ASDA STORES LIMITED

Policies described

Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery Other

Training described

Your suppliers Other

Worker engagement and working conditions

Your suppliers Trade unions or worker representative groups Civil society organisations Professional auditors Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain Central or local government Law enforcement, such as police, GLAA and other local labour market inspectorates Businesses in your industry or sector

Social audits

Audit conducted by your staff Third party audit arranged by your organisation Audit conducted by your supplier’s staff Third party audit arranged by your supplier Announced audit Unannounced audit

Grievance mechanisms

Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app

Other monitoring

Transparency and Supply Chain Monitoring policy which covers in-scope supply chain locations as well as a detailed approach to salient Human Rights risks globally in-line with our Human Rights Policy

Actions addressing ILO indicators

Financial remediation, including repayment of recruitment fees Change in policy Change in training Referring potential victims to government services Supporting victims via NGO Supporting investigations by relevant authorities

Demonstrated progress

We speak about our continued work in this space including progress against specific objectives and our priorities for 2026. It also speaks about how we have implemented our approach in previous statements as well as developed new and innovative ways of monitoring and managing performance.

Reported risks and mitigations

• Risk: Responsible Recruitment; migrant workers impacted by legal/illegal recruitment fees, covered by our Standards for Suppliers and detailed guidance on recruitment practices for suppliers and colleagues
• Area: Within your supply chains
• Tier: Tier 1 suppliers Tier 2 suppliers Tier 3 suppliers and below
• Group: Women Migrants Refugees Children
• Location: Bangladesh China Spain United Kingdom India Kenya Turkey
• Mitigation: Has has detailed Standards for Suppliers, and Policies associated with Human Rights. We work with our direct suppliers to build capacity, understand and manage risks as well as protect rights holders globally including impacts that may be caused, contributed to or linked to our business and operations globally.
• Risk: Child Labour - global risk to young and child workers including agricultural supply chains, manufacturing and workplace proximity with parents
• Group: Children
• Location: Bangladesh China India Pakistan Turkey
• Mitigation: Asda has detailed expectations within our Standards for Suppliers, and work with specialist organisations such as the Centre for Child Rights and Business, to understand and address risks.
• Risk: Goods Not For Resale - services that enable the operation of our business. Including car washes, concessions, logistics and construction
• Tier: Tier 1 suppliers
• Group: Women Migrants Refugees
• Location: United Kingdom
• Mitigation: We are working to build Saliency and better identify our risks across GNFR. To date we have developed our priority focus areas and are in the process of building out our areas of focus. These areas are covered by our Human Rights Policy as well as Standards.