FAMILY-OWNED SINCE 1963 MORE THAN 20,000 EMPLOYEES WORLDWIDE AROUND 90 NATIONALITIES OPERATES IN MORE THAN 100 MARKETS ECCO MODERN SLAVERY & TRANSPARENCY STATEMENT 2025 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. It covers the period from 1 January 2025 to 31 December 2025. 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 legislation 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 more than 100 markets and own production facilities in Portugal, Indonesia, Thailand, China, and Vietnam. We have recently closed our facilities in Slovakia and the Netherlands. 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.
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