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“This year we have undertaken a more detailed risk assessment of our supply chain, working with an independent third-party to comprehensively assess the potential modern slavery risks at a supplier level based on industry and location. Specifically, the assessment considered the following:

– Country risk factors: Leveraging human rights databases, indices and reports from internationally recognised bodies that supported an assessment of risk by country.

– Industry risk factors: Comprising an industry-specific assessment of the likelihood and impact of known modern slavery risk factors such as labour intensity, migrant labour and opaque intermediaries, as well as potential controversies by industry group identified through media analysis.”

“Four types of modern slavery were assessed, including forced labour (including bonded labour), child labour, human trafficking, and forced marriage. Resources such as The Global Slavery Index from Walk Free Foundation and the International Labour Organisation’s ILOSTAT were utilised to inform this assessment”

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“During the reporting period we partnered with SEDEX, a company that provides a digital platform for suppliers to share data on their ethical and responsible practices. Whilst a number of Accent Group suppliers were already registered with the platform, providing us with valuable insights into our suppliers’ modern slavery risk management activities, many were not.”