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5 March 2021

...ERM has had a permanent presence in mainland China for over 25 years serving international and locally based clients. ERM is committed to the goal of respect for human rights and a world free of slavery. We recognize our responsibility to support and respect the protection of internationally proclaimed human rights, as defined by the UN Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights. ERM is a signatory of the UN Global Compact, and we adhere to its principles relating to human rights...

...With regard to client-related activities, from time to time, we undertake client engagements in Xinjiang. The volume of work that we undertake in Xinjiang is small, less than 1% of our client engagements in China each year. In China, supplier audits/social audits in general represent a small proportion of our business...