Common use of Operational Teams Clause in Contracts

Operational Teams. Ethical Sourcing team The Ethical Sourcing team is responsible for administration of the Ethical Sourcing Program and works in partnership with functional business units to execute actions. Administration and compliance include: assessing supplier risk, engaging businesses based on risk, assessing performance through self-assessment questionnaires and third-party ethical audits to identify potential human rights risks, investigating allegations of human rights abuses and working to ensure thataction and remediation of risks/ issues are in line with global best practice standards. The team includes an in-house certified auditor (as certified by the Association of Professional Social Compliance Auditors) to manage the ethical audit program. Functional Teams While everyone at Coles shares the responsibility of ensuring that our goods and services are procured ethically, our category teams, procurement teams, contract owners and contract managers and product technologists have the direct relationship with our suppliers and are responsible for the day- to-day execution of the Ethical Sourcing Program. Functional teams are regularly updated on the status of the Ethical Sourcing Program and human rights commitments. Performance information is also included in training aimed at ensuring team members understand their ethical sourcing andhuman rights responsibilities and the impact of their actions. People and Culture Team The People and Culture team is responsible for ensuring systemsand controls exist to protect human rights in our own operations.