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ASSENT COMPLIANCE

Compliance Program for Anti-Human Trafficking

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About Assent

• Your Compliance Partner For:
• Ethical Sourcing
• Restricted & Declarable Substances
• Supply Chain Data Collection,

Inspections and Audits

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Our Clients & Sectors

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Assent & AHT

• Ethical ¡Sourcing ¡regula0ons ¡have ¡many ¡similari0es: ¡
• Educa0on/Training ¡
• Data ¡Collec0on ¡& ¡Verifica0on ¡
• Risk ¡Profiles ¡
• Due ¡Diligence ¡
• Repor0ng ¡
• These ¡are ¡Assent’s ¡core ¡areas ¡of ¡focus

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Today’s Presenter James Calder

Director - Compliance Programs Assent Compliance ¡

Over ten years as a senior expert on product stewardship, regulatory approvals/certifications, product safety, and ethical sourcing.

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Main Legislative Drivers

• Federal Acquisitions Regulation (Executive Order 13627)
• California Transparency in Supply Chains Act
• UK Modern Slavery Act

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Federal Acquisitions Regulation (Executive Order 13627)

• Federal Acquisitions Regulation (Executive Order 13627):
• Existing requirements of prohibiting any contractors to engage in severe forms of

human trafficking

• Introduces additional prohibitions when using recruiters/agents
• Required for all contracts and subcontracts including COTS
• Required since March 2015
• Compliance Plan
• Contractors awarded contracts to provide supplies acquired abroad or perform

services abroad that are valued over $500,000 must develop Compliance Plans to comply with the anti-trafficking regulations and certify their compliance on an annual basis.

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UK Modern Slavery Act

• This Act requires companies to produce a "slavery and human trafficking

statement" each financial year, disclosing their efforts (or lack thereof) to ensure their supply chains are free from slavery and human trafficking.

• Required for all companies (private and public) doing business in the UK

and having over £36 million (Global)

• Applies to good and services
• Must report the business structure, policy, due diligence processes,

areas of risk, KPIs, training

• Comes into effect October 2015

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California Transparency in Supply Chain Act

• Since January 1, 2012, every retailer and manufacturer doing

business in California with annual worldwide gross receipts exceeding $100 million must disclose on its website the extent to which it works to prevent AHT in the supply chain.

• Disclosure to include
• Verification (Does it assess the Supply Chain?)
• Audit (Does it perform?)
• Certification (Do suppliers “certify”?)
• Internal Accountability (Internal Procedures?)
• Training (Does it train and how?)

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STEP 1: Policy Creation

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The ¡policy ¡needs ¡to ¡be ¡clearly ¡communicated ¡to ¡the ¡company’s ¡employees ¡and ¡ supply ¡chain. ¡ ¡For ¡due ¡diligence ¡purposes, ¡the ¡awareness ¡program ¡should ¡include ¡ methodologies ¡to ¡capture ¡data ¡that ¡proves ¡the ¡appropriate ¡individuals ¡within ¡the ¡ supply ¡chain ¡have ¡reviewed ¡and ¡understood ¡the ¡issue ¡of ¡human ¡trafficking ¡and ¡ how ¡the ¡policy ¡addresses ¡the ¡issue. ¡ ¡ ¡

STEP 2: Awareness Program

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The ¡policy ¡needs ¡to ¡ensure ¡that ¡any ¡employee ¡can ¡report ¡on ¡poten0al ¡risk ¡or ¡ incident ¡of ¡human ¡trafficking ¡and ¡be ¡completed ¡free ¡from ¡reprisal. ¡ ¡The ¡repor0ng ¡ mechanism ¡needs ¡to ¡take ¡into ¡account, ¡if ¡applicable, ¡the ¡language ¡and ¡ technological ¡accessibility ¡of ¡the ¡company’s ¡employees. ¡

STEP 3: Reporting Hotline

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STEP 4: Supply Chain Risk Assessment

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STEP 5: Mitigation Activities

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STEP 6: Due Diligence

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STEP 7: Incident Management

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STEP 8: Continuous Improvement

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Your Next Steps

Consult ¡with ¡ ¡ Counsel ¡ Build ¡a ¡Program ¡ Select ¡Tools ¡ & ¡Execu0on ¡

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How Assent Helps

All the tools you need…

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Turnkey Services

• Assent can manage the entire

program end-to-end

• Costs: Less than cost of using

internal teams and resources

• Scope dependant
• Contact

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Looking Ahead…