Modern Slavery Act Transparency Statement for Abbey Total Care Group Ltd.
OPENING STATEMENT FROM SENIOR MANAGEMENT
Abbey Total Care Group Ltd. is dedicated to preventing modern slavery and human trafficking from taking place within its business and supply chain and we place the same expectation on our suppliers.
STRUCTURE AND SUPPLY CHAINS
Abbey Total Care Group Ltd.is a provider of nursing and dementia care services with homes located in North, South and East London established more than 25 years ago. We now own 10 nursing care homes, with over 500 registered users’ capacity and almost 600 staff. The following weblink provides more information regarding the nature of our business http://abbeytotalcaregroup.co.uk/about-us.aspx.
The nature of our business requires that we work in conjunction with a range of suppliers include the procurement of agency labour, food and beverages, medical consumables, facilities maintenance, utilities and waste management.
POLICIES RELATING TO SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
Our anti-slavery policy reflects our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships, helping to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in our business.
We expect all those in our supply chain to comply with this approach. We ensure our suppliers are aware of our policies, and encourage them to adopt the same high standards.
DUE DILIGENCE PROCESSES RELATING TO SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING
As part of our efforts to monitor, manage and reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring within our business or supply chains, we adopt the following due diligence procedures:
Prior to entering into agreements with manufacturers (suppliers) we issue them with a compliance form which is designed to assess areas of potential risk within our supply chains and aims to ensure that manufacturer suppliers have their own clearly defined ethical working practices including suitable anti‐slavery and human trafficking policies and processes within their businesses and confirmation that they comply with the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.
All our employees are actively encouraged to identify and report any potential conflicts or breaches of our anti-slavery statement or our company values using the Whistleblowing policy.
Our processes aim to:
- Identify, monitor and manage areas of potential risk in our business and supply chains
- Scrutinise any identified areas of risk within our business and supply chains
- Adopt a zero tolerance approach to slavery and human trafficking throughout the organisation and our supply chains
- Provide support and protection from detriment or disadvantage to any person who, in the public interest, raises genuine concerns amounting to a protected disclosure.
RISK AND COMPLIANCE
Our organisation regularly evaluates the nature and extent to which our business and our supply chains are exposed to the risk of modern slavery occurring.
We do not consider that we operate in high risk sector or location because modern forms of slavery are prevalent in the United Kingdom.
We ensure our suppliers are aware of our policies and encourage them to adopt our high standards. We adopt a zero-tolerance approach to slavery and human trafficking throughout the organisation which extends to our supply chains.
TRAINING
We ensure all employees are aware of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our business and supply chains.
This statement is made in accordance with section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes Abbey Total Care Group Ltd’s slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year April 2020 to March 2021.
The statement has been approved by the Abbey Total Care Group Ltd Board of Directors who will review and update it on an annual basis.
Senior Management,
Abbey Total Care Group Ltd
19/08/2020