The company, however, used the word 'expectation' to refer to the policies. We have considered the compliance of the supplier and sub-contractors because of the word 'enforce'.
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“RHPL strictly prohibits all types of modern slavery including forced and compulsory labour across its business operations.”
“As a result, we rely on our suppliers and engage them to enforce our sourcing and Ethical Code of Conduct expectations in their own supply chains across all areas of production for RHPL products.
To support the governance of our supply chain, we continue to implement strong governance practices and expectations to mitigate the risk of modern slavery within our supply chain. Our expectation is that all suppliers and sub-contractors across our entire global supply chain will always adhere to these governance principles.”
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“We have then shared these documents with all suppliers and their factories. Our requirements are communicated across the following areas of governance:
• Ethical Code of Conduct • Supplier Agreement & contractual obligations • Factory Social Compliance Audit Mutual Recognition Program”
“Part of our document review also included a review of our Group Sourcing Policies including our Group Modern Slavery Policy. Our sourcing documents detail our expectations across different areas of compliance such as modern slavery, forced labour, child labour, freedom of association and grievance mechanisms. More importantly, included within each policy is a remediation plan should a non-compliance finding be identified which must be followed by all parties involved, ensuring the welfare of the worker always remains our focus.”
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“We support freedom of association in all aspects and have an expectation that all factories will work towards implementing a Workers Representation Committee in addition to another worker grievance mechanism (such as a confidential hotline, suggestion box, committee, open door policy etc.)”