Modern Slavery Statement
Introduction
This Modern Slavery Statement is a response to Section 54(1), Part 6 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and relates to actions and activities for the financial year ending 31 December 2024.
MDE Consultants Ltd ('the Company', 'we', 'us' or 'our') is committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking violations in its own operations, its supply chain, and its products. We have zero-tolerance towards slavery and require our supply chain to comply with our values.
Organisational Structure
MDE Consultants Ltd is the subsidiary of the MDE Consultants Ltd group, the parent company being MDE Group and has business operations in the United Kingdom as well as:
- Denmark
- Norway
- Singapore
- Indonesia
- UAE
- Brazil
- USA
- Malaysia
We operate in the Manpower and HR Consultancy sector. The nature of our supply chains is as follows: We work with a number of key direct suppliers, who provide us with goods, such as equipment for our premises, and services, such as outsourced business processes and IT software.
Our commitment to the principles of the Modern Slavery Act 2015
MDE Group is committed to the principles of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and the abolition of modern slavery and human trafficking.
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 staff 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, in the UK or abroad, which knowingly supports or is found to be involved in slavery, servitude, and forced or compulsory labour.
Policies
We operate a number of internal policies to ensure that we are conducting business in an ethical and transparent manner.
These include the following:
- Internal Recruitment Procedure
- MDE Code of Conduct
- Employee Code of Conduct
- Whistleblowing policy
- Anti- Harassment policy
- Diversity and inclusion policy
We make sure our suppliers are aware of our policies and adhere to the same standards.
Due Diligence
As part of our efforts to monitor and reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our supply chains, we have adopted the following due diligence procedures: • Internal supplier audits. • Our due diligence procedures aim to:
- Identify and action potential risks in our business and supply chains.
- Monitor potential risks in our business and supply chains.
- Reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our business and supply chains.
- Provide protection for whistleblowers.
Risk & Compliance
The Company has evaluated the nature and extent of its exposure to the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in its UK supply chain through:
- Evaluating the slavery and human trafficking risks of each new supplier.
- Reviewing on a regular basis all aspects of the supply chain based on supply chain mapping.
We do not consider that we operate in a high-risk environment because the majority of our supply chain is based in the UK and in low-risk industries, such as business services. We do not tolerate slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains. Where there is evidence of failure to comply with our policies and procedures by any of our suppliers, we will seek to terminate our relationship with that supplier immediately.
Effectiveness
The Company uses Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure its effectiveness and ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in its business and supply chains. These KPIs are as follows:
- We will train our staff about modern slavery issues and increase awareness within the Company.
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 MDE Group’s policy review process as an employer and supplier of Manpower services
- Making sure MDE Group’s 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.
Introduction
This Modern Slavery Statement is a response to Section 54(1), Part 6 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and relates to actions and activities for the financial year ending 31 December 2024.
MDE Consultants Ltd ('the Company', 'we', 'us' or 'our') is committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking violations in its own operations, its supply chain, and its products. We have zero-tolerance towards slavery and require our supply chain to comply with our values.
Organisational Structure
MDE Consultants Ltd is the subsidiary of the MDE Consultants Ltd group, the parent company being MDE Group and has business operations in the United Kingdom as well as:
- Denmark
- Norway
- Singapore
- Indonesia
- UAE
- Brazil
- USA
- Malaysia
We operate in the Manpower and HR Consultancy sector. The nature of our supply chains is as follows: We work with a number of key direct suppliers, who provide us with goods, such as equipment for our premises, and services, such as outsourced business processes and IT software.
Our commitment to the principles of the Modern Slavery Act 2015
MDE Group is committed to the principles of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and the abolition of modern slavery and human trafficking.
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 staff 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, in the UK or abroad, which knowingly supports or is found to be involved in slavery, servitude, and forced or compulsory labour.
Policies
We operate a number of internal policies to ensure that we are conducting business in an ethical and transparent manner.
These include the following:
- Internal Recruitment Procedure
- MDE Code of Conduct
- Employee Code of Conduct
- Whistleblowing policy
- Anti- Harassment policy
- Diversity and inclusion policy
We make sure our suppliers are aware of our policies and adhere to the same standards.
Due Diligence
As part of our efforts to monitor and reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our supply chains, we have adopted the following due diligence procedures: • Internal supplier audits. • Our due diligence procedures aim to:
- Identify and action potential risks in our business and supply chains.
- Monitor potential risks in our business and supply chains.
- Reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our business and supply chains.
- Provide protection for whistleblowers.
Risk & Compliance
The Company has evaluated the nature and extent of its exposure to the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in its UK supply chain through:
- Evaluating the slavery and human trafficking risks of each new supplier.
- Reviewing on a regular basis all aspects of the supply chain based on supply chain mapping.
We do not consider that we operate in a high-risk environment because the majority of our supply chain is based in the UK and in low-risk industries, such as business services. We do not tolerate slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains. Where there is evidence of failure to comply with our policies and procedures by any of our suppliers, we will seek to terminate our relationship with that supplier immediately.
Effectiveness
The Company uses Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure its effectiveness and ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in its business and supply chains. These KPIs are as follows:
- We will train our staff about modern slavery issues and increase awareness within the Company.
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 MDE Group’s policy review process as an employer and supplier of Manpower services
- Making sure MDE Group’s 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.