MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT
Introduction
This is Modern Power statement on slavery and human trafficking made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the Act) for the financial year ending 31 December 2017.
We have started introducing provisions in our contracts with our suppliers to reflect our respective responsibilities in respect of slavery and human trafficking.
Modern Power fully supports the objectives of the Act and recognizes that slavery and human trafficking is a global issue which needs to be addressed by all companies within all industries.
About Modern Power
Modern Power and has over 1,000 employees which cover a number of areas, including its core business of supplying electricity and gas to commercial business customers within the UK.
Organizational Structure
We are a provider of:
Modern Power Supply Chains:
Modern Power carefully selects its suppliers and partners based on various criteria, including their industry reputation for dealing ethically and with integrity. As such, we expect them to have appropriate measures and processes in place to avoid slavery and human trafficking in their operations.
Our Policies on Slavery and Human Trafficking
We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of our business.
In light of the obligation to report on measures to ensure that all parts of our business and supply chain are slavery-free, we have reviewed our workplace policies and procedures to assess their effectiveness in identifying and tackling modern slavery issues.
Our Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy and workplace policies and procedures demonstrate our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all of our business relationships and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in our supply chains.
Due Diligence Processes for Slavery and Human Trafficking
As part of our initiative to identify and mitigate risk we systems in place to:
We have zero tolerance to slavery and human trafficking. To ensure all those in our supply chain and contractors comply with our values we have in place a supply chain compliance programme.
In-House Compliance Team
We have a dedicated compliance team, which consists of representatives, OR involvement from the following departments:
Training
To ensure a high level of understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains and our business, we endeavor to provide training for our staff. We will also require our business partners to provide training to their staff, suppliers and providers.
Our effectiveness in combating slavery and human trafficking we will utilize key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure how effective we have been in ensuring that slavery and human trafficking has not taken place in any part of our business or supply chains.