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California Transparency in Supply Chain Act

DISCLOSURE STATEMENT TO THE CALIFORNIA TRANSPARENCY IN THE SUPPLY CHAIN ACT (SB 657)

SHIMANO AMERICAN CORPORATION is strongly committed to maintaining high compliance standards in its supply chain management through its Code of Conduct and Social Accountability Standards (“Code”). The Code aligns with the international audit standard for workers’ rights, workplace conditions and management systems created by Social Accountability International, commonly referred to as SA8000®. The Code ensures that best efforts are made to positively contribute to sustainable development by addressing social and environmental impacts and by aligning the internal business goals with external society goals, including a distinct prohibition to any form of human trafficking or slavery.

• All manufacturers and suppliers are screened and verifications made to ensure they meet the high compliance standards required to produce our products. They are required to enter into formal written agreements, sign certifications of compliance for adherence to our stringent Code, Green Plan and Vendor Manual. The certifications also require that the manufacturers and suppliers do not engage in business with other parties who would violate the Code.

• Shimano American Corporation maintains internal accountability standards and procedures for employees or contractors to meet the Code including routine screenings and audits, both announced and unannounced, by personnel and/or by third party vendors to ensure full compliance. In the event that non compliance is found, prompt action is taken to remedy or immediately terminate the relationship.

• Shimano American Corporation provides its employees and management involved in the supply chain management with training on its Code to proactively mitigate risk in the production of its products.

Amazon. com Help: California Supply Chain Transparency Act Statement

"Human trafficking affects us all, whether we live in countries of origin, transit or destination. Preventing and combating it requires a comprehensive international approach. We must act together to stop a crime in our midst that deprives countless victims of their liberty, dignity and human rights."

— Ms. Asha-Rose Migiro Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations

Specialized is committed to upholding human and labor rights, ensuring that every worker has safe and fair working conditions and that there is 'zero tolerance' for human trafficking and slavery in our supply chain. The policies, procedures and operations outlined in our Sustainable Innovation Program incorporates explicit prohibition of human trafficking and slavery and addresses issues of human trafficking and slavery required under the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, as well as addressing other issues of social and environmental sustainability. Standards for workplace conditions for our supply chain partners are outlined in our Code of Conduct and the code element Forced Labor specifically calls out our commitment to prohibiting human trafficking and slavery anywhere in our direct and indirect supply chain.

Below is our disclosure statement pursuant to the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act (SB 657).

The disclosure described in subdivision (a) shall, at a minimum, disclose to what extent, if any, the retail seller or manufacturer does each of the following:

Verification of supply chains to evaluate and address risks of human trafficking and slavery.

Specialized is a founding member of the WFSGI Bicycle Industry Labor group, which is currently piloting labor standards, auditing protocol and the creation of a shared database of audit results via the Fair Factories Clearinghouse (FFC). Our Code of Conduct is based on the International Labour Organization (ILO) code and states that any form of forced labor, which includes human trafficking, slavery and child labor are prohibited in our supply chain.

Audits of suppliers to evaluate supplier compliance with Specialized's standards for trafficking and slavery in supply chains.

Specialized has created both Code of Conduct and Zero Tolerance policies for labor practices and implemented a process for consistent and ongoing auditing of it’s supply chain to ensure compliance with those policies. Proposed new suppliers must undergo auditing and evaluation of their facilities and labor practices before they may be considered to become a formal supplier. Evaluation of those audits is conducted by a senior leadership team, which includes environmental and social responsibility leadership. Proposed suppliers unable to meet our standards will not be considered to participate in our supply chain. This system ensures that we do not contract with new suppliers engaging in substandard human rights practices. Auditing suppliers with regard to sustainable manufacturing, specifically slavery and human trafficking, is a high priority for Specialized. Audits are conducted through a combination of internal staff, contract labor consultants and third party auditing firms.

Certification by suppliers that materials comply with slavery and human trafficking laws of the country where they are doing business.

A key focus of our communication strategy with our suppliers is in building a clear understanding of the risks of non-compliance with our code of conduct, especially around the topics of human trafficking and slavery. Our goal is to build capacity with our suppliers so that they may certify their own suppliers and verify the eradication of human trafficking and slavery further up complex supply webs. Suppliers are required to acknowledge their understanding of our Code of Conduct by formerly signing a document confirming the factory’s adherence to it’s requirements. In addition, we regularly evaluate a factory’s practices of managing for eradication of human rights and slavery and include that evaluation in our supplier scorecards.

Procedures for failures to meet Specialized's standards regarding slavery and human trafficking.

Specialized has developed internal policies & procedures that incorporate disciplinary actions appropriate to the issue at hand with separate tracks for the evaluation of new suppliers and the evaluation of existing suppliers. The focus is on remediation and executing swift solutions for the protection of human rights as well as excluding new suppliers from our supply chain who fail to meet our Code of Conduct and Zero Tolerance Policy. Our Zero Tolerance policy outlines a swift and binding course of action, requiring immediate factory response and remediation of the identified issue by the factory in question. Issues Specialized strictly prohibits, condemns and has zero tolerance for must be given the highest level of attention and immediate resolution or Specialized reserves the right to cease business with that supplier.

Training on human trafficking and slavery, including mitigating risks within the supply chain.

Specialized has an ongoing internal training program for employees to understand the issues relating to social and environmental responsibility with a focus on human trafficking and slavery in manufacturing. This training is also extended to suppliers with a long-term partnership approach to remediating issues in conflict with our Code of Conduct in the supply chain. We understand that accountability is key to an authentic commitment to sustainable manufacturing. Specialized's corporate policy for sustainable manufacturing has been communicated throughout the company, it’s supply chain and informs the ongoing work being carried out in product creation.

CALIFORNIA TRANSPARENCY IN SUPPLY CHAINS ACT DISCLOSURE STATEMENT

Link Snacks, Inc. (“Link Snacks” or “Company”) is dedicated to conducting business in a lawful and ethical manner and is committed to fair labor practices within our supply chain. Pursuant to the requirements of the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act of 2010, Link Snacks makes the following disclosures:

Link Snacks does not accept or support the use of illegal, abusive, forced or child labor. Link Snacks is committed to conducting business only with suppliers who adhere to the highest ethical standards and comply with laws and regulations applicable to their business. Link Snacks does not currently engage in verification of product supply chains to specifically identify, assess, and manage these risks. However, Link Snacks requires that any concerns reported are promptly investigated and handled, as appropriate. Link Snacks does not currently conduct audits of suppliers to evaluate supplier compliance with Company standards against trafficking and slavery in supply chain but retains the right to do so. To ensure that our suppliers respect and enforce our company standards, we include clauses in supplier contractual agreements requiring the supplier to abide by the laws of the country or countries in which it does business, and to certify that materials incorporated into the product are not and will not be manufactured, produced, assembled, or packaged by the use of illegal, abusive, or forced labor or illegal child labor. Non-compliance with these clauses can result in the termination of the business relationship. Link Snacks maintains internal accountability standards for all employees or contractors who fail to meet our Company standards regarding human rights. All employees and contractors are expected to abide by all applicable laws and are encouraged to report concerns to a member of management or human resources. All concerns related to human rights must be promptly investigated and resolved, as appropriate. Link Snacks does not currently maintain a formal staff training program relating to human trafficking and slavery, however, all employees with responsibility for supply chain management are required to comply with Company standards, including compliance with law and are subject to discipline, up to and including termination of employment, for failure to do so.