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)
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Walk Free
Puma
2019
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updated almost 3 years ago by Singh Anjali

pg. 2

"As part of our actions to identify and mitigate risks, we carry out due diligence and assessments which include:

• Suppliers' selection through a careful screening process to engage only with business partners who share our commitment to uphold the highest labor standards;

• Conducting regular announced and unannounced audits as well as third-party assessments from the Fair Labor Association [FLA) to better understand local contexts and leverage opportunities;"

pg. 3

"PUMA has an own team of auditors, who are located around the world. During those audits, we look for indicators of forced labor as well as associated indicators of risk, such as the presence of migrant workers, excessive overtime or a lack of functioning worker representation.

In 2019, we continued to achieve nearly 100% compliance monitoring of our active Tier 1 manufacturing partners. We also audited our most important Tier 2 suppliers and two PUMA warehouses. We conducted 475 audits in 418 factories. Nine factories could not sufficiently meet our requirements or didn't show significant performance improvements."

Singh Anjali.....2021-07-19 05:35:21 UTC