June 2024

Introduction

At UK Project Professionals, we believe that modern slavery is a heinous crime and an ethically shameful act that takes away a person's freedom and self-worth for another person and/or organisation's benefit. Many of us take our freedoms for granted today but modern slavery continues to be an issue for millions of people around the world, including many in developed countries, who are being held and exploited in various forms of slavery and oppression. Every company is at risk of being involved in this crime through its own operations and its supply chain. 

​At UK Project Professionals ltd we have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery and are fully committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking in our operation and supply chain. We have put steps in place to tackle modern slavery, as outlined in our statement. 

​This statement sets out the actions that we have taken to understand all potential modern slavery risks related to our business, and to implement steps to prevent slavery and human trafficking during the financial year 2024/25. 

​Our business and supply chains 

UK Project Professionals ltd is a people, knowledge and expertise business, providing consulting services into other organisations to lead and support the business improvement activities through advising on and delivering technology improvements. 

​We establish a relationship of trust and integrity with all those working with and for us to ensure that nobody in our supply chains are victims of modern slavery or any kind of oppression and persecution. We work hard to ensure that our engagement, onboarding and sourcing of people meets with all requirements. 

Risk assessment 

UK Project Professionals ltd will carry out risk assessments on an individual engagement basis for all new business that we are successful in winning, to ensure no risks are posed by UK Project Professionals ltd or passed on to our Clients.  

Such risk assessments of any third parties involved in supplying people to work on our behalf will take into account:  

• The risk profile of individual countries based on the Global Slavery Index (where outside of the UK)

• The business services rendered by the suppliers 

• The presence of vulnerable demographic groups 

• A news analysis and the insights of labour and human rights groups 

This assessment will determine our response and the risk controls that we implement. 

Policies 

UK Project Professionals operates the following policies for identifying and preventing slavery and human trafficking in our operations: 

• Whistleblowing Policy - we encourage all employees, customers and suppliers to report any suspicion of slavery or human trafficking without fear of retaliation. 

• Code of Conduct - our code encourages all those working with us and for us to do the right thing by clearly stating the actions and behaviour expected of them when representing the business. We strive to maintain the highest standards of conduct and ethical behaviour when operating abroad and managing our supply chain. 

• Purchasing Code – our supplier contracts make explicit reference to slavery and human trafficking. 

 Supplier due diligence 

UK Project Professionals conducts due diligence on all new suppliers during on-boarding and reserves the right to do so with existing suppliers on an ad-hoc basis. This may include: 

• Assessing risks in the provision of services 

• Auditing the suppliers, and their health and safety standards, labour relations and employee or subcontractor contracts 

• Requiring improvements to substandard employment practices 

• Sanctioning and potentially terminating relationships with suppliers that fail to improve their performance in line with our requirements

We require all suppliers to attest that they: 

• comply with all applicable anti-slavery and human trafficking laws, statutes, regulations and codes from time to time in force, including but not limited to the Modern Slavery Act 2015; 

• comply with and maintain their own anti-slavery policy and procedures to ensure compliance;

• not engage in any activity, practice or conduct that would constitute an offence under the provisions of the Modern Slavery Act 2015;

• include in their contracts with any subcontractors and suppliers anti-slavery and human trafficking provisions that are at least as onerous as those set out in our own contracts and that each of their subcontractors and shall comply with all applicable anti-slavery and human trafficking laws, statutes, regulations and codes in force from time to time, including but not limited to, the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

• do not to avail any services / deliverables from suppliers of a country where forced labour is permitted.

• notify UK Project Professionals Ltd as soon as they becomes aware of any breach, or potential breach, of the Anti-Slavery laws; or any actual or suspected slavery or human trafficking in a supply chain which has a connection with their deliverables under the Agreement.

• shall maintain a complete set of records to trace the supply chain of all deliverables provided; implement annual audits for their self and any subcontractors/ either directly or through a third party auditor

This statement covers 12 June 2024 to 11 June 2025.