VWR INTERNATIONAL LTD

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

Worker engagement and working conditions

Your suppliers Trade unions or worker representative groups Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain Businesses in your industry or sector

Social audits

Audit conducted by your staff Announced 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

Introduced Science for Goodness Sustainability Report 2021 https://www.avantorsciences.com/m-avantorsciences.com/en_US/files/science-for-goodness-2021-sustainability-report.pdf

Demonstrated progress

Avantor published its first ever Sustainability Report in 2021. This outlined its expectations on Human and Labour Rights. It also published its new Responsible Supplier Code of Conduct which outlines equivalent expectations within the supply chain. Since this is its first report, Avantor will show progress over time and will continue to invest in the implementation of additional measures.

Reported risks and mitigations

• Risk: We operate in and buy from Countries which have a high risk of human and labour rights
• Area: Within your supply chains
• Tier: Tier 1 suppliers
• Group: Women Migrants Refugees Children
• Location: Pakistan
• Mitigation: In this instance we have mitigated this risk with our suppliers in this country by requiring them to go through our Tier 1 Assurance Process, which involves 1 face to face audit and quarterly desktop reviews per annum.
• Risk: We purchase PPE which has a high incidence of Human and Labour Rights issues
• Group: Children
• Location: Malaysia
• Mitigation: Suppliers in this country go though out Tier 1 Assurance Process however owing to a specific US regulatory investigation with the US Customs and Border Protection Agency additional assurance measures were carried out. Conclusions from our additional checks found that our Suppliers were adhering to the our own and regulatory practices.
• Risk: Our current assurance model focusses on those products and countries where we have the highest risk and highest volume of goods so are limited in fully assuring the entire supply chain
• Tier: Tier 3 suppliers and below
• Group: Women Migrants Refugees Children Other vulnerable groups
• Location: United Arab Emirates Brazil China Algeria Guatemala Indonesia India North Korea Malaysia Philippines Thailand Turkey Ukraine
• Mitigation: We have appointed a Global Sourcing Sustainability Director who is reviewing our practices in the aforementioned countries and Globally.