Question: Does the company’s statement detail one or more specific, organisational policies or actions to combat slavery in their direct (tier 1) and/or in-direct (beyond tier 1) supply chain?
Answer:
Suppliers comply with laws and company’s policies (direct / tier 1),
Prohibit use of forced labour (direct / tier 1),
Code of conduct or supplier code includes clauses on slavery and human trafficking (direct / tier 1),
Prohibit charging of recruitment fees to employee (direct / tier 1),
Suppliers respect labour rights (wages / freedom of association etc) (direct / tier 1)
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Walk Free
MSA policy (revised)
Hanesbrands
2021
Unverified - Added by Community
updated almost 3 years ago by Singh Anjali

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"HanesBrands is proud to have implemented a rigorous set of standards for both its company-owned facilities and its suppliers for well over a decade. Our Global Standards for Suppliers (GSS) and Global Human Rights Policy, which can be found on www.HBISustains.com, are primarily based on international labor and human rights standards. We believe that all workers at our owned and supplier factories have the right to freely choose employment and to freely associate and collectively bargain. Our standards specifically prohibit “forced or involuntary labor whether bonded, prison or indentured, including debt servitude.”

We are also a fully accredited member of the Fair Labor Association (FLA), an internationally recognized non-governmental organization (NGO) whose goal is to advance labor rights globally and to help industry appropriately address a range of complex issues – including the eradication of forced and slave labor across the supply chain. Our work with the FLA, and other global NGOs and organizations, has proven valuable in our efforts to ensure that all of our suppliers are compliant with our own GSS and relevant international laws.

HanesBrands realizes that forced labor and human trafficking can occur in many forms – such as child labor, workplace harassment, workplace abuse and workplace discrimination. Therefore, our processes (described below) were created in an effort to make meaningful improvements to workers’ employment and workplace conditions.

(1) Verification of product supply chains to evaluate and address risks of human trafficking and slavery.

HanesBrands itself regularly performs evaluations of its supply chain to evaluate the risk of slavery, human trafficking and other human rights violations and labor issues. Further verification efforts are described in detail below."

Singh Anjali.....2021-07-15 07:44:34 UTC