request regarding apparent failure to their line manager. They may also raise the matter with staff representatives, the legal and compliance department, the internal audit department or via a toll-free external whistleblower platform which is available worldwide."

Pooja Yadav.....2024-05-31 09:53:12 UTC