Modern slavery policy.

This statement sets out Colehouse’s actions to understand and minimise all potential modern slavery and human trafficking risks related to its business and its supply chains. This statement relates to actions and activities during the financial year 1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023.

Our organisation is absolutely committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking in its corporate activities, and to ensuring that its supply chains are free from slavery and human trafficking.


About Colehouse

We pride ourselves on being the alternative to the traditional change consultancy. Our partners have previous experience creating a multi-award winning consultancy and running large change functions. At Colehouse our partners are embedded into each solution to apply that experience and get the job done quicker, deliver the issues and solutions in a timelier fashion, or simply to help upskill you and your teams, alongside the day-to-day project delivery.

We have cross-industry experience and have run various initiatives from improving governance and controls in a pre-IPO listing through to mobilising some of the world’s largest post-merger Integrations. Our clients find our combination of practical experience, innovative mindset and technical experience both refreshing and easy to work with.


Our commitment

We are committed to ensuring that our staff and suppliers adhere to the principles set out in the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

We do this by:

  • evaluating the modern slavery and human trafficking risks of each new supplier

  • suppliers are required to demonstrate that they provide safe working conditions where necessary, treat workers with dignity and respect, and act ethically and within the law in their use of labour

  • serious violations by our suppliers will lead to the termination of the business relationship

  • ensure all staff have completed awareness training and are confident in taking the appropriate action if they suspect a case of slavery or human trafficking

  • all staff working in procurement have read and follow the government guidance.


Relevant policies

We operate the following policies in relation to the Modern Slavery Act 2015, they are available to all staff via SharePoint, if unable to access these please contact the Colehouse support staff.

  • Whistleblowing policy

  • Code of conduct

  • Recruitment policy

  • Anti-bribery policy

  • Equal opportunities policy.


Training

We require all staff within our organisation to complete an online training course on modern slavery and human trafficking.

Our modern slavery training covers:

  • the basic principles of the Modern Slavery Act 2015

  • how to identify the signs of slavery and human trafficking

  • how to escalate potential slavery or human trafficking issues to the relevant parties within our organisation

  • what external help is available, for example through the Modern Slavery Helpline, Gangmasters and Labour Abuse Authority and ”Stronger together” initiative.


This statement was approved on 8 February 2023 by our board of directors who review and update it annually.