The company conducts a diligence process
All our suppliers are required to go through a Third Party Assessment
before being onboarded. There is a detailed process in place to
ensure that suppliers are assessed prior to being engaged, and
periodically reassessed thereafter, depending on the associated risk
of the supplier. During the assessment, our specialized teams of
subject matter experts review the supplier’s risk profile and the
effectiveness of any control measures already in place for each
relevant risk area, including environmental, health and safety and
human rights, before making recommendations to proceed with
initial or continued engagement, or otherwise. Each supplier is
assessed according to the use case, nature of work, geographic
location and other relevant features of the engagement or intended
engagement. Depending on the results of the assessment, Facebook
may introduce additional control measures in the engagement. We
routinely perform ongoing third party reassessments on our
suppliers depending on the applicable risks. p. 4
Facebook has a process in place to mitigate the risks of modern
slavery and human trafficking in our supply chain. We manage social
and environmental risks and issues through our Responsible Supply
Chain program. We use a cross-functional consultative process and
data-driven methodology to identify and assess a wide range of
social and environmental risks which includes modern slavery and
human trafficking. For example, type of product or service provided
and geographic location risks are assessed through indices such as
UNICEF’s Child Labor Percentages, Walk Free Foundation’s Global
Slavery Index, the United Nation’s Human Development Index, and
the United States Department of State’s Trafficking in Persons
Report Index. We require our sourcing and procurement teams to
certify periodically whether they are aware if Facebook has ongoing
business relationships with companies identified as being
associated with forced labor. We verify supplier conformance with
RSC policies and standards through continuous dialogue,
independent audits and assessments, corrective action plans,
worker surveys, and other forms of assurance. We collect targeted
metrics on the presence of migrant workers and other types of
worker demographics to find and monitor modern slavery and
human trafficking risks. p. 5