Modern Slavery

Introduction

This statement applies to SVEMA Group LTD (referred to in this statement as SVEAM) and sets out the actions undertaken to understand all potential modern slavery risks related to its business and to put in place steps that are aimed at ensuring that there is no slavery or human trafficking in its own business and its supply chains. 

Our organisation

We, SVEAM, the trading business. We currently operate at the following location: 

SVEMA GROUP LTD, 85 Great Portland Street, First Floor, London W1W 7LT

Company registration number: 15855717 | VAT number: GB 473763559
Email: salesUK@SVEMAGroup.com  
Website: www.SVEMAGroup.com 

Our supply chain

Our supply chain includes a number of contract manufactures, SVEMA’s purchases from partners based in the UK and mainland Europe incorporate the vast majority of our supply chain. All product items purchased by SVEAM are for distribution to on-sellers, primarily in the UK.

We expect our entire supply chain to have a zero-tolerance approach to slavery and human trafficking. Our product partners have to demonstrate that they use labour ethically and within the law. Where they cannot demonstrate this standard, we will look to end the business relationship.

The UK leadership team, are ultimately responsible for compliance in our company departments and for the supplier relationships.

Our policies and procedures

We have the following policies and procedures in place to identify modern slavery risks and prevent slavery and human trafficking in our operations:

  • Modern Slavery Policy: This policy defines our approach to preventing modern slavery and human trafficking in our business and its associated supply chains. It applies to all team members engaged by SVEMA including temporary and agency workers as well as suppliers, contractors and business partners. Training is provided to all relevant team members to raise awareness and ensure compliance.
     
  • Whistleblowing Policy: We encourage all of our workers, customers and other business partners to report any concerns they have about our activities and supply chains. This includes anything that may increase the risk of slavery or human trafficking. Our Whistleblowing Policy is designed to make it easy for individuals to make disclosures without fear of reprisal. Training is provided to all relevant team members.

 

Our due diligence

We have the following due diligence processes in place to help make sure we are tackling slavery and human trafficking risks in our business and supply chains:

  • We always make written enquiries when considering new partner or product suppliers. We also regularly review our existing product suppliers’ policies on modern slavery and other areas of their operations.
  • We place particular reliance on the certifications and trade bodies They are responsible for auditing the associated supply chains.
  • Where possible, we build long-standing relationships with our suppliers, and we make clear our expectations of business behaviour.
  • We expect each supplier in the supply chain to, at least, adopt ‘one-up’ due diligence on the next link in the chain. Unfortunately, it’s not practical for us (and every other participant in the chain) to have a direct relationship with all links in the supply chain.
  • We conduct reviews with direct product suppliers to understand the level of communication and personal contact with the next link in the supply chain. We assess their understanding of, and compliance with, our expectations of business behaviour.
  • We have a policy and processes in place to encourage people to report any concerns and to protect whistle-blowers.
  • We regularly review recruitment and payroll systems to ensure our recruitment and employment practices remain legally compliant, including the processing for agency and contract staff.

 

Our monitoring

To ensure a high level of understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains and within our business, we provide regular training to relevant team members within our organisation. All Directors have been fully briefed on the subject.

Plans for progress

Over the coming year, we intend to:

  • Continue and extend our regular training programme.
  • Develop our Modern Slavery risk assessment processes further to incorporate:
    • Relevant risk assessments / areas where the business may be potentially exposed.
    • Scheduling an action plan based on risk prioritisation and forming a working group to enable the Company to instigate targeted actions.
    • Extending the due diligence across our wider supply chain.
  • Formalise our collection of relevant information from our supply chain to reinforce the ‘one-up’ due diligence.

 

Board approval

·       This statement has been approved by our leadership team, who will review and update it annually.