WESTERN DIGITAL (UK) 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 Other

Training described

Your whole organisation Your front line staff Human resources Executive-level staff Procurement staff Your suppliers

Worker engagement and working conditions

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

Social audits

Audit conducted by your staff Third party audit arranged by your organisation

Grievance mechanisms

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

Other monitoring

We regularly audit our supply chain through our partnership with the RBA. We conduct audits of labor brokers and providers of on-site services such as cafeteria, janitorial cleaning and security.

Demonstrated progress

The key performance indicator used is the RBA audit scores for our own operations and our suppliers. We regularly audit our supply chain through our partnership with the RBA, and in some instances we use our own staff. Suppliers are required to perform periodic self-assessments, and many are required to undergo independent RBA audits. Suppliers must give Western Digital access to their completed self-assessment questionnaires (SAQs) and any completed RBA audit reports.

Reported risks and mitigations

• Risk: Labor issues in certain manufacturing locations – Malaysia, Thailand and China.
• Area: Within your supply chains
• Tier: Don't know
• Group: Migrants
• Location: China Malaysia Thailand
• Mitigation: The assessment conducted by the BSR and our periodic enterprise-wide risk assessment considered the risk associated with the types of operations we have and identified Malaysia, Thailand and China as more susceptible to labor issues such as forced and child labor, so we closely monitor those location. We have worked with our supply chain to map their labor sources and give suppliers in these countries enhanced attention and scrutiny based on the common use of foreign workers in those countries.
• Risk: Recruitment fees
• Mitigation: We engage in dialogue with employees and suppliers while also working with third parties to audit ours and our suppliers’ practices. When we found issues regarding recruitment fees, we worked quickly to remediate them. We ensure suppliers are following appropriate recruiting practices and that reimbursements are provided to impacted employees. In 2024 we worked with RBA and other member companies to see that over $88,000 USD was reimbursed to affected employees within the supply chain.
• Risk: Human right issues
• Mitigation: We regularly remind employees and suppliers about the availability of our global ethics helpline, an anonymous service managed by an independent third party, for reporting misconduct or other problems. The helpline is available 24 hours a day in all of the major languages spoken by our employees and is available to suppliers’ workers and their legitimate representatives. When we receive reports of misconduct, we promptly investigate and correct any confirmed problems.