ECCO Sko A/S

ECCO Sko A/SECCO MODERN SLAVERY & TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT 2024 This statement describes the steps taken by the ECCO Group (ECCO Sko A/S including all its subsidiaries) to prevent human rights violations in ECCO’s business and supply chains. The statement responds to the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015, the California Transparency in Supply Chains Act, the Australian Modern Slavery Act 2018, the Norwegian Transparency Act, and the Canadian Fighting Against Forced Labour and Child Labour in Supply Chains Act. The statement has been approved and signed by ECCO’s Group Managing Board. INTRODUCTION ECCO has always been a strong supporter of the internationally defined human rights and the fight against any type of forced labour and child labour. Since 1999, this support has been demonstrated through ECCO’s Code of Conduct (CoC) which constitutes the guiding principles for ECCO’s operations worldwide. Several supporting policies have been introduced throughout the years to support ECCO’s fight against human rights abuse broadly and modern slavery and child labour specifically. ECCO is aware of the challenges with human rights violations such as modern slavery, human trafficking, and child labour across the world. Abusive working conditions are unacceptable, and ECCO welcomes the growing body of legis- lation that focuses on protecting human and children’s rights. ECCO’S BUSINESS AND SUPPLY CHAIN Headquartered in Denmark, ECCO produces high-quality leather, footwear, and accessories. We operate in 98 markets and own production facilities in Portugal, Indonesia, Thailand, Slovakia, the Netherlands, China, and Vietnam. ECCO is unique in the way we own and control the majority of our value chain, from tanning of hides, production of shoes to sale of products to wholesale customers and end-consumers. ECCO thus owns facilities in what is considered tiers 1, 2, and 3 of our supply chain. ECCO does, however, also rely on suppliers of materials for our products and other parts of our business. To prevent modern slavery, child labour, and other human rights abuse from taking place in our supply chain, ECCO has established a Code of Conduct Audit System which is elaborated below. Based on an external assessment, ECCO’s business model is considered a key strength in the protection of human rights. Running our own production and retail operations gives ECCO full control of the working conditions for our more than 20,000 employees, thereby minimising the overall human rights and child labour related risks for ECCO. To learn more about ECCO’s organisational structure and how our shoes are made, please visit: http://group.ecco.com/en ECCO’S POLICIES AND PROCESSES ADDRESSING FORCED LABOUR AND MODERN SLAVERY ECCO’s CoC affirms ECCO’s commitment to proactively respect internationally defined human rights including forced labour, modern slavery, and child labour. The CoC states that ECCO must provide employees with a workplace that protects human rights and is free from harassment and abuse, and further condemns any form of forced or child labour. For the specific area of modern slavery, ECCO has an official Modern Slavery Policy, as well as related procedures for the area of Child Labour, Remedial Measures. They are considered an integrated part of ECCO’s CoC. FAMILY-OWNED SINCE 1963 VALUES HERITAGE PASSION INNOVATION CARE EXCELLENCE MORE THAN 20,000 EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE MORE THAN 89 NATIONALITIESPage 2