"In 2020, Kering established a portal designed to enhance communication with suppliers, as well as to reinforce the monitoring of their operations, based on a self-assessment. Indeed, in addition to providing suppliers with access to relevant training and key Kering documents, the portal fosters a greater transparency on supply chains operations since suppliers are annually asked to complete three questionnaires designed to collect information necessary to further evaluate their practices, including with respect to mitigating the risks of forced and child labor.“ P.18

"All Group employees take a compulsory annual Ethics & Compliance course based on the principles set out in Kering’s Code of Ethics. The course is available in the 15 most widely spoken languages within the Group. The situations and subjects covered vary from year to year, with the common objective of ensuring that employees will adopt appropriate behavior when faced with the ethics dilemmas they might come across in their everyday working experience. In 2022, the course covered (i) human rights, (ii) compliance and anti-corruption, (iii) inclusion, and (iv) sustainability (particularly with respect to circularity). This training also represented an opportunity to raise awareness on Kering’s Human Rights Policy.

•Training on the Kering Standards for employees of Kering and its Houses and their suppliers was developed and published via the Group’s internal website in 2018. This ongoing program takes an informative and educational approach to explaining Kering’s minimum requirements on sourcing and processes. It provides illustrations and details, notably social, that provide context for why the standards are necessary.

•Kering and its Houses also share their commitment towards sustainability through the company internal social networks and leverage them to create and communicate on relevant events.

•Several times each year, the Kering Foundation also runs training courses for employees of Kering and its Houses on the issue of domestic violence. These courses cover the complexity and impact of domestic violence and provide insight into ways to develop a safe work environment.“ P.15

Gucci Modern Slavery Statement; p.10

TRAINING

At Gucci, we realise the importance of maintaining clear, transparent communication and training in regard to human rights, modern slavery and human trafficking. Since 2014, Kering has offered a training programme on ethics for all Group employees across all locations which is updated on an annual basis. Available since 2019 in 14 languages, it sets out the ethical ground rules in place at Kering and presents case studies and ethical dilemmas that help employees ask themselves the right questions. In 2022, 96.5% of Group employees worldwide completed the training on Ethics & Compliance.

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Training is of particular significance in regard to Gucci’s suppliers meeting our core Sustainability Principles. Each year we hold training seminars for each category product in order to share best-practice information relating to our sustainability strategy and key environmental and social impacts in our supply chain.