Countries’ Risk - amfori

1 2021 Countries Risk Classification 2 2020 Risk Countries Risk Classification amfori BSCI The risk classification of countries relies on the Worldwide Governance Indicators from the World Bank, being aggregate indicators of governance 1996-2019. These determine the level of risks related to governance in sourcing countries. World Governance Indicators (WGI) There are 6 dimensions of governance identified by the World Bank: 1. Voice and Accountability (VA) capturing perceptions of the extent to which a country's citizens are able to participate in selecting their government, as well as freedom of expression, freedom of association and a free media. 2. Political Stability and Absence of Violence/Terrorism (PV) capturing perceptions of the likelihood that the government will be destabilized or overthrown by unconstitutional or violent means, including politically motivated violence and terrorism.

2 3. Government Effectiveness (GE) capturing perceptions of the quality of public services, the quality of the civil service and the degree of its independence from political pressures, the quality of policy formulation and implementation, and the credibility of the government's commitment to such policies. 4. Regulatory Quality (RQ) capturing perceptions of the ability of the government to formulate and implement sound policies and regulations that permit and promote private sector development. 5. Rule of Law (RL) capturing perceptions of the extent to which agents have confidence in and abide by the rules of society and in particular the quality of contract enforcement, property rights, the police, the courts, as well as the likelihood of crime and violence. 6. Control of Corruption (CC) capturing perceptions of the extent to which public power is exercised for private gain, including both petty and grand forms of corruption, as well as capture of the state by elites and private interests.

3 Full interactive access to the aggregate indicators and the underlying source data is available at Worldwide Governance Indicators update incorporates revisions to data for previous years, and so this data release supersedes data from all previous releases. The 2019 Worldwide Governance Indicators were published by the World Bank on the 25th September 2020 and extracted on the 21st September 2019 for use in this Countries Risk Classification. Application When reading this document, risk is scored from 0 to 100 with 0 being highest risk and 100 being lowest risk. For the purpose of amfori BSCI, countries are classified in two different categories: 3 Risk countries: Countries with WGI average rating between 0-60 or three or more individual dimensions rated below 60. Low-risk countries: Countries with WGI average rating higher than 60 and no more than two individual dimensions rated below 60.

4 An additional call-out is made for Most Severe Risk countries: countries with WGI average rating below 3 or at least two individual dimensions rated below 1. This classification supports amfori BSCI members in their human rights due diligence approach to define their priorities in terms of monitoring, capacity building and stakeholder engagement. An additional tool, the Country Due Diligence tool, is available to provide more specific information on sustainability issues, which are not reflected in the classification below. It is up to each amfori BSCI member to define its own due diligence approach. amfori shall not be held responsible for any action or omission deriving from the way amfori BSCI members decide to use this classification. Validity This countries risk classification version 2021 enters into force on 1 January 2021. It overrules amfori BSCI list of Risk countries version 2020 and will remain valid until the next version.

5 Further Explanation amfori has provided further guidance for countries that have changed their classification (risk to high risk, or vice-versa). We have also prepared information on countries that have seen a significant change in rating but stayed within the same classification since the 2020 edition. Further special notes are added for countries that have changed to risk countries with an overall score of over 60. This edition has explanations added for the following countries: o Bulgaria o Greece o Tuvalu o Grenada o Jamaica o Seychelles o Puerto Rico o Tonga o hong kong o Bolivia o Maldives These countries are marked with an asterisk in the risk listing. This indicates that a further information is available below the full list of countries, starting Page 8. 2 Risk Countries Overall risk Voice and Accountability Political Stability & Absence of Violence Government Effectiveness Regulatory Quality Rule of Law Control of Corruption Country 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 Afghanistan Albania Algeria Angola Argentina Armenia Azerbaijan Bahrain Bangladesh Belarus Belize Benin Bolivia* Bosnia and Herzegovina Brazil Burkina Faso Burundi Cambodia Cameroon Central African Republic Chad China Colombia Comoros Cuba Democratic Republic of the Congo

