SThree plc and its subsidiaries (“the Company or SThree”), an international specialist STEM specialist staffing group is committed to improving our practices to combat slavery and human trafficking.
The Company is committed to continuously improving its supply chain due diligence procedures, including appropriate checks to prevent and protect against slavery and human trafficking.
Our Supply Chain
Our supply chain includes independent contractors, management companies, job boards, property, media, IT infrastructure, software and equipment providers, whilst our clients include international STEM businesses.
Our policies on slavery and human trafficking
We have appropriate policies in place that underpin our commitment to zero tolerance of modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chain or in any part of our business. We regularly review and update all our policies. These include our Code of Conduct, Procurement policy, and Speak Up policy.
Due Diligence
We have in place processes and procedures to identify, assess, mitigate, and monitor potential risk areas in our supply chain, including slavery and human trafficking risks.
In financial year 21/22 we reviewed and updated our procurement policy to better reflect our commitment to responsible sourcing, acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships.
We also introduced a supplier code of conduct which includes requirements to combat modern slavery and human trafficking.
We have made training available to our staff to help them better understand the risk of modern slavery and human trafficking.
Further steps
We will continue to review the effectiveness of the steps we have taken to ensure that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chain.
- This year, we will introduce further improvements to our third-party due diligence processes. These processes will help ensure we have a more effective approach to identify and monitor any potential risk of modern slavery and human trafficking taking place anywhere in our supply chain.
This statement is made pursuant to Section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes our slavery and human trafficking statement for SThree’s 2021/2022 financial year, ending 30th November 2022. Board approval for this statement was received on 19 April 2023.
Timo Lehne,
Chief Executive Office
For and on behalf of SThree and its subsidiary companies
19 April 2023