SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY

We respect and support human rights and have zero tolerance for inappropriate labor practices.

TAG has taken steps to reduce the risk of forced labor with supplier site visits by our operations and supply chain team to confirm whether their working environment meets TAG’s standards. 

At TAG we promote a positive working environment and value the ingenuity, integrity and hard work of all our employees.

TAG promotes its values of integrity throughout the organization and expects the same from its partners. Through promoting responsible practices, TAG aims to create a strong network who share our commitment to ethical practices and compliance with all national and international standards and legislation.

Policies and Due Diligence 

Our policies have been derived following various guidelines including Human Rights Code, Canadian Human Rights Act, and United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

TAG’s Commitments:

• Compliance: with all local and international rules and regulations
• Diligence: on New Suppliers forming long term relationships with its business partners. 
• Communication with our business partners and require and expect actual or possible violations with respect to human rights to be reported and we take appropriate action to address any such issues. Management has an open door policy when any such violations can be reported on a confidential basis.

Forced Labour and Child Labour Risks

In the case of TAG, the purchasing of materials used in the manufacturing process carries out a risk of labour or child labour. We are committed to being socially responsible and helping reduce the risk of forced labour and child labour. Some of the ways in which we manage the risks related to forced labour and child labour are:

• Our company handbook lays out the company’s values and policies according to the Employment Standards Act.
• Intensive HR processes.
• Hiring – we require documents confirming the age and legal working status of new hires for review and perform background checks.
• New hire and Annual reviews are performed across the board helping ensure that all members are treated and compensated fairly.
• Supplier Due Diligence: Prior to working with a supplier, we engage in conversations to understand not only the quality of the products that a supplier is offering, but also the quality of the management team. We aim to work with partners who show exception ethical standards and share TAG’s values of ensuring everyone in the workplace is treated as an equal and unequivocally reject forced labour and child labour.
• Supplier Visits: Supply chain team performs regular visits to our suppliers to gain a better understanding of their operations and during the visits, observations are made to ensure suppliers are not utilizing forced labour or child labour.

Remediation

We have not come across any instances of forced labour or child labour within our operations. We are committed to taking all actions necessary to provide remediation to those affected if there is ever a suspected activity of child labour or forced labour.

Training

Ensuring that all employees have access to and acknowledge the company handbook which provides details on the company’s policies, code of conduct, and values. This is accessible through our payroll portal to each employee and is also shared with any new employees prior to their start date.

In addition, the importance of ethical conduct is reiterated to our employees at our town hall meetings which are help once a quarter.

Assessing Effectiveness

TAG remains committed to ensuring a safe and fair place for all its employees. We will continue to re-iterate the importance of ethical conduct to all our employees and will provide training on an ongoing basis. Our human resources policies remain effective in ensuring all employees hired by TAG have a valid working status in Canada and are of the appropriate age to conduct the work.

TAG will continue to look for areas where we can further improve in ensuring there is no forced labour or child labour in our supply chain. We are working to develop and implement our practises to include our supply chain partners and getting a commitment in writing from them that they oppose any forced labour or child labour at any of their factories. In addition, TAG will continue to conduct site visits to our suppliers to ensure the policies are being implemented on the ground.

Approval and Attestation

This report was approved by the President on May 31, 2024
In accordance with the requirements of the Act, and in particular section 11 thereof, I attest that I have reviewed the information contained in the report for the entity or entities listed above. Based on my knowledge and having exercised reasonable diligence, I attest that the information in the report is true, accurate and complete in all material respects for the purposes of the Act, for the reporting year listed above.

Michael Harder
President, Tag Hardware Systems Ltd.

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