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Modern Slavery Act Statement

Transparency in Supply Chains (TISC): Modern Slavery Act Statement

新萄新京十大正规网站 runs its activities with integrity. 现代奴役是一种复杂的、多方面的犯罪,解决这一问题需要我们所有人都发挥作用. 新萄新京十大正规网站致力于防止在其业务和供应链中发生现代奴役和人口贩运行为,并改善我们打击奴隶制和人口贩运的做法.

《新葡新京十大正规网站》要求年营业额在3600万英镑或以上的英国组织报告他们正在采取的措施,以确保现代奴隶制不在其供应链中发生,并通过其网站主页的链接发布. This includes the 新萄新京十大正规网站.

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新萄新京十大正规网站是世界上最大的工程机构之一,新萄新京十大正规网站遍布世界各地. 它是一个由皇家宪章组成的机构,并在英格兰和威尔士慈善委员会注册为慈善机构(慈善机构编号:211014)。, and the Office of the Scottish Charity Regulator (Charity No: SC038698). 的新萄新京十大正规网站 has a UK trading subsidiary, 新萄新京十大正规网站 Services Limited (Company No: 00909719), which carries out non-charitable activities (including sponsorship, 场地租用及出版活动),并设有四间国际附属机构,以支援其海外慈善活动, 新萄新京十大正规网站 美国, 公司, Institution of Engineering and Technology (印度), 新萄新京十大正规网站 Engineering & 技术(北京)咨询有限公司、新萄新京十大正规网站工程技术控股有限公司(香港).

新萄新京十大正规网站的慈善目标和宗旨载于其皇家宪章第3条. 的新萄新京十大正规网站 is working to engineer a better world by inspiring, informing and influencing our members, engineers and technicians and all those impacted by the work of engineers. It does this through various channels including publications, 事件, conferences, networking and advice. 新萄新京十大正规网站在全球148个国家拥有约15.4万名新萄新京十大正规网站.

新萄新京十大正规网站 has offices in the UK, 中国, Hong Kong, 印度 and the 美国. In 2021, it had a global income of approximately £58.5m and in 2021 employed an average of 636 people worldwide. Its activities are supported by over 4,000 volunteers worldwide. 新萄新京十大正规网站认识到,在其经营新萄新京十大正规网站资格和其他活动的世界某些地区,现代奴隶制的风险更高,并非常重视这些风险. 新萄新京十大正规网站与其子公司和国际合作伙伴合作,确保在其运营和活动中不存在现代奴隶制. 

的新萄新京十大正规网站’s Supply Chain

In order to deliver its activities, the 新萄新京十大正规网站 works with a range of suppliers, including publishing services, software services, catering and facilities management, and professional services.

Policies

新萄新京十大正规网站制定了反奴隶制政策,并在其网站上提供了有关举报的指导 http://www.investment-stones.com/membership/professionalism-and-ethics/professional-ethics-resources/whistleblowing-guidance-for-employers/ as well as having a staff policy on whistleblowing. 新萄新京十大正规网站还制定了一份全面的采购手册,其中规定了一个采购框架,旨在确保新萄新京十大正规网站的业务中不存在现代奴隶制.

Actions to minimise risk of Slavery

新萄新京十大正规网站 takes a multifaceted approach, which includes:

During 2020 and ongoing into 2021, the 新萄新京十大正规网站 requested, via our procurement policy and forms, that all contracts must include anti-slavery statements.

In 2020, 该机构进行了一项风险评估,以确定其供应链中可能易受奴役或人口贩运影响的领域. The risk assessment considered both geographic and sector risk. It identified that as regards its operations and supply chains, catering and other services at its venues represented a risk, as did the use of certain outsourced services in 印度. 2020年,我们审查了我们的外包IT,以确保适当的反奴隶制流程到位.

2021年,我们对位于斯蒂夫尼奇的主要办公基地进行了重大翻新,所有合同都包含了反奴隶制条款. 我们还为斯蒂夫尼奇办公室和伦敦场馆进行了新的餐饮供应商采购流程,并完成了必要的尽职调查.

2021年,我们与IT领域的一家重要战略供应商签署了一份为期3年的新合同,并进行了全面的尽职调查. 我们亦要求其他主要的策略性资讯科技供应商重申他们遵守各自合约的条款.

我们的招聘做法有助于防止公司内部出现现代奴役的风险. Our employment agreements and policies are managed locally, 以全球模板和原则为基础,但根据当地相关情况和适用法律进行了调整.

Some of the other recruitment measures which the 新萄新京十大正规网站 has in place include:

  • 在提供就业机会前,对准新人进行审查,并在开始工作日期前进行警方和背景调查(两阶段程序);
  • 定期进行工资审查,以确保员工在其开展业务的国家获得维持生活的工资, 制定工资基准,确保他们在行业中保持竞争力;
  • 检查但不扣留身份证件和工作证件的权利;
  • Providing information on workers’ rights in a language they can understand;
  • Not allowing fines levied to be passed onto employees, for workers to be charged finders’ fees, and not deducting accommodation or transport costs from staff salaries.

Continuous review and risk mitigation

新萄新京十大正规网站认识到需要不断评估奴役或人口贩运的风险. 新萄新京十大正规网站还认识到,供应链的可见性可能存在差距,用于识别风险的工具也存在局限性. 解决这些问题是一项复杂的任务,正在不断进行审查,以制定有效的框架. 新萄新京十大正规网站认识到需要在整个组织内进行现代奴隶制培训,以扩大意识.

COVID-19

由于这一流行病,移民局正在不断审查其程序和风险评估,并将评估是否存在任何新的或增加的现代奴役风险, 以及是否需要对我们的运营和供应链中先前确定的风险进行重新排序. 受大流行影响的一个方面是能够访问海外IT供应商并观察实地情况. This is being mitigated by having regular account manager contact.

到目前为止,新萄新京十大正规网站还没有在其运营或供应链中发现任何现代奴隶制的例子.

This statement was approved by the Board of Trustees on 7 February 2022.