In the UK, our partner, the Corporate Justice Coalition, played a key role in the development of modern slavery legislation and is leading calls for the UK government to introduce a new legal requirement for UK- based companies and investors to carry out human rights and environmental due diligence of their operations and investments. [...] During 2023/24, we introduced a new Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy in order to summarise all of our policies and procedures which are relevant to addressing the risk of modern slavery. [...] Other policies relevant to modern slavery include: • The Procurement Policy covers the risk of modern slavery and applies to all expenditure on goods and services purchased directly by the organisation or by our partners in Christian Aid funded projects. [...] • Finally, we require partners working in the development and humanitarian area to agree to the Core Humanitarian Standards (CHS) which include fair and equitable treatment of staff in humanitarian situations and focus on accountability to the people we serve. [...] Review and approval This statement has been approved by the board of directors for Christian Aid and also on behalf of all of the connected and subsidiary entities forming part of the Christian Aid group: Signed by The Rt Revd and Rt Hon Dame Sarah Mullally DBE Chair of the Christian Aid Board of Trustees Date: 25 September 2024 Page 6 of 6.
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Table of Contents
- Introduction Our organisation 1
- Our supply chains 2
- Policies Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Policy 2
- Procurement Policy 2
- Code of Conduct for Suppliers 3
- Safeguarding Policy 3
- Code of Conduct 3
- Feedback and Complaints Policy 3
- Whistleblowing Policy 3
- Volunteering Policy 3
- Identifying and addressing the risk of modern slavery 3
- Our supply chains 3
- Our operations 4
- Our staff 4
- Our partners 4
- Partner Operational Capacity Risk Assessments POCRAs 4
- Partnership Agreements 5
- Core Humanitarian Standards CHS 5
- Our three-year action plan 5
- Anti-Slavery International review 5
- Progress in 202324 5
- Further steps Years 2 and 3 6
- Incidents 6
- Review and approval 6
