Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement

Mellcrest is committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking violations in its own operations, its supply chain, and its products.

We have zero tolerance towards slavery and require our supply chain to comply with our values.

Organisational Structure

Mellcrest operates its business in the United Kingdom.

We operate in the hospitality sector.

The nature of our supply chain is as follows:-

We source our products from the U.K Europe and from the Far East.

Policies

We operate a number of  internal policies to ensure that we are conducting business in an ethical and transparent manner.

These include the following:-

We make sure our suppliers are aware of our policies and adhere to the same standards.

Due Diligence

As part of our effort to monitor and reduce risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our supply chains, we have adopted the following due diligence procedures:-

Our due diligence procedures aim to :-

Identify and action potential risks in our business supply chains.

Monitor potential risks in our business and supply chains.

Reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking in our business and supply chains.

Risk and Compliance

Mellcrest has evaluated the nature and extent of its exposure to the risk of slavery and human trafficking in its UK ,European and Far East suppliers with regular visits to the operating sites and we report that we have not revealed any evidence to give us cause for concern.

Should any evidence of failure to comply with our policies to be revealed in the future we will immediately terminate our relationship with these businesses .

Effectiveness

Goals & KEY Performance Indicators

At Director level to help oversee suppliers activity and increase awareness of action each department should take

Invitation to suppliers to complete Modern Slavery Assessment Tool.

Continuous risk assessments to ensure action plans.

Participate in training to collaborate on common interests .

Review and agree modern slavery risk management , assurance and prevention proposals.