Question: Does the company continuously monitor suppliers to ensure that they comply with the company’s policies and local laws?
Answer:
Audits of suppliers (self- reporting),
Audits of suppliers (independent),
In Development
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Walk Free
2021
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updated over 1 year ago by Manali Rana

pg. 10

“Social Audits As part of our assurance activities and social audit program, we seek to audit social compliance for all Tier 1 factories that work with us.”

“This audit is based on the SA8000 standard and also considers mandatory local legislation as well as international guidelines. We aim to audit all Tier 1 factories on an annual basis, however depending on corrective action plans we have put in place, some factories may require follow up checks after 3 or 6 months from their last audit.”

“Our visibility into tiers below Tier 1 (and part of Tier 2) is currently very limited. As we continue to map our supply chain, we will seek to extend our auditing to tiers below Tier 1, which overtime may include laundries, trim/accessory suppliers, and fabric/yarn mills.”

Pg. 14

“We have also developed a program to conduct due diligence and assurance on this process in the future. This program is designed to help us audit suppliers to determine they are not sourcing from a banned region. We plan to start to roll out this program in the months ahead.”

Pg. 16

“We developed a living wage tracker internally to report, by factory audited, their progress and any gap to paying a living wage. Our enhanced audits place more emphasis on the link between paying a liveable wage and ensuring factories are using a responsible worker recruitment process.”

“With the help of third-party social audits, worker grievance mechanisms, and worker surveys in place in Tier 1, this tight monitoring allows us to develop corrective action plans to remediate any issues quickly.”

Pg. 19

“Social Audits

+ Conducted by our appointed third-party auditor: Qima

+ Assessing a valid social audit already in place”

Manali Rana.....2023-01-10 14:07:41 UTC