Modern Slavery Act 2015
Spartan Solutions Ltd – Modern slavery and human trafficking statement
Introduction from the Chief Operating Officer
Modern slavery is a crime and a violation of fundamental human rights. It takes various forms, such as slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour and human trafficking, all of which have in common the deprivation of a person’s liberty by another in order to exploit them for personal or commercial gain.
We are committed to improving our practices to combat slavery and human trafficking.
This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes Spartan Solutions slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending 31st March 2019.
Organisational structure
Spartan Solutions Ltd (Spartan) is a provider of Enterprise Mobile and Process Automation software and supporting professional services in the equipment rental and industrial services markets.
Our supply chains
As a software company, Spartan does not have an extensive range of local or international suppliers where modern slavery or human trafficking would generally be a material risk and none of our suppliers are key to our businesses success. However, we are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure slavery and human trafficking does not take place anywhere in our business or supply chains.
Spartan intends to carry out a risk assessment of our tier one suppliers to assess compliance levels.
Our policies on slavery and human trafficking
Spartan is 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 workplace policies and procedures demonstrate our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all 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 are implementing systems to:
- Educate our employees to increase awareness of modern slavery and the processes we are implementing to combat it.
- Identify and assess potential risk areas in our supply chains.
Supplier adherence to our values
We have zero tolerance to slavery and human trafficking and expect all those in our supply chain and contractors to comply with our values.
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 intend to provide training to our staff.
Our effectiveness in combating slavery and human trafficking
We use the following key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure how effective we have been to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in any part of our business or supply chains:
- Commitment of compliance from all recruitment companies Spartan use going forward.
- Commitment of compliance from all tier 1 suppliers.
- Confirmation of introductory training by all Spartan employees.
This statement is made in accordance to section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes our company’s slavery and human trafficking statement for the current financial year.
This policy statement will be reviewed annually and published.
Date: 1st April 2018