How to write slavery and human trafficking statement?

FROM Our company

Our company recognises the fundamental importance of respecting human rights in its own business and its supply chains. We continue to monitor, review, and

take  reasonable  steps  to  ensure  that  slavery  and  human  trafficking  do  not  contribute  to  any  aspect  of  our  business.  We  acknowledge  our  continued

responsibilities under the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 and, accordingly, have produced this Statement with respect to the prevention of slavery and human

trafficking for the financial year ending.

Company Structure and Business

Here state where you operate (China, Europe etc.)

Specify your supply chains

Describe your policies in relation to slavery and human trafficking

Basic rules that every employee must follow. It includes a chapter on compliance with human rights and

emphasizes the prohibition of all forms of forced labour, slavery and human trafficking.

The basic rules set out in the Code of Conduct are specified in group-wide guidelines, for instance in the guideline on Human Rights and Labour Law. These

guidelines are reviewed regularly and adapted in line with new findings, changed legal provisions, and national and international standards.

Company recruitment practices ensure that hired individuals are free to work. All employees benefit from working conditions and terms and conditions of

employment  that  meet  or  exceed  all  applicable  legislation  including  working  hours,  holiday,  pay  and  equality. All  offers  of  work  made  by  Company  are

accepted on an entirely voluntary basis.

Further, company has a Supplier Code of Conduct which is the core expression of a sustainability- and compliance-based procurement philosophy. It shapes

the expectations and requirements company has towards all suppliers which expressly include the prohibition of slavery, servitude, forced labour and human

trafficking  in  any  form  in  the  supply  chains.  The  principles  set  out  in  this  Supplier  Code  of  Conduct  form  an  integral  part  of  the  supplier  selection  and

assessment. 

In addition, company offers a confidential whistleblowing system – the TÜV SÜD Trust Channel. It enables company personnel as well as external parties to

report potential or actual violations against compliance regulations and in particular also against human rights at company or in companies supply chains.

Due  Diligence  Processes,  Risk Assessment  and  Risk  Management  in  relation  to

slavery and human trafficking

has adopted a uniform group strategy for compliance with human rights due diligence requirements, risk assessment and risk management in its

own business operations and supply chains. 

Company has  performed  various  comprehensive  risk  assessments  with  respect  to  human  rights  and  thus  also  regarding  slavery  and  human

trafficking.

Supply chains

Risky suppliers are usually from China and

India. In the more specific risk assessment based on self-assessment questionnaires and on-site audits, very few specific findings were made to improve the

human rights and/or environment-related risk situation. The suppliers concerned are contacted individually to agree on customized appropriate measures to

reduce the risks.

Performance Indicators in relation to slavery and human trafficking

Targets to measure the effectiveness of its action with regard to compliance in its own business operations and sustainable sourcing

–  and  thus  incidentally  also  with  regard  to  the  prevention  of  slavery  and  human  trafficking  in  its  business  and  supply  chains.  These  targets  include,  for

example, a quota of employees which undertook the annual compliance e-learning and a quota of suppliers which have signed a declaration of compliance

with the Supplier Code of Conduct. For more detailed information about such performance indicators, please refer to the respective sections about compliance

and sustainability across the supply chains.

Training for Employees in relation to slavery and human trafficking

employees around the globe are required to participate in the annual compliance e-learning, which has also included a learning card on human

rights and thus the prohibition of slavery and human trafficking. Further, all procurement personnel are required to participate in a training focussed on human

rights due diligence obligations with regard to companies supply chains. In addition, the Global Compliance Office has published an info sheet on forced

labour in the company intranet.