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Benefits for Business and Workers under Amazon's
Improvement Initiatives

Amazon teamed up with Impactt; an ethical trade consultancy • Daily tracking of employee absenteeism & employee
to improve workers' livelihoods in a way that helps business migration (turnover) data and sharing it with the BBW
and employees under the 'Benefits for Business & Workers' team every month
(BBW) Program in Pakistan. Launched in 2011, the • Visualization on all employee-related info-making such
award-winning program specializes in improving labor conditions as Rules of Thumb, Prohibition of Discrimination/Harassment
and raising productivity in global supply chains in a way that & Abuse workplace, and Company Code of Conduct
benefits brands, sites, and workers alike. etc., to provide a conducive workplace
• Introduction of Buddy Concept among new hiring;
BBW Program has reached some 280,000 workers in 188 every new joiner will be assigned a buddy for his/her
factories across Bangladesh, India, and Myanmar, resulting probation period, whose prime responsibility will be to
in increased profit and payment of wages to workers, all the guide, mentor & motivate them and provide workplace
while improving worker satisfaction and productivity measures information including but not limited to; HR services,
health & safety, company benefits for employees, etc,.
• One Step Leave Approval System where the layers
involved in approving the leaves are removed to facilitate
the workers whilst improving work productivity
• Improved Exit Interview Method for Workers to make
it more meaningful in terms of getting employee
feedback on the improvement side. Exit interview
feedback is compiled each month to identify areas of
improvement and share with management for
implementation
• Refresher trainings and awareness sessions for
management were conducted to boost the staff’s
knowledge about workplace safety and ethical behavior
With the participation in this program, Interloop is bridging
through HR intervention. In June 2020, Amazon made it the gap between various stakeholders to develop robust,
essential for its suppliers in Pakistan to participate in BBW long-term holistic solutions.
program, to boost supply chain transparency. Factory units
based in Karachi, Lahore, and Faisalabad were divided into
groups of 6 to participate in the program to improve
learning outcomes.

At Interloop, our ambition is to transform lives, achieve
workplace equity and provide conducive environment for
workforce while using our resources ethically. Realizing the
positive impact it will have on the workers, Interloop Plant 1
and 3 engaged in this program.
The program has been designed to be carried out over a
span of 2 years consisting of 08 modules. Teams from
Supports Services and Operations have so far completed 2
training modules and have started implementing initiatives
benefitting the workers including:

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