CURRYS PLC

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

Other

Worker engagement and working conditions

Your suppliers Civil society organisations Professional auditors Workers within your organisation

Social audits

Third party audit arranged by your organisation Announced audit

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 have the following ways to monitor progress e.g.: Calls to Currys and our distribution franchise whistleblowing line. Incidences of modern slavery at Currys or in our supply chain. Own label and licensed brand audits. EcoVadis assessments and average labour and human rights scores We also set goals e.g.: Refresh our training modules Complete a SFA Gap Analysis Review our recruitment partners Work with own label and licensed brand suppliers to increase average EcoVadis score from 38 to 45

Reported risks and mitigations

• Risk: Human rights concerns in our supply chain. In particular of workers in first tier our own brand factories in China and Turkey. High working hours in China is also a risk.
• Area: Within your supply chains
• Tier: Tier 1 suppliers
• Group: Migrants Children
• Location: China Turkey
• Mitigation: We set suppliers targets for continuous improvement to reduce working hours and review corrective action plans and re-auditing where needed. We engage with RBA, BRC & TechUK to gain expertise and discuss experiences with others. All tier 1 suppliers are risk assessed and our own label and licensed brands are audited before being contracted and then throughout the trading relationship by our in-house and specialist independent auditors.
• Risk: Goods not for resale suppliers. In particular cleaning and security, waste management and recycling, construction, spare parts and repairs, logistics and recruitment agencies.
• Area: Within your own operations
• Group: Migrants
• Location: Denmark Finland United Kingdom Ireland Norway Sweden
• Mitigation: Suppliers in higher risk industries are subject to our worker’s rights survey at on-boarding and we use our collaboration with the Slave Free Alliance to more thoroughly assess these suppliers at regular intervals
• Risk: Raw materials and conflict minerals. In particular human rights abuses and funding of armed conflict associated with the mining of tantalum, tin, tungsten and gold in regions like the DRC.
• Tier: Tier 3 suppliers and below
• Group: Women Migrants Children
• Location: Congo (Democratic Republic)
• Mitigation: We use the Material Insights Platform to understand the risks associated with our industry including their component profiles for batteries and printed circuit boards, giving us greater insight into the supply chain stages, composition and ESG issues of these technologies. Shared updated conflict minerals policy with own label suppliers with a survey on their sourcing practices. Majority of our top 20 goods for resale suppliers for UK & Ireland and Nordics comply with RMI.