6 Djibouti Dominican Republic Ecuador Egypt El Salvador Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Fiji Gabon Gambia 3 Overall risk Voice and Accountability Political Stability & Absence of Violence Government Effectiveness Regulatory Quality Rule of Law Control of Corruption Country 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 Ghana Grenada* Guatemala Guinea Guinea Bissau Guyana Haiti Honduras India Indonesia Iran Iraq Ivory Coast Jamaica* Jordan Kazakhstan Kenya Kosovo Kuwait Kyrgystan Lao People's Democratic Republic Lebanon Lesotho Liberia Macedonia Madagascar Malawi Maldives* Mali Marshall Islands Mauritania Mexico Micronesia Moldova Mongolia Montenegro Morocco Mozambique Myanmar Nauru Nepal Nicaragua Niger 4 Overall risk Voice and Accountability Political Stability & Absence of Violence Government Effectiveness Regulatory Quality Rule of Law Control of Corruption Country 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 Nigeria Oman

7 Pakistan Palau Panama Papua New Guinea Paraguay Peru Philippines Puerto Rico* Republic of Congo Romania Russia Rwanda Sao Tome and Principe Saudi Arabia Senegal Serbia Seychelles* Sierra Leone Solomon Islands South Africa Sri Lanka Sudan Suriname Swaziland Tajikistan Tanzania Thailand Timor Leste Togo Tonga* Trinidad and Tobago Tunisia Turkey Turkmenistan Uganda Ukraine Uzbekistan Vanuatu Vietnam West Bank Zambia Zimbabwe 5 Low Risk Countries Overall risk Voice and Accountability Political Stability & Absence of Violence Government Effectiveness Regulatory Quality Rule of Law Control of Corruption Country 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 Andorra Antigua and Barbuda Aruba Australia Austria Barbados Belgium Bhutan Botswana Brunei Bulgaria* Canada Cape Verde Cayman Islands Chile Costa Rica Croatia Cyprus Czech Republic Denmark Dominica

8 Estonia Finland France French Guiana Georgia Germany Greece* Greenland hong kong * Hungary Iceland Ireland Israel Italy Japan Jersey, Channel Islands Kiribati 6 Overall risk Voice and Accountability Political Stability & Absence of Violence Government Effectiveness Regulatory Quality Rule of Law Control of Corruption Country 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 Latvia Liechtenstein Lithuania Luxembourg Macao Malaysia Malta Mauritius Namibia Netherlands New Zealand Norway Poland Portugal Qatar Samoa Singapore Slovakia Slovenia South Korea Spain St.

9 Kitts and Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Sweden Switzerland Taiwan The Bahamas Tuvalu* United Arab Emirates United Kingdom United States Uruguay 7 Incomplete Risk Classification Ratings A total of eight (8) countries could not be assigned with an updated Risk Classification Rating, as no data is available for one or more dimensions. Overall risk Voice and Accountability Political Stability & Absence of Violence Government Effectiveness Regulatory Quality Rule of Law Control of Corruption Country 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 Anguilla no data N/A Bermuda no data N/A Guam no data N/A Martinique no data N/A Monaco no data N/A R union no data N/A N/A N/A N/A San Marino no data N/A Virgin Islands ( ) no data N/A Country Name Change No countries have changed their name in 2020 Most Severe Risk Countries The most severe Risk Countries are countries with a WGI average rating below 3 or at least two individual dimensions rated below 1.

10 Overall risk Voice and Accountability Political Stability & Absence of Violence Government Effectiveness Regulatory Quality Rule of Law Control of Corruption Country 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 2019 Libya North Korea Somalia South Sudan Syria Venezuela Yemen Most Severe Risk Countries present a higher risk of human right violations perpetrated against workers. At the same time, extremely poor governance and political instability may hinder amfori members from pursuing reasonable due diligence in their supply chains in those countries: monitoring and capacity building activities might not be possible. amfori members should aim to: Assess if they have direct or indirect business linkages with Most Severe Risk Countries ( for specific components or commodities) Consult the Country Due Diligence Tool and identify critical risks on social, environmental and trade issues Alert sourcing department and / or suppliers on the critical risks and collect information on any risk prevention practices in place If need arises, contact the amfori main office for support on policy advocacy and stakeholder engagement.