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EDITION 1 ETHICAL SOURCING & HUMAN RIGHTS We commit to strong and respectful relationships with our suppliers. MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT: Updated and released annually to reflect our efforts to combat modern slavery across the supply chain. ETHICAL SOURCING PROGRAM: To monitor working conditions through supply chain mapping, risk assessments, third-party audits, and working with suppliers and service providers to remediate non-conformances. SMETA 6.1 METHODOLOGY AUDIT: We engage an Association of Professional Social Compliance Auditors-certified third party to audit suppliers using the SMETA 6.1 methodology, considered global best practice in managing and improving working conditions in global supply chains. SOCIAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL PRACTICE IMPROVEMENT: Building partnerships with our suppliers and service providers to provide customers with more conscious product choices. PRODUCT, SAFETY RESPONSIBLE BEHAVIOUR IN SUPPLY CHAIN/OPERATIONS: Proactive promotion of responsible behaviour in our supply chain and operations, adopting an educational approach to support suppliers through remediation, guiding them to develop comprehensive corrective action plans, and assessing and remediating any risk to the worker/community wellbeing from the factories with which we work. « QUALITY We commit to providing customers with safe and high-quality products. ISO 9001:2015 QUALITY MANAGEMENT SYSTEM: Maintaining independent accreditation. PRODUCT TESTING, QUALITY & COMPLIANCE: Working closely with strategic suppliers to embed due diligence. RELIABLE PRODUCT QUALITY: Undertaking safety and quality investigations in collaboration with suppliers. SUPPLIER PARTNERSHIPS ON IMPROVEMENT INITIATIVES: Ongoing development and implementation. RISK MANAGEMENT: A proactive approach to training and educating Own Brand suppliers and recently launched our revised Supplier Assurance and Risk Management Program — an improvement opportunity identified in the approach to due diligence on national and international brands. The initiative aims to better understand suppliers’ performance across a range of operational activities such as product safety, quality, compliance and testing, responsible sourcing and general operational compliance. PLANET BLACKWOODS UNIFORM SOLUTIONS
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