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"Based on an annual country risk assessment process, we identified the following countries in our Tier One supply chain as highest risk for forced labor: Cambodia, China, India, Mexico, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Taiwan (ROC), Thailand, Turkey and Vietnam."
"New Balance continues to monitor the reports of forced labor in the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR) of China in the apparel supply chain. New Balance does not have any manufacturers of finished products nor any nominated material suppliers in the XUAR, and as directed by U.S. regulation and advisories, our policies state that suppliers may not source or manufacture products for New Balance in the XUAR."
"Two of the noncompliance findings involved a zero-tolerance forced labor issue, where new employees at two suppliers in China"
"We have implemented third-party operated worker hotlines in our strategic sourcing countries of China, Vietnam and Indonesia."
"New Balance owns and operates five manufacturing facilities in the United States, one facility in the United Kingdom and one in Mexico."