"Nordstrom's Internal Audit Department conducts risk assessments through internal audits to identify areas of potential risk in Nordstrom's direct supply chain. When potential risks are identified, a course of action is determined to best address them. The risk assessment includes additional focus on monitoring for human trafficking and slavery risks within the supply chain." They say they preform risk assessments which correlates with the risk-based questionnaires.

"The Nordstrom Partnership Guidelines specifically state that all suppliers must adhere to both the guidelines and country labor laws, whichever are stricter. Nordstrom private label specifically monitors for forced labor in our preproduction assessment of all vendor partner factories." They say they preform preproduction assessment, which also correlates to the risk-based questionnaires.