Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement 2022

Recruitment

Our Human Rights and Labor Policy includes a clear prohibition of “any and all forms of forced labor” and the Group is promoting initiatives meant to ensure the creation of inclusive workplaces where there is no forced labor by following international standards such as those of the ILO as well as all laws and regulations applicable to our business activities or dealings, and our own rules established within the Group. Our Human Rights and Labor
Policy also includes a clear expectation to work toward the effective eradication of child labor. When we hire employees, in addition to complying
with all applicable laws, we also require the staffing firms, suppliers, and other companies we work with to do the same. We also do not permit any midnight work, heavy labor, or dangerous labor for employees under 18 years old.

Training

We have made opportunities (including when first starting work and upon promotion) to make sure employees know about the topic of respect for
human rights included in our Code of Conduct. In April 2022, we revised the Panasonic Code of Conduct to what is now called the Panasonic Group Code of Ethics & Compliance, adding a separate new chapter, Respecting Human Rights.

In addition to ensuring that this is well-known, we are use e-Learning and other means to offer continuous education to all our employees.

Our procurement departments at Panasonic Group conduct CSR procurement training for our procurement staff members, who will be able to fulfill our social responsibilities when it comes to procurement activities, by teaching them about the company’s approach to CSR, and they create opportunities to gain knowledge about procurement compliance.

Access to Remedy

To make it possible for us to respond quickly to remedy any complaints we receive related to human rights violations, we established a global hotline (supporting 31 languages) as a point of contact where our employees or external partners can report any compliance violations, they have become aware of, including those issues involving human rights or labor. This hotline uses an external, independent system that prevents that identity of the person reporting being revealed, and we have internal rules in place such that we are careful to protect the confidentiality of such reports and to make sure that the person reporting the violation does not suffer any acts of retaliation and detrimental treatment.

Suppliers

We, the Panasonic Group, adhere to international norms and principles, such as the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, and require suppliers to affirm them. To show our approach to CSR procurement and clearly convey the requirements to suppliers, we have established the CSR Guidelines, and we share them at the start of transactions. The contract obligates suppliers to comply with the guidelines. The CSR Guidelines stipulate the following provisions, while taking into account laws, regulations, and principles of international norms:

1. Labor rights: Prohibition of forced labor or child labor, appropriate
   working hours, decent wages, humane treatment, elimination of
   discrimination, freedom of association
2. Occupational health and safety: Training to ensure workplace safety
   and emergency preparedness, safety measures for machinery and
   equipment, and occupational health and safety rules for facilities
3. Environment: Compliance with the ”Panasonic’s Green Procurement
   Standards”
4. Ethics: Prohibition of corruption and bribery, and promotion of fair
   business and responsible mineral procurement
5. Information security: Prevention of information leaks and protection
   against computer and network threats
6. Product quality and safety: Creation of a product quality
   management system, provision of accurate product and service data,
   and maintenance of product safety
7. Contributions to society: Contributions to society and local
   communities
8. Management systems

CSR Self-Assessments and Audit for Suppliers

In an effort to follow the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the Panasonic Group’s own policies on human rights and labor, created with reference to those principles, the Group requires our suppliers to perform CSR Self-Assessments so promote due diligence on human rights, including identifying and assessing the impact of human rights in our supply chain. These CSR Self-Assessments are structured around the CSR Guidelines, and we require that all new suppliers conduct one before we begin doing business with them. We also require our existing suppliers to conduct them regularly, every one, two, or three years, depending the assessment results.

We had conventionally requested that our suppliers complete these CSR Self-Assessments by hand, but we began making them available in an online survey format since last fiscal year, which has successfully reduced the load on both our suppliers and the Group and also improved the efficient collection of and accuracy of the self-assessments. From the time last fiscal year that we collected surveys again based on risks up until June of this year, we have received CSR Self- Assessments from some 8,000 companies, roughly 60% of our suppliers.

Commitment from suppliers

We, the Panasonic Group, require that suppliers affirm the Panasonic Group’s Code of Ethics & Compliance and the Panasonic Group’s Human Rights and Labor Policy, and we make it mandatory, at the start of transactions for materials and components for the manufacturing of Panasonic products, to conclude a Master Global Purchasing Agreement that stipulates compliance with the CSR Guidelines. In addition, we stipulate in the CSR Guidelines a
respect for human rights as expressed in United Nations norms and principles, an evaluation of the status of suppliers’ human rights initiatives and the
implementation of prevention / mitigation / corrective measures, a request for compliance with tier 2 suppliers, and a request for cooperation with the
Panasonic Group’s Human Rights Due Diligence.

The template of our Master Global Purchasing Agreement obliges suppliers to comply with the CSR Guidelines. In addition, to obtain commitments from our suppliers in all cases, we will obtain pledges of compliance from existing suppliers in line with the revision of our CSR Guidelines.