ACCENTURE (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 Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery

Training described

Procurement staff Your suppliers

Worker engagement and working conditions

Your suppliers Businesses in your industry or sector

Grievance mechanisms

Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups

Demonstrated progress

We continue to review our human rights efforts, as well as best practices in the marketplace, to understand how we can further strengthen our commitments. We continue to invest in new technology and processes e.g. our Sustainable Procurement Hub, which will enhance or provide greater transparency from our direct suppliers about their own human rights policies, due diligence and practices at the point at which Accenture makes buyer selection decisions, onboarding or ad hoc ESG assessments.

Reported risks and mitigations

• Risk: The procurement categories that present potentially higher levels of risks due to the prevalence of low-paid and migrant workers are: • Technology and • Workplace services
• Area: Within your supply chains
• Tier: Tier 2 suppliers Tier 3 suppliers and below
• Group: Women Migrants
• Location: India
• Mitigation: We review on an ongoing basis all our contracted services in India, especially those involving casual, low-paid labour.
• Risk: While travel and hospitality have been curtailed due to COVID-19, as and when such restrictions ease, they are an area of potential risk for Accenture that we plan to examine further in coming years
• Tier: Tier 2 suppliers
• Mitigation: Working with our travel and hospitality partners to address the risk of human trafficking
• Risk: Given the recent evolution of part of our business into hardware manufacturing, this will now be a key component of our global strategy to address modern slavery in our supply chain.
• Tier: Tier 3 suppliers and below
• Group: Children
• Mitigation: We engaged a specialist third-party provider to assist us in carrying out the enhanced due diligence required in relation to that part of our Industry X supply chain where we are sourcing products containing tin, tungsten, tantalum or gold (3TG minerals).