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Annex 3 to the DOWNPASS-Standard- preliminary version For consultation and resolution on the occasion of the Downpass Meeting of Members on
01.06.2021
Voluntary additional supply chain disclosure audit of companies using the DOWNPASS
trademark - risk assessment of companies.
A Basics
DOWNPASS companies must possess a management system to ensure that feathers anddown originating from non-certified/audited sources can be identified as such. To do this,they must be processed and stored separately from the certified/audited materials, among
other things.
With this annex, those companies that have already successfully qualified to use theDOWNPASS are given the opportunity to undergo a voluntary additional audit to disclose thesupply chain of all feathers and down processed in the company.
This additional audit may be used in addition to the DOWNPASS audit, it does not replace it.
This additional audit may not be used to mark fillings with the DOWNPASS.
This voluntary additional audit is used to document which proportions of DOWNPASS
materials and which proportions of other materials are processed in a company that is notDOWNPASS-audited but meets the traceability and animal welfare requirements of theDOWNPASS-Standard. For this purpose, disclosure and documentation of the supply chain isdone through a voluntary additional audit. Companies that exceed a certain threshold ofnon-DOWNPASS materials are not allowed to participate in this additional audit.
The result of this additional audit does not impair a successfully completed DOWNPASSaudit.
B Requirements for companies to participate in the voluntary additional audit for supply
chain disclosure
Flowchart illustrating authorization to participate in the voluntary additonal supply chaindisclosure audit.

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Company is
DOWNPASS
certified

Proportion of feathers &down from live plucking
and foie gras production

Proportion of feathers &down from live plucking
and foie gras production> 0%=0%Residual quantity forwhich no audit report isavailable

Residual quantity forwhich no audit report isavailable≤ 10 %> 10 %

Additional audit
possibleNo additional audit
possibleNo additional audit
possible

Companies that want to take advantage of this additional auditing option must contact a
recognized auditing organization and disclose all sources for sourcing feathers and down.
If these companies process and/or sell feathers and down for which there is no successfullycompleted DOWNPASS audit, a complete supply chain of these quantities from rearing toprocessing must be presented to the DOWNPASS recognized auditor.
Required information includes, among other things:- Name of the supplier(s)- Address/location of supplier and all pre-suppliers (including slaughterhouses andfarms).
- Total quantity purchased annually/biennially- Submission of all existing audit reports/certifications/documentation on this fillingmaterial.
The auditors recognized by the DOWNPASS perform confirmation visits according to theformula to verify the submitted documentation/audit reports:uea23-21

Sample = 2 x square root of the number of farms

C Filling materials used and consequences for participation/non-participation in thevoluntary additional audit.
Examples of filling materials to be considered when determining the quantity of materials to
be audited for this additonal audit:
Filling material of the category 1:
 Loss of production or material during processing/manufacturing (washing, sorting,backfilling) up to a maximum of 40% of the total quantity used during the auditing
period Successfully audited DOWNPASS material Filling material that meets the quality requirements of the DOWNPASS-Standard andhas been successfully audited by other 3rd order zero tolerance standards such as
Responsible Down Standard or Global Traceable Down Standard with regard toanimal welfare in the chain of custody.
 Filling material that has been audited or certified by approved and recognizedauditors and whose reports are made fully available to the auditor. These reports on
the auditing of all stages of the chain of custody up to the rearing of the animals mustshow that no feathers have been obtained from the live animal and that feathers anddown from animals kept for the production of foie gras have not been used
Companies using such category 1 filling materials can participate in the voluntary
DOWNPASS risk assessment of companies. If the voluntarily disclosed supply chain identifies
filling materials that are untraceable in a proportion of less than 10% of the total quantity,e.g. for economic reasons, participation in the additional audit is possible.
The admissibility of participation in this additional audit is determined on the basis of thepercentage of the residual quantity for which no audit reports/documentation are available.
If the remaining residual risk is less than or equal to 10% 1, the auditor may issue a report ona successfully completed additional audit with the result "Low Risk" to the company
concerned.
Materials of the category 2:
 Feathers and down obtained from live animals
 Feathers and down, which are a by-product of the foie gras production process Feathers and down that are not retraceable, e.g. for economic reasons, if thequantity of these filling materials is more than 10% of the total quantity processed in
the auditing period
If evidence is found in the voluntarily disclosed supply chain of the use of feathers and downfrom live animals or feathers and down that are by-products of foie gras production(category 2 materials), participation in the voluntary additional audit is not possible.
1See DIN ISO 2859-1:2014-08,3.1.27. – Note: „The purchaser risk is usually 10 %“uea23-21

A successfully completed DOWNPASS audit will not be impaired by non-participation in acompany's voluntary additional risk assessment audit.