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"Training and Capacity Building

Along with our global CSR & Sustainability staff, many other departments and ASICS Group divisions play a vital role in making sure our operations are safe, ethical and that human rights are respected at all times. Production and sourcing divisions make a major contribution to building understanding of our supply chain and improving the performance of our manufacturing partners. Because these teams work closely with our supplier partners, they are ideally positioned to help with monitoring, raising issues, and identifying opportunities and training requirements.

We carry out regular cross-divisional training and awareness sessions around supplier engagement and assessments to ensure the necessary participants in supply chain management are knowledgeable and aware of the issues and concerns surrounding the supply chain, including human trafficking, slavery, and worst forms of child labor, with a particular focus on mitigating risks. ASICS also supports employees involved in our supply chain to participation in external training programs and seminars on social compliance issues, human trafficking, slavery, and worst forms of child labor.

ASICS also provides training and capacity building for our Tier 1 and 2 suppliers in standards, legal requirements and industry best practice, so that they can continuously improve their performance over time. This includes training to prevent modern slavery and other human rights abuses. Supplier training can be provided by our own staff but sessions are also set up in collaboration with partner organizations such as ILO Better Work."