CHAS Modern Slavery Policy Statement

Our Business

CHAS 2013 Limited (“CHAS”) is a provider of supply chain risk management solutions and certification services. Through the services we provide, we enable our circa 35,000 clients and customers to have more efficient supply chain management. We provide these services across various sectors, with a particular focus on construction, facilities management, care, and the public sector.

One element of the services we offer directly addresses modern slavery and we continue to develop our expertise and products to better meet the needs of our clients and customers. CHAS also assesses its own supply chain against the risk of modern slavery or human rights issues being present.

This policy applies to all persons working for us or on our behalf in any capacity, including employees at all levels, directors, officers, agency workers, seconded workers, volunteers, interns, agents, contractors, external consultants, third-party representatives, and business partners.

CHAS is part of Veriforce LLC, all reference to staff means those employees directly employed by and those contracted to work on behalf of CHAS 2013 Ltd.

This, and other relevant policies

The CHAS Senior Management Team has overall responsibility for this policy and ensuring that CHAS employees and supply chain partners comply with its requirements. To ensure this happens CHAS has implemented the following:

1. Ensured that associated policies in relation to procurement and recruitment, reflect the commitment to identifying and eliminating modern slavery.
2. Ensured that management processes are reviewed and that they reflect our commitment.
3. Undertaken a risk assessment of CHAS supply chain partners when becoming a partner.
4. Undertaken a right to work check on new employees that encompasses human rights and modern slavery.
5. Introduced an approach to company-wide training on modern slavery and the risk it presents, and what is expected of employees.

Review, reporting and performance indicators

CHAS will review the effectiveness of this policy and associated procedures on an annual basis. We will monitor our performance against the following performance indicators:

1. Number and percentage of staff trained on modern slavery.
2. Number and percentage of supply chain partners risk-assessed for modern slavery.
3. Introduction and take-up of wider services designed to address modern slavery risk for clients and customers.

Based on the outcome of each annual review we will endeavour to continuously identify ways in which we can raise the performance of CHAS, our supply chain partners, clients and customers to effectively address modern slavery.