pg. 6
"Our supply chain
ASOS Brands
ASOS Brands products are designed in-house, manufactured by third-party supplier factories and sold on our platforms. The Responsible Sourcing team manages the ASOS Brands supply chain. The Ethical Trade and Responsible Materials teams are located within this department to ensure product and raw material suppliers are selected based on ethical and sustainable, as well as commercial, criteria. Product supply chains are complex, involving a number of different manufacturing processes. ASOS maps and describes them as follows:
Tier - Definition - Example - Status
Tier 1 - Main production sites - Factory which cuts, sews, finishes ASOS, Brands product and ships to ASOS - Fully mapped
Tier 2 - Process integral to production - Provider of one or more processes, e.g. stitching, cutting, packing, quality control, warehouses - Fully mapped
Tier 3 - Enhancements to product, Provider of one or more processes, e.g. printing, dyeing, laundry, embroidery - Fully mapped
Tier 4 - Fabric and components, Fabric mills, tanneries, hardware and trims - Partially mapped
Tier 5 - Raw materials Textile fibres, natural and manmade materials, Partially mapped"
pg. 23
"Uyghur forced labour
In our previous modern slavery statement we acknowledged the risk of modern slavery and human rights violations in Xinjiang, targeting the Uyghur population and other Turkic and Muslim-majority peoples on the basis of their religion and ethnicity.
The Coalition to End Forced Labour in the Uyghur Region also publicly released the ‘Brand Commitment to Exit the Uyghur Region’ (Call to Action) in July 2020. ASOS is a signatory of the Call to Action and we are working to meet the associated commitments, including steps to assist suppliers to finding alternative sources of fabrics, and terminating all business relationships in the Uyghur region. After conducting a thorough review of our supply chain in July 2020, we identified two factories in our supply chain who’s parent companies had links to the Uyghur region and therefore took swift steps to responsibly disengage between November 2020 and January 2021."
The evidence presented above does not show supply chain disclosure. However, the company discloses a map of its supply chain in page 22 highlighting its geographical locations under heading "Asos sourcing Map"