Multi Stakeholder Initiatives

ELEVATE

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Client Management Offices: San Francisco, New York, London

and Hong Kong

Client Delivery Offices: Bangladesh (2), China (3), Vietnam (1), Mexico (1),

India (1), Turkey (1)

China Offices Shenzhen, Shanghai, Hangzhou

350+ staff globally

>95% of auditors have over 2 years experience

Global professional services firm focused on business driven sustainability

• In 2013, Level Works and INFACT merged to form ELEVATE

• In 2016, investment from EQT Mid Market to drive growth in integrated supply chain services

• In 2017, ELEVATE acquired CSR Asia to broaden sustainability services beyond supply chains …

• 4th largest global social compliance auditing organisation

Work oriented around four thematic pillars that drive IMPACT in key markets • Assessment 12,000+ assessments annually across 85 countries • Improvement 500+ workplace improvement engagements annually 35,000+ attendees of ELEVATE training sessions 75,000+ workers surveyed 100,000+ eLearning lesson completions • Consulting 150+ consulting projects annually • Development 3,000,000+ workers positively impacted annually

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Indonesia

43.0%

Nepal 31.9%

Sri Lanka

1.2%

India

1.1%

Bangladesh

1.9%

Burma

7.7%

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% Female Workers:

Who are the Foreign Workers?

Length of Service (Year):

Average Age:

Foreign Local 57% 65%

Language Capacity: 10%

Do Not Speak Malay at All

Vietnam 5.0%

Cambodia

0.1%

Foreign Local 27 34

Foreign Local 2.3 7.5

China

0.3%

Thailand

0.4%

The survey covers a good range of sending countries. Nepal and Indonesia are the two biggest sourcing countries of foreign workers. Foreign workers are on average 27 years old with around 2 years of work experience in Malaysia. The majority of them speak at least some Malay Bahasa.

Philippines

7.1%

Pakistan

0.2%

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Highlights:

• 78% of factories have reimbursed excessive recruitment fees or developed internal policies to prevent these practices; 79% of factories have made progress on passport retention

• 23 electronics factories enrolled covering 46,000 workers, with 50% being foreign migrant workers from 12 different countries in Asia

• 2,761 workers surveyed to date, 68% of whom are foreign workers – all findings providing valuable insights to worker perspectives on the recruitment, hiring and employment management process

• 3rd party independent helpline for workers launched in December 2016 in 10 languages. 260 text messages or calls received to date (2 months).

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Ten things to consider about the future of MSIs 1. Quality of the technical support 2. Cost commitments to sustain and contribute – 10 year maturity 3. Addressing the parallel government track 4. Strength of secretariat and strong governance 5. Member representation and strong governance 6. Cross MSI learnings – collaboration not competition & crowding 7. Data to demonstrate impact 8. Accountability for change 9. Commitment to scale pilots 10. Trust

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