Page 2- forced labour, slavery and human trafficking:
-"CSC’s SMP includes a standard that addresses forced labor, where all suppliers are required to demonstrate that they do not use forced labor, whether in the form of prison, indentured, slave, bonded, trafficked or any other form of compulsory labor"
-"Human Trafficking: "any recruitment, harboring, transportation, provision, or obtaining of a person for labor services, through the use of force, fraud, or coercion for the purpose of subjection to involuntary servitude, peonage, debt bondage, or slavery."
-Slavery - Involuntary Servitude: "a condition of servitude induced by means of – (A) any scheme, plan, or pattern intended to cause a person to believe that, if the person did not enter into or continue in such condition, that person or another person would suffer serious harm or physical restraint; or (B) the abuse or threatened abuse of the legal process."
Page 2/3- suppliers protect migrant workers:
-"We have an internal “Foreign Migrant Worker Policy” which our suppliers are required to abide by. This policy establishes a set of standards based upon ILO Core Conventions, internationally recognized principles and industry best practices that we require our supplier partners to adhere to in order to offer the greatest protection to migrant workers who have traveled from another country to obtain employment."
-"We commit to work with our global supply chain partners to create conditions so that:•No workers pay for their job•Workers retain control of their travel documents and have full freedom of movement; and•All workers are informed of the basic terms of their employment before leaving home"
Page 3- suppliers comply with laws and company policies:
-"CSC requires all finished goods suppliers to sign a supply agreement, which specifies that a vendor has read and understands the Columbia Sportswear Company Standards of Manufacturing Practices Policy and shall ensure that its facilities and the facilities of its subcontractors are maintained in accordance with the SMP Policy standards."