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First, we identify salient human rights risks through our robust assessment processes, as well as by participating in industry-level third-party audits. Apple selects suppliers for assessment based on a number of factors, including geographic risk, previous audit performance, manufacturing process risks, and planned spending.

We also identify salient human rights risks through our own risk analysis and through the channels we maintain with key rights-holders, stakeholders, and partners. These include supplier employee interviews and surveys, consultations with human rights, labor, and environmental experts, expert groups we convene on specialized or emerging human rights topics, UN and U.S. government labor and human rights reporting and consultations, media reports, the results of our supplier assessments, discussions with supplier management teams, and risk reports received through our partners around the world.

While we are constantly monitoring, and in addition to our own internal extensive research, we also review reports that come to us from civil society organizations, news outlets, people in the supply chain or supply chain communities, local whistleblower mechanisms, and third-party hotlines. They also come through the reporting mechanisms we make available directly to all supplier employees, Apple employees, and the general public. These reports can come to us in any language and can be anonymous. p. 6

We implement strict policies and procedures with our suppliers to protect workers in our supply chain from forced labour. This includes selecting suppliers for assessments based on factors, such as their geographic location, which may put them at higher risk of forced labour violations, as well as their previous performance and/or history of violations or allegations. Suppliers may also receive additional specialised assessments based on the nature of their business or employee population, such as those that employ Foreign Contract Workers, and those located in higher-risk migration corridors. Our Code and Standards also require that all supplier employees have an effective mechanism to report grievances. p. 7

Through our responsible procurement program, a dedicated team in Apple's Product Operations group assesses prospective manufacturing suppliers and facilities before they are awarded our business and enter our supply chain, to make sure risks to people and the environment are mitigated prior to the beginning of production. This includes a comprehensive review of human rights and modern slavery risks, including debt-bonded labor. Since FY2020, 9 percent of prospective suppliers evaluated for Code-related risks were prevented from entering our supply chain for being unable or unwilling to meet our Code and standards. p. 11