UK Modern Slavery Statements

Overview

Annual drafting of transparency statements for the UK government registry under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (s54). Covers the six recommended areas—organisation structure and supply chains, policies, due diligence, risk assessment and management, KPIs, training—and registry requirements (board approval, director sign-off).

Getting started

Add your organisation context (name, financial year end, existing policies or prior statement) to the project workspace and activate the UK Modern Slavery Statements skill. Use the bundled template and references to draft the six areas, then run supply_chain_ethics_scanner to audit coverage and registry_readiness_check to confirm board approval and director signature before publishing or submitting to the government registry.

Example conversation

You: We need to draft our annual modern slavery statement for the year that ended 31 March 2025. We have last year’s statement and an updated risk assessment.

Agent: I’ll use the UK Modern Slavery Statements skill and the template to structure the new statement. I’ll pull in the six areas from the reference and align with the registry requirements (board approval date, director sign-off). Once the draft is ready, run supply_chain_ethics_scanner to check coverage of the six areas and KPIs, and registry_readiness_check to confirm it’s ready for the registry.

Excerpt of a generated document

Sample excerpt from a modern slavery statement produced with the skill (sections on due diligence, KPIs, and the registry-required sign-off).

## 3. Due diligence processes

We carry out due diligence on our direct suppliers through our responsible procurement framework. New suppliers above a risk threshold complete a modern-slavery and labour-standards questionnaire; we map responses to our risk categories and follow up with enhanced due diligence or audits where needed. For the financial year 2024/25 we extended the questionnaire to cover key sub-tier suppliers in high-risk sectors and geographies. Our procurement and sustainability teams review findings quarterly and escalate issues to the board where appropriate.

## 5. Key performance indicators

We use the following KPIs to measure the effectiveness of our steps to prevent modern slavery:

- Percentage of relevant staff completing modern slavery awareness training (target: 100% by year-end) — achieved 98% in 2024/25.
- Number of supplier assessments and audits completed in high-risk categories — 47 assessments, 12 audits in 2024/25.
- Incidents identified and remediated — 2 incidents in the reporting period, both remediated with corrective actions and follow-up checks.

We report these metrics to the board annually and will refine them as we develop our risk mapping and supplier engagement programme.

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**Board approval:** This statement was approved by the board of directors on 12 September 2025.

**Signature:** This statement has been signed by Jane Smith, Chief Executive Officer, on 12 September 2025.