MODERN SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING STATEMENT
Modern Slavery And Human Trafficking Statement – Bidfresh LimitedWe publish a Modern Slavery Statement annually, in line with our financial year (July-June), in accordance with section 54(1) of the UK Modern Slavery Act 2015.
IntroductionResearch developed by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Walk Free Foundation, and the International Office for Migration (IOM) suggests that more than 40 million people around the world were victims of modern slavery in 2016, with almost 25 million of those victims exploited in forced labour – the most common element of modern slavery. The UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 looks to tackle this international atrocity by making large UK companies accountable for the workers in their supply chains, where modern slavery is often hidden. The Act requires companies to publish an annual report setting out the steps being taken to ensure that trafficked men, women and children are not operating in their supply chains and to give details of any due diligence being conducted to avoid forced, bonded, or slave labour.
There have been many reported instances of slavery globally in the farming, agricultural, and fishing industries, including in the UK, making this a highly pertinent issue to Direct Seafoods and our parent company, Bidfresh. Although we have a zero-tolerance approach to conducting business with any organisation that knowingly utilises any form of modern slavery, we know that due diligence and collaboration with suppliers must occur to detect and remedy any labour abuses potentially hidden further down the chain. Therefore, we have committed ourselves to ethical trade, aiming for year-on-year improvements in working conditions in our supply chains.
IntroductionResearch developed by the International Labour Organisation (ILO), the Walk Free Foundation, and the International Office for Migration (IOM) suggests that more than 40 million people around the world were victims of modern slavery in 2016, with almost 25 million of those victims exploited in forced labour – the most common element of modern slavery. The UK Modern Slavery Act 2015 looks to tackle this international atrocity by making large UK companies accountable for the workers in their supply chains, where modern slavery is often hidden. The Act requires companies to publish an annual report setting out the steps being taken to ensure that trafficked men, women and children are not operating in their supply chains and to give details of any due diligence being conducted to avoid forced, bonded, or slave labour.
There have been many reported instances of slavery globally in the farming, agricultural, and fishing industries, including in the UK, making this a highly pertinent issue to Direct Seafoods and our parent company, Bidfresh. Although we have a zero-tolerance approach to conducting business with any organisation that knowingly utilises any form of modern slavery, we know that due diligence and collaboration with suppliers must occur to detect and remedy any labour abuses potentially hidden further down the chain. Therefore, we have committed ourselves to ethical trade, aiming for year-on-year improvements in working conditions in our supply chains.