A) Organisation
This statement applies to Site Equipment Ltd. The information included in the statement refers to the financial year 2020.
B) Definitions
Site Equipment considers that modern slavery encompasses:
- Human trafficking;
- Forced work, through mental or physical threat;
- Being owned or controlled by an employer through mental or physical abuse or the threat of abuse;
- Being dehumanised, treated as a commodity or being bought or sold as property;
- Being physically constrained or to have restriction placed on freedom of movement
C) Commitment
Site Equipment acknowledges its responsibilities in relation to tackling modern slavery and commits to complying with the provisions in the Modern Slavery Act 2015. Site Equipment understands that this requires an ongoing review of both its internal practices in relation to its labour force and, additionally, its supply chains.
Site Equipment does not enter into business with any other organisation, in the United Kingdom or abroad, which knowingly supports or is found to involve itself in slavery, servitude and forced or compulsory labour.
No labour provided to Site Equipment in the pursuance of the provision of its own services is obtained by means of slavery or human trafficking. Site Equipment strictly adheres to the minimum standards required in relation to its responsibilities under relevant employment legislation in the UK and all European countries.
D) Steps
Site Equipment carries out due diligence processes in relation to ensuring slavery and/or human trafficking does not take place in its organisation or supply chains, including conducting a review of the controls of its suppliers.
Site Equipment has not, to its knowledge, conducted any business with another organisation which has been found to have involved itself with modern slavery.
