Question: Has the company reviewed business KPIs to ensure they are not increasing risk of modern slavery? (E.g. expansion to production countries that have a lot of migrant workers)
Answer:
No
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Walk Free
2020
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KPIs not reported.

pg. 11

"OUR MODERN SLAVERY RISKS

We recognise that as a company operating within the garment and footwear industry, we are inherently at a higher risk of causing, contributing or being linked to modern slavery, either through our business operations or supplier relationships. Typically, the garment and footwear supply chain is characterised by low skilled, low paid labour, short lead times and intensive, dispersed production, therefore exposing the industry to labour and human rights risks. However, the likelihood and severity of these risks and potential adverse impacts varies considerably based on the country of production, the regulatory environment and socio-economic factors.

To identify and assess the potential risks of modern slavery in our operations and supply chain, our Sourcing and Compliance Team have conducted a risk assessment that focuses primarily on country risk, using the Global Slavery Index (GSI). The GSI, an index developed in 2018 by Minderoo Foundation’s Walk Free initiative, provides a country by country ranking of the number of people living in conditions of modern slavery.3 The findings of the assessment were used to highlight the highest risk countries within our supply chain. Recognising that our ability to influence is dependent on the amount of business we do with them, we have prioritised our activities on ‘major suppliers’ where we have an annual spend of $100,000 and above. Based on spend and country risk, we identified five higher risk suppliers located in 5 countries, China, India, Madagascar, North Vietnam, and South Vietnam.

OUR RESPONSE

To further understand these five priority suppliers’ approach to managing modern slavery risks, we issued a self-assessment questionnaire (SAQ). The SAQ responses and most recent supplier audit reports did not identify any factors or processes that indicate modern slavery impacts.

We recognise that modern slavery, in all its forms, exists within most supply chains. We appreciate that, at this point in time, the scope of our risk assessment only covers Tier 1 of our supply chain and therefore does not consider the risks across the full length of our supply chain. As such, we are committed to increasing transparency across our supply chain and by mapping our supply chain to tier 2 and beyond. This will ultimately allow us to take a more riskbased approach to due diligence and prioritise those sourcing areas and production processes where adverse impacts are most severe."

pg. 12

"OUR MANAGEMENT APPROACH

We recognise that risks of modern slavery can never be eliminated. However, in our dealings with suppliers we are committed to taking all reasonable steps to reduce the risk of instances of modern slavery occurring. To do this, we have in place systems to:

• Identify and assess potential risk areas;

• Monitor potential risk areas;

• Provide a mechanism to report potential or actual incidents of modern slavery; and

• Provide appropriate remediation where incidents of modern slavery have occurred."

Singh Anjali.....2021-11-22 10:11:10 UTC

Data copied from RM Williams Pty Ltd for 2020