Expanding Our Approach
Laws, culture and customs vary in the different countries in which our suppliers are located. To ensure compliance with our Code of Basic Working Conditions in each of these countries, our practice is to:
- Build an understanding of the market by consulting with sourcing experts, our internal network and a network of NGOs with expertise in human rights
- Analyze local laws and compare them to our Code, using internal and NGO legal experts
- If local laws are absent or lacking, analyze international best practices to select a recommended approach
- Develop training materials tailored to the market
- Adapt our assessment approach for the market
- Conduct pilot assessments
- Evaluate assessment results to identify where issues are arising and get feedback on the assessment process
- Use the feedback to revise the assessment and training process
