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"Six IHG managed hotels from across Oman, Qatar, Kuwait, and United Arab Emirates participated in the project by completing the full assessment process, which included a set of questionnaires, worker interviews, and a validation meeting, to provide more information on their Filipino workforce, recruitment practices and use of recruitment agencies. Four recruitment agencies used by the hotels were also invited to participate in the project and one carried out the self-assessment. In addition to the hotel self-assessments, IOM carried out interviews directly with Filipino colleagues working at the participating hotels, with 36 worker interviews being conducted. "

pg. 17

"Supply chain risk assessment

The tools are planned to be implemented in 2022 and will provide better visibility of IHG’s responsible procurement risks, including human rights, sustainability and financial risks; help to identify new opportunities, including diverse suppliers; and enable the management and mitigation of supply chain disruptions."

"To support our supplier due diligence approach, we carried out a review of our supplier categories (including categories across our corporate spend and covered by purchasing programmes in place for hotels) to identify those which are higher risk from a modern slavery and human rights perspective. This utilised external sources such as Responsible Sourcing Tool developed by the US State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Verité, Made in a Free World, and the Aspen Institute."

"For new suppliers of products or services identified as higher risk, we have developed and piloted use of additional labour practices due diligence questions, which are being incorporated into our RFP/ RFI processes (for more information on our supplier due diligence processes, see page 13)."

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"External risk indicators

To accurately monitor any changes in the salient risks across our operating countries, we utilise resources such as the Responsible Sourcing Tool developed by the US State Department’s Office to Monitor and Combat Trafficking in Persons, Verité, Made in a Free World, and the Aspen Institute and risk indices and country analysis from Verisk Maplecroft, a global risk consulting firm, on migrant worker and modern slavery risks for the hotel and lodging industry."