Hamilton Beach Brands, Inc. is committed to achieving the highest standards of ethical and legal conduct for itself and its business partners. Hamilton Beach carefully selects its manufacturing partners, developing long-term relationships with people committed to our rigorous standards. These high standards include the working conditions under which our products are produced. We are industry leaders who have worked to enhance workplace conditions within our manufacturing partners’ factories. As with product safety standards, we have tried to raise the social accountability bar for our entire industry. Our agreements with suppliers require them to adhere to basic human rights principles. In addition, we have developed a detailed Social Accountability Policy to which all of our suppliers must adhere. We first developed such a policy in 2002. We retain an independent third-party to audit our suppliers’ conformance to the Social Accountability Policy. The requirements of the Social Accountability Policy generally provide greater worker protection than required by the applicable local laws and regulations in the jurisdictions where product is produced.