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Question: Does the company mention that it provides any type of support to suppliers and/or supply chain workers as the result of the COVID-19 pandemic?
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Yes
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Responds to MS risks associated with COVID-19 (sector specific)
Primark
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Page 4 details Primark's covid response:

 

- . "A short-term “wages fund” was established in seven key sourcing countries to support our suppliers’ ability to pay wages at the same time as we were forced to close the majority of our stores. Garment orders that were cancelled at the outbreak of the pandemic were either subsequently reinstated in full; superseded with new orders; or where this was not possible, the fabric liabilities were paid for, meaning that all garments both finished and in production, as well as any fabric costs incurred for Primark prior to the stores closing, were paid for in full."

 

"In India and Bangladesh our teams’ efforts to educate workers and management in our supply chain on COVID-19, including the vaccine, were successful at scale."

 

Statement is non-specific on the extent to which support was offered and where it took place.

Kate Aston.....2022-12-15 06:53:06 UTC