Civiteq modern slavery and human trafficking statement
Our commitment to the principles of the Modern Slavery Act 2015
Civiteq is committed to the principles of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and the abolition of modern slavery and human trafficking. Although not legally obliged under the threshold specified in the Modern Slavery Act 2015, we are committed to improving awareness of the practices necessary to combat slavery and human trafficking and to continually assess the risk profile of our business in these areas.
We have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery, and we are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business dealings and relationships and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our own business or in any of our supply chains.
As an equal opportunities’ employer, we’re committed to creating and ensuring a non-discriminatory and respectful working environment for our staff. We want all our colleagues to feel confident that they can expose wrongdoing without any risk to themselves.
Our recruitment and people management processes are designed to ensure that all prospective employees are legally entitled to work in the UK and to safeguard employees from any abuse or coercion.
We do not enter into business with any organisation that knowingly supports or is found to be involved in slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour.
Our Organisation
Civiteq is a business integration partner specialising in enterprise resource planning (ERP), and digital and service transformation for local and central government.
We provide 100% independent expert advice, supporting customers on transformation programmes to enable them to transition seamlessly to new ways of working.
We focus on helping public service leaders deliver progressive, high-quality services that deliver efficiently and effectively to the citizens they serve.
Our Supply chain
We are a professional service organisation, and our supply chain is relatively simple. It mainly consists of experienced consultants, partner companies which support our service offering. We use some suppliers for procurement hardware and software vendors. As part of our supply chain, we do not work with any organisation that is not committed to the modern slavery act 2015.
Due Diligence Processes for Slavery and Human Trafficking
As part of our initiative to identify and mitigate risk we:
- have in place systems to encourage the reporting of concerns.
- expect all points in the supply chain to adopt suitable anti-slavery and human trafficking policies and processes.
- are committed to ensuring there is transparency in our own business and in our approach to tackling modern slavery throughout our supply chains.
Embedding the principles
We will continue to embed the principles through:
- providing awareness training to staff on the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and informing them of the appropriate action to take if they suspect a case of slavery or human trafficking.
- ensuring staff involved in procurement activity are aware of and follow modern slavery procurement guidance on GOV.UK.
- ensuring that consideration of the modern slavery risks and prevention are added to our policy review process as an employer and procurer of goods and services.
- making sure procurement strategies and contract terms and conditions include references to modern slavery and human trafficking.
- continuing to take action to embed a zero-tolerance policy towards modern slavery.
- ensuring that staff involved in buying or procurement and the recruitment and deployment of workers receive training on modern slavery and ethical employment practices.
This statement has been approved by Tony Summers – Chief Executive Officer, Civiteq
Date: January 2025
This statement will be reviewed annually.