RIVER ISLAND CLOTHING CO. LIMITED

Policies described

Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees 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

Training described

Your whole organisation

Worker engagement and working conditions

Your suppliers Civil society organisations Professional auditors Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain Businesses in your industry or sector

Social audits

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

Grievance mechanisms

Through trade unions or other worker representative groups

Actions addressing ILO indicators

Financial remediation, including repayment of recruitment fees Change in training Supporting victims via NGO Supporting investigations by relevant authorities

Demonstrated progress

We discuss key activities and highlights along with several case studies to show our progress in tackling the issue of modern slavery.

Reported risks and mitigations

• Risk: i. Forced and Bonded labour - Key Regions: China, India, UAE, Mauritius
• Area: Within your supply chains
• Tier: Tier 1 suppliers Tier 2 suppliers Tier 3 suppliers and below
• Group: Women Migrants Refugees
• Location: China India
• Mitigation: We continue to be aware that this issue has generally been pushed to lower reaches of the supply chain, or to regions of the globe that are difficult to access. As we gain greater transparency of our tier 2 supply chain, we can use this information to identify key risk areas and carry out in-depth assessments. During 2024 we continued our work with Goodweave focusing on the potential of forced or child labour within our tier 2 Supplychain in Bangladesh
• Risk: ii. Climate Change / Global Warming – Key Region – Bangladesh
• Group: Women Migrants Refugees Children
• Location: Bangladesh
• Mitigation: We will be looking to continue with our work on climate change and global warming in 2024 to examine how we can address risk as part of the ETI Just Transitions Working Group. As discussed in previous statements, we have identified certain regions at risk, but we are fully aware that this is a global issue requiring increased collaboration between Suppliers, Brands, Trade Unions, NGO’s and Governments to make any work truly meaningful.
• Risk: iii. Regular Employment – Key Regions – India, Turkey
• Location: India Turkey
• Mitigation: We continue to see the increased use of casual and agency workers across the globe with India and Turkey seeing an increase in the use of informal labour in recent years. We continue to work with our suppliers to try and reduce this reliance on the informal sector by explaining the risks involved when using this type of workforce. As part of our internal audit programme, we heavily focus on this area to ensure agency and casual workers are paid as per the law and have legal contracts in place.