VITACRESS HERBS LIMITED

Policies described

Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery

Training described

Your whole organisation Your front line staff Human resources Executive-level staff Procurement staff

Worker engagement and working conditions

Your suppliers Trade unions or worker representative groups Professional auditors Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain Businesses in your industry or sector

Social audits

Audit conducted by your staff Third party audit arranged by your organisation Announced audit Unannounced audit

Grievance mechanisms

Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups

Demonstrated progress

Each statement describes several goals set in the prior year to address modern slavery risks and progress made, and goals set for the year ahead. Additionally, we use the Stronger Together 360° online tool (previously progress reporting tool & responsible recruitment toolkit) to identify, prevent, and mitigate labour exploitation and modern slavery across our operations and supply chains, measure performance, track progress, and inform action planning.

Reported risks and mitigations

• Risk: Training was delivered, but we recognised it may not always lead to confident action in real situations. We are using scenario‑based learning to strengthen preparedness and incident response.
• Area: Within your own operations
• Group: Migrants
• Location: United Kingdom
• Mitigation: Building on the comprehensive, role‑specific modern slavery training programme rolled out in 2025, we will use scenario-based, experiential learning to assess how well this knowledge has embedded within each business unit - ensuring we are fully prepared to respond effectively should any incident occur.
• Risk: Inconsistent mapping of 3rd party raw material supply chain limits visibility of human rights risks. Move to one-UK ethical governance to standardise assessments and supplier visits.
• Area: Within your supply chains
• Tier: Tier 1 suppliers Tier 2 suppliers
• Location: Central African Republic
• Mitigation: Establish a one-UK ethical governance forum to drive effectiveness and efficiency in mapping and assessing human rights and labour exploitation risks across our 3rd party raw material supply chain; increasing capacity for proactive action and partnerships. A key outcome will be the development of a standardised approach to supplier visits in which ethical is deeply integrated.
• Risk: UK agency worker supply chain risk due to dual supplier and below expectation performance. Mitigating by moving to a single UK agency partner, strengthening oversight and human rights due diligence.
• Mitigation: Run a formal supplier selection process to appoint a single UK labour provider for agency workers. This process will set clear expectations that the selected partner demonstrates enhanced capacity and capability in agency labour supply, together with robust and transparent evidence of strengthened human rights due diligence and best practice.