Audit Disclosure
Unilever discloses comprehensive detail on its supplier audit findings. It reports that it found 272 non-conformances relating to forced labor. More than 70% were from Asia. Forty-four percent of the total non-conformances related to missing policies and procedures, 26% were issues relating to indicators of possible forced labor, and 39 cases concerned suppliers requiring deposits and fees from their workers. Nine percent of non-conformances related to retention of workers’ identification documents.