"IBM verifies its suppliers’ compliance with the RBA Code using a robust annual assessment program that engages a cross-section of companies in countries where the risk of noncompliance is elevated. Through various sources of specific risk analysis, IBM SCSR and Procurement have determined its supply chain in Australia to be of comparably lower risk than our supply chains in other countries.", (p. 6).

Various sources of specific risk analysis are mentioned in the report, but their nature is not specified, therefore, as per the methodology, I've ticked No.

p.7,8

In conjunction with Stop The Traffik, law enforcement agencies, and financial institutions, IBM deployed cloud and artificial intelligence technology to create a growing on-line database to track and counteract the trade of human beings on a global basis. Traffik Analysis Hub (TAH) was formed as a separate non-governmental organisation recognized by the UK charities commission, to enable members to validate and map patterns, trends, and smuggling routes. Since 2019, TAH has grown to more than 100 financial institutions, corporations, research, academic, non-governmental, and law enforcement entities, with data representing over 1.1 million trafficking cases. Authenticated partners upload non-personal data relating to human trafficking; TAH uses AI to aggregate and interpret this data transforming it into information that members can act upon. During 2022, IBM’s

7 corporate supply chain social responsibility team subscribed to TAH and uses this tool to gain additional insight into segments or countries in our supply chain (including Australia) that may have heightened risk for upstream modern slavery. More details can be found at: https://www.traffikanalysis.org/