ARGOS 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 Human resources Procurement staff Your suppliers

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 Through trade unions or other worker representative groups

Other monitoring

Working with industry initiatives. Conducting Human Rights Impact Assessments and worker voice programmes in our supply chains beyond Tier 1. Launching our new whistleblowing hotline.

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 Other

Demonstrated progress

We share transparency on cases related to forced labour indicators and actions taken to address these issues. We highlight case studies to demonstrate our remediation actions and challenges. We report on the numbers of audits and critical non-compliances identified in third-party ethical audits linked to forced labour indicators. We report on number of training courses completed by our colleagues and suppliers that increase awareness and capacity to take action to address modern slavery.

Reported risks and mitigations

• Risk: Seasonal migrant workers on SWS visa in the UK fresh produce sector. We co-fund and participate in the SWS Taskforce on industry solutions to safeguard workers coming into the UK through the scheme.
• Area: Within your supply chains
• Tier: Tier 1 suppliers Tier 2 suppliers Tier 3 suppliers and below
• Group: Migrants
• Location: United Kingdom
• Mitigation: Through our membership of the Seasonal Worker Scheme Taskforce, we actively contribute to workstreams focused on improving worker education, access to information, financial resilience and effective grievance mechanisms, while also promoting due diligence and good practice throughout recruitment and on-farm employment.
• Risk: Migrant workers in the seafood sector. We participate in industry collaborations, investigation and remediation efforts to address issues in our supply chain.
• Group: Migrants Other vulnerable groups
• Location: United Kingdom South Korea Maldives Thailand Vietnam
• Mitigation: We collaborate with other industry stakeholders to improve labour standards and human rights due diligence in the seafood sector, advocate to governments and support projects. We conducted Human Rights Impact Assessments to further understand and address risks in our supply chain. We participate in industry collaboration, investigation and remediation efforts to address issues identified in our supply chain.
• Risk: Workers in garment and high-risk cotton supply chains. We are part of ETI and Fair Labour Association (FLA) initiatives to address Human Rights issues in our supply chains.
• Group: Women Migrants Children Other vulnerable groups
• Location: Bangladesh China India
• Mitigation: Our suppliers must source cotton through one of our accepted independent programmes. We expect all reasonable efforts be made to identify fibre origin and the route of cotton through the supply chain and we collect this information through our supplier reporting platform. We conduct due diligence on suppliers in high-risk supply chains and collaborate with the industry, and initiatives such as the ETI and Fair Labour Association (FLA) to address Human Rights impacts.