Tultex Corporation: Vendor Requirements (Appendix C)

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Appendix C: Codes of Conduct Provided by Companies Surveyed

Tultex Corporation Vendor Requirements

1. In placing programs for contract purchases of products or services, Tultex will evaluate potential vendors based on several criteria including:
    
   • compliance with legal requirements including those of the United States and those of the country of manufacture and exportation
      
   • history of community support, labor relations, environmental con duct
     
     
   • production capabilities, i.e. capacity, facilities, equipment, quality history, delivery history, etc.
     
     
2. Vendors must certify that:
    
   • illegal child or forced labor has not been utilized in any facility where products are produced for Tultex Corporation; and that
      
   • the country of origin labeling is accurate and in compliance with applicable law in that the country of origin indicated on the label is indeed the country where the products were manufactured
     

Tultex Corporation requires strict compliance with all contract provisions and obligations, as well as applicable laws and regulations, including those of the U.S. and the country of manufacture. Tultex Corporation will not knowingly allow the shipping or importation of goods manufactured with prison labor, forced labor, or child labor in violation of applicable law. Also, Tultex Corporation will not knowingly allow the shipment or importation of goods which do accurately reflect the country of origin. Tultex Corporation representatives will periodically visit the facilities of any vendor to insure that the vendor is in compliance with the above.

I hereby certify that I have read the above Tultex Vendor Requirements and that ________, whom I represent, agrees to, and is in compliance with the Tultex Corpo ration Vendor Requirements.

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Companies Surveyed

Dayton Hudson Corporation

Dillard Department Stores

The Dress Barn, Inc.

Family Dollar Stores

Federated Department Stores

Fruit of the Loom

The Gap

Hartmarx Corporation

JC Penney Company

Jones Apparel Group

Kellwood Company

Kmart Corporation

Land's End, Inc.

Levi Strauss & Company

The Limited

Liz Claiborne

Mercantile Stores Company

Montgomery Ward Holding Company

Nike

Nordstrom

Oxford Industries

Phillips-Van Heusen

Price Costco

Ross Stores, Inc.

Russell Corporation

Salant Corporation

Sara Lee Corporation

Sears Roebuck & Company

Spiegel, Inc.

Stage Stores, Inc.

The Talbots, Inc.

Tultex Corporation

Venture Stores

VF Corporation

Wal-Mart Stores

Warnaco Group

Woolworth Corporation

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Certification and Periodic Visits

Beyond evaluation, the requirements impose two certifications on vendors. Vendors must certify that illegal child or forced labor has not been utilized in any facility where products are produced for Tultex Corporation, and that country of origin labeling is accurate and in compliance with applicable law — that the country of origin indicated on the label is indeed the country where the products were manufactured. Tultex requires strict compliance with all contract provisions and obligations, as well as applicable laws and regulations, including those of the United States and the country of manufacture.

The enforcement sentences are written around importation: Tultex states it will not knowingly allow the shipping or importation of goods manufactured with prison labor, forced labor or child labor in violation of applicable law, nor goods that do not accurately reflect their country of origin. Tultex representatives will periodically visit the facilities of any vendor to ensure the vendor is in compliance. The document ends with a signed certification in which the vendor's representative certifies having read the Tultex Vendor Requirements and that the company represented agrees to, and is in compliance with, them.