Question: Does the company continuously monitor suppliers to ensure that they comply with the company’s policies and local laws?
Answer:
Audits of suppliers (self- reporting),
On-site visits (self- reporting)
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Walk Free
2020
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The company report inspection however not explicitly on-site inspection.

pg. 6

"The inspection plan includes a risk assessment, conducted in the first phase by the various managers, also according to the composition of the industrial supply chain in terms of supply and subcontracting, and any critical issues detected by them or by the functions responsible for the secondlevel controls during the periodic inspections required by the Qualified Vendor List procedure."

pg. 7

"During 2021, on the basis of the “Qualified Vendor List" procedure, the Supplier Inspectorate will complete its inspections of the Footwear Division supply chain, and will extend them to the Clothing Division. Specific controls will be performed on the suppliers and sub-contractors inspected in 2019 and 2020 for which slight breaches were found, in order to check their effective solution."

Singh Anjali.....2021-11-25 14:52:28 UTC

"For this reason, in 2019 the Group set up a “Supplier Inspectorate” to tighten the controls over the supply chain and respond to the growing demand for transparency and accountability in the production and sourcing practices. The Group formalized the inspecting activity in July 2020 with a dedicated procedure.

The work team consists of representatives of the administrative, occupational safety, compliance and human resource functions and assists production division managers with controls at supplier and/or sub-supplier premises, reviewing documents and checking the observance of the Group's ethical principles and proper application of labor, tax, occupational safety and environmental regulations." p.5

 

"The team limited its activity to Italy; it began at the end of 2019 and in just a few months it covered most of the manufacturing suppliers in the Leather Goods Division, both first-tier and second-tier suppliers." p.6

Laureen van Breen.....2021-12-17 18:06:22 UTC