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Supply chain | Data

Today, we evaluate more than 700 “items” – potential issues that can affect working conditions – related to our Code of Vendor Conduct (COVC) that could range from whether a factory has clean bathrooms to its adherence to local laws. 

We organize all these items into four principles, rather than the eight we used to use. This approach helps simplify the data for reporting and collecting purposes. The four principles are: environment, labor, working conditions, and compliance with laws. The below data highlights a representative group of items instead of all 700 – again in an effort to make our reporting more accessible and useful. From each main category, we’ve selected items that stakeholders have been most interested in and that, together, create an overall picture of performance.

We will continue to make the entire list of items in our CVOC available on this site. You can access it by clicking here.

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2009 COVC Violations by Region (Chart I)

  • Note: Data represents the percentage of factories by region that had a specific Code of Vendor Conduct violation outstanding (irrespective of when the violation was identified) at some point during fiscal year 2009.