Question: Does the company’s statement identify specific geographic regions (e.g. Indonesia), industries (e.g. agriculture), resources (e.g. Palm Oil) or types of workforce (e.g. migrant workers) where the risk of modern slavery is the greatest?"
Answer:
Industry,
Resource/products and services,
Workforce
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updated about 1 year ago by theresah

pg. 6

“Security staff at warehouses may be engaged by third party agencies, which will be the subject of due diligence to ascertain any modern slavery risks. We anticipate this task, along with enquiries in relation to our franchise operations in Indonesia and the Philippines will be finalised in 2022.” (In development)

“We acknowledge the following categories of workers as the most vulnerable in the garment sector: • female workers • migrant labour • subcontracted labour • agency and temporary/contract labour; and • young/child workers.” (Workforce)

“As outlined in our last statement, in 2022 we will commence detailed risk mapping by sector, region and spend to identify specific risks and prioritise areas of due diligence. Specific areas of focus will be cleaning, third party warehousing, freight and logistics which present greater risk of modern slavery.” (In development & Industry)

Pg. 8

“Cotton

We recognise the global cotton sector may present a high risk of forced labour.” (Resource)

Manali Rana.....2023-01-09 13:33:01 UTC

Because the categories for "in development" were also specifically identified as risks, I have removed "In development" as an answer option.

The company also does mention Uzbekistan as a country it will not source cotton from, but given that no countries that they source from are identified specifically as risks, this answer option hasn't been selected.

theresah.....2023-02-02 08:33:38 UTC