Statement

This statement is made pursuant to s.54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and sets out the steps that TheAndies.com has taken and is continuing to take to ensure that modern slavery or human trafficking is not taking place within our business or supply chain

Modern slavery encompasses slavery, servitude, human trafficking and forced labour. TheAndies.com has a zero tolerance approach to any form of modern slavery, corruption and bribery and this policy is endorsed by our joint partners

We fully support the government’s objectives to eradicate modern slavery and human trafficking

We are committed to acting ethically and with integrity and transparency in all business dealings and to putting effective systems and controls in place to safeguard against any form of modern slavery taking place within the business or our supply chain

Our policies

We operate a number of internal policies to ensure that we are conducting business in an ethical and transparent manner. These include:

1. Anti-slavery policy.  This policy sets out the organisation’s stance on modern slavery and explains how employees can identify any instances of this and where they can go for help
2. Recruitment policy. We operate a robust recruitment policy, including conducting eligibility to work in the UK checks for all employees to safeguard against human trafficking or individuals being forced to work against their will
3. Whistleblowing policy. We operate a whistleblowing policy so that all employees know that they can raise concerns about how colleagues are being treated, or practices within our business or supply chain, without fear of reprisals
4. Code of business conduct.  This code explains the manner in which we behave as an organisation and how we expect our employees and suppliers to act

Supply chain policy

Our procurement activities take place in Wales. TheAndies.com operates a supplier policy and maintains a preferred supplier list.  We conduct due diligence on all suppliers before allowing them to become a preferred supplier. Our contractors and suppliers are all UK, EU or US based

As part of our contract with suppliers, we require that they confirm to us that:

1. They have taken steps to eradicate modern slavery within their business
2. They hold their own suppliers to account over modern slavery
3. They pay their employees at least the national minimum wage / national living wage
4. We may terminate the contract at any time should any instances of modern slavery come to light

Approval for this statement

Name:   Andrew West                                     Name:   Andy Hill

Signature:                                                       Signature:  

Date:  01/06/2018                                          Date:   01/06/2018

This statement was approved by the Partner on 01^st June 2018