Columbia Sportswear Company (“Columbia”) takes seriously the issues outlined in this report and continues to work diligently to ensure the safety and ethical treatment of workers in our supply chain. 

• Specific suppliers and exact factory locations are not outlined by the authors of this report, therefore it is difficult to completely validate the issues outlined, as well as take remediation actions with our suppliers at specific locations.  However, we have reviewed the report with our factory partners in the Bangalore area will continue to focus on these issues as we work with this group of factories in this region. 

Columbia is also taking steps to strengthen our policies and procedures...

• Before and after the publication of this report, Columbia has been actively engaging with a group of other brands sourcing in the Bangalore area to collaborate on resolving the issues that the report outlines.  This group of brands has met with Bangalore factories to directly discuss conditions in their owned and operated factories and to address the issue of intra-country migrant workers.