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Table I

The collaborative initiatives – the five embedded units of analysis

Initiative	Description	Brands Involved
1. Trade Body meetings and workshops	Collaboration with other Trade Body members through meetings and working groups to tackle specific industry issues. Focus has been given to modern slavery and members have shared best practice, discussed challenges and considered ways to overcome them	25 Brands {1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34, 35, 36} Trade Body
2. Purchasing practices project	Collective review of purchasing practices to produce guidelines to assist buyers within their companies purchase products responsibly. The guidelines include a set of “ideals” relating to, e.g. forecasting, sourcing, price negotiations and production lead times. This results in responsible purchasing, which enables manufacturers to provide sustainable working conditions	17 Brands {1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33} [Industry Union]
3. Risk matrix project	Development of a shared modern slavery risk matrix focussing on country risk to help brands assess current and future sourcing location decisions	5 Brands {1, 3, 20, 24, 27} NGO
4. Modern slavery training	Producing a collective modern slavery training programme for all employees. The training programme intends to raise awareness and ensure decision making considers modern slavery risks by considering legalities, risk assessment and modes of detection	6 Brands {1, 3, 6, 20, 23, 24} NGO
5. Targeted modern slavery audit	Collaborating to deliver a modern slavery audit at a high-risk factory focussing on detection through investigating the end-to-end worker recruitment process	2 Brands (1, 18) NGO

Initiative	Description	Brands Involved
1. Trade Body meetings and workshops	Collaboration with other Trade Body members through meetings and working groups to tackle specific industry issues. Focus has been given to modern slavery and members have shared best practice, discussed challenges and considered ways to overcome them	25 Brands{1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 8, 9, 10, 12, 15, 16, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 34, 35, 36}Trade Body
2. Purchasing practices project	Collective review of purchasing practices to produce guidelines to assist buyers within their companies purchase products responsibly. The guidelines include a set of “ideals” relating to, e.g. forecasting, sourcing, price negotiations and production lead times. This results in responsible purchasing, which enables manufacturers to provide sustainable working conditions	17 Brands {1, 2, 3, 7, 9, 11, 13, 14, 17, 22, 23, 24, 25, 30, 31, 32, 33}[Industry Union]
3. Risk matrix project	Development of a shared modern slavery risk matrix focussing on country risk to help brands assess current and future sourcing location decisions	5 Brands{1, 3, 20, 24, 27}NGO
4. Modern slavery training	Producing a collective modern slavery training programme for all employees. The training programme intends to raise awareness and ensure decision making considers modern slavery risks by considering legalities, risk assessment and modes of detection	6 Brands{1, 3, 6, 20, 23, 24}NGO
5. Targeted modern slavery audit	Collaborating to deliver a modern slavery audit at a high-risk factory focussing on detection through investigating the end-to-end worker recruitment process	2 Brands(1, 18)NGO