Management Approach: Supplier Social Assessment GRI 103-1, 103-2, 103-3
Explanation of Supplier Social Assessment as a material topic and its Boundary, the management approach and its components, and the evaluation of the management approach.
Topic: GRI 414 Supplier Social Assessment
  
103-1: Explanation of the material topic and its Boundary

Keysight has identified this GRI material topic based on alignment with the company's material CSR aspects. This material topic most aligns with Keysight's "Supply Chain Labor" material aspect.
  
103-2: The management approach and its components

The Keysight Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Management System document (available at https://about.keysight.co...) provides a high level overview of the approach to managing CSR at Keysight. It includes an explanation of how the organization manages CSR, the purpose of the approach and description of related programs, policies, goals, tracking, scope and accountability. Details on individual CSR-related policies, processes and procedures are managed and communicated by respective owning functions identified in the CSR Management System.

Keysight has programs in place to monitor and verify our suppliers' conformance with the Supplier Code of Conduct Policy as well as Labor Practices, Human Rights Practices, and Impacts on Society. The programs include:
- communicate Keysight's Labor & Human Rights practices, Keysight's Occupational Health and Safety requirements, and other requirements that may impact society to all suppliers
- conduct supplier survey on supplier compliance to human right practices.
  
103-3: Evaluation of the management approach

The Keysight Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) Management System document (available at https://about.keysight.co...) provides a high level overview of the approach to managing CSR at Keysight. It includes an explanation of the company's Plan>Do>Check>Act approach to evaluating the program components, accountabilities and actions.

Keysight conducts on-site audits on selected suppliers for compliance with Keysight's Supplier Code of Conduct Policy. Any resulting corrective actions are monitored and reviewed by external agency before final sign off.
   

Additional Comments:
Please note that all references in this document to materiality, including “material impacts”, “material aspects”, “material topics” and the “materiality assessment”, refers to the relative importance Keysight and its stakeholders assign to certain elements of corporate social responsibility (CSR). It does not refer to, and should not be considered a substitute for, financial materiality as reported in Keysight’s 10-K or 10-Q.