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Internal Assessment of Risk

In January 2020, Measured Identity Hub became members of the Slave-Free Alliance. We are very proud of the membership and the strong benefits it brings to us as a business. In our supply chain, we would look to utilize our membership of Slave-Free Alliance, who offer tailored and robust recommendations to guard against infiltration by those seeking to exploit people through modern slavery.

In November 2020, we took part in a gap analysis with the Slave Free Alliance who acted as our ‘critical friend’, discussing the ways in which we could continue our journey in tackling modern slavery.

We plan to use their services to protect our own supply chain through improved policies, training and assessment.

Managing Sector Risk

We recognise that the apparel sector that we operate in comes with inherent risk. We also acknowledge that our sourcing countries come with their own risks, which is referenced in our ‘Country Risk’ section below. As mentioned above, our sourcing countries are Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Pakistan, Vietnam, China, Madagascar, Romania, Poland, Lithuania, Cambodia, Egypt, Portugal, Mexico, Italy, Dominican Republic and the UK.

We have recently introduced a new Risk Management Framework, which has outlined our commitment, processes and methodology for identifying, assessing and mitigating risk. We have processes in place to assess risks at a corporate level, operationally and for project implementation.

We have a Corporate Risk Register to ensure we regularly review the changing risks in our industry, for the benefit of our customers, suppliers and our staff. Modern slavery is on the Corporate Risk Register so it is actively discussed by our Executive Leadership Team and the Audit and Risk Committee.

We believe in the importance of the long-standing relationships that we have with our suppliers and we see them as partners, who share in the successes that compliant business practices brings.

The main supply route for our production is from Bangladesh. Due to the high-risk nature of Bangladesh as a sourcing country, we have an office based in Dhaka with 25 employees who have a constant presence in our factories. Our products are designed in-house and manufactured by our third party factories.

We have a dedicated Ethical Compliance team who work closely with our Sourcing team ensuring new and existing suppliers are meeting our expectations. In 2021 the Ethical Compliance team have also taken on the role of on-boarding new suppliers to ensure due diligence is carried out in making sure any new supplier can meet the requirements of Mi Hub and our customers

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“Sedex Members Ethical Trade Audits (SMETAs) are conducted by our third party audit company on a minimum annual basis.”

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“Vendor Starter Pack includes the sub-contracting declaration, supplier guidance documents, ETI Base Code and self-assessment questionnaire.”

“We have collaborated with Intertek on their Inlight programme and have asked our key strategic suppliers to complete the Modern Slavery Self-Assessment Questionnaire (SAQ).”

“In our supply chain, we would look to utilize our membership of the Slave Free Alliance, who are experts in identifying and remediating modern slavery and forming remedial action plans.”