ETHICAL PRODUCTION: LABOR, HEALTH & SAFETY O INTR We’re leveraging new tools and technologies to maintain high labor, health and safety standards. ANET FORCED LABOR Working Group, among others. We consider our PL We work to continuously improve and refine our Health and Safety program an aspect of Worker standards. Forced labor and foreign migrant Wellbeing because it goes above and beyond worker risks are rising globally, and we engage social compliance. with credible third parties and industry groups to ensure our social compliance program evolves HEALTH & SAFETY with those risks. Beyond our standard audit To ensure we offer programs that best address our protocol, we implemented a segmentation internal workers’ needs and better understand the most OPLE risk assessment to understand unique risks common social compliance violations, we analyzed PE at different factories based on factors such as noncompliance issues in our audit program. Health country-level and product-category risk. We used and safety emerged as the dominant topic. In the results of the segmentation to develop a risk- response, we dramatically expanded our health and based auditing strategy, allowing us to prioritize safety program and developed relevant trainings. our resources and use them where needed. After a successful pilot, we implemented new We’re also leveraging new technologies as they health and safety training courses at 16 factories, become available. In 2021, we began using a recognizing our global vendors that partnered with screening tool that conducts a comprehensive us to achieve continuous improvements. Remaining scan of media articles and public records for adaptable even amid COVID-19 restrictions, we PURPOSE any mention of our suppliers. The results are piloted to an online version of the training. The analyzed to detect any articles related to forced past two years continued to demonstrate the NEW HEALTH & SAFETY PROGRAM ACHIEVEMENTS SINCE LAUNCH labor or other human rights or environmental importance of our workers’ health and safety, so violations. We then work with suppliers mentioned this training felt particularly timely. to better understand the incident, steps taken on T 2021 remediation and determine whether a specialized In 2020–21, factories in 27 14,000 16 forced labor assessment is required. For all new suppliers, we use this tool to scan for any incidents our health and safety program Factories Workers impacted Additional factories T REPOR at their manufacturing or sub-supplier sites. C saw reduced accidents and completed trainings (approximately) launched trainings A APPENDIX Lastly, we align with industry initiatives to remain higher worker engagement IMP abreast of news and new developments to protect workers, such as the RILA/AAFA Forced Labor and wellbeing. 47 48