pg. 6
“Prior to onboarding we ask all our brand partners to complete a Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ). The SAQ was introduced into the Partner Brand onboarding process in 2018 and is continually updated to keep pace with industry and regulatory developments, most recently in March 2022.”
“All non-stock suppliers are required to answer our ESG questionnaire before onboarding and are strongly encouraged to enrol with our ESG monitoring partner, EcoVadis (see more info on page 15).”
It mentions the identification of risks but mainly involves compliance checks. That's why not considered.
pg. 7
“We use a combination of our own in-country teams and thirdparty audit providers to identify risk at factory level against our ethical trade policies (see page 6). Key audit providers we partner with are The Reassurance Network, ELEVATE, Sustainable Compliance Management, and the Accord. Another key partner of ours is ILO Better Work, which runs in-country programmes in Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Vietnam to improve compliance in our factories through assessments. ILO Better Work also runs advisory and training sessions in our factories in Madagascar”
Pg. 15
“Through our ESG partner, EcoVadis, we have made improvements with our supplier risk assessments by agreeing corrective action plans and encouraging continuous improvement in all key GNFR suppliers.
EcoVadis is the world’s largest provider of business sustainability ratings. EcoVadis evaluates how well a company has integrated the principles of sustainability into their business and management system through policies, actions and results.”