pg. 8
“Engaged to uphold our ethical sourcing standards, our in-country representatives continue to manage our supplier on-boarding processes, audit programmes and site visits, as well as corrective action management to drive continuous improvement.”
Pg. 9
“Suppliers are required to complete a pre-audit questionnaire and undergo either an annual internal audit conducted by our in-country compliance teams or provide a reputable third-party audit conducted in the past 12 months.
Audits must cover the Forever New Supplier Code of Conduct which is based on the ETI Base Code, International Labour Organisation (ILO) conventions and the United Nations Declaration on Human Rights, all relevant laws and include criteria such as working hours, wages, freedom of association, subcontracting, freely chosen employment and health and safety. Our in-country compliance teams conduct physical site visits of facilities in China, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, Bangladesh and India before they are approved for production, during which conditions are reviewed against the standards set out in the Forever New Supplier Code of Conduct.”
“During the reporting period, we conducted 59 audits (internal and third party), on both an announced and unannounced basis.”
Pg. 15
“• Initially planned for this reporting period, however delayed following the impact of Covid-19, further mapping of Tier Two suppliers will continue in 2022 so we can gain greater understanding of the profile of our production base and identify if these facilities have undergone social assessments and audits.”
Added "on-site visits (independent)" based on the following sentence, which infers with "announced and unannounced" that they were in person audits “During the reporting period, we conducted 59 audits (internal and third party), on both an announced and unannounced basis.”
Removed "In development", as they are further developing their audit system, but they already cover all of the possible answer options in the metric, therefore won't be developing in any areas covered by the question.