BUNZL UK 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

Human resources Executive-level staff Procurement staff Your suppliers

Worker engagement and working conditions

Your suppliers Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain Law enforcement, such as police, GLAA and other local labour market inspectorates

Social audits

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

Grievance mechanisms

Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app

Actions addressing ILO indicators

Financial remediation, including repayment of recruitment fees Change in policy Change in training Referring potential victims to government services Supporting investigations by relevant authorities

Demonstrated progress

Over the past decade, we have completed more than 7,000 supplier assessments, using the risk-based approach to assessment and auditing that we have applied for more than 16 years. In 2025, we increased the proportion of high risk spend covered by our programme to more than 90%, achieving the target we set in 2021. 2021: 73% high risk spend covered 2022: 76% high risk spend covered 2023: 81% high risk spend covered 2024: 89% high risk spend covered 2025: 93% high risk spend covered

Reported risks and mitigations

• Risk: Labour: • Forced Labour • Child Labour • Freedom of Association • Unfair discrimination • Continuous work for more than 30 consecutive days without at least one day’s rest
• Area: Within your supply chains
• Tier: Tier 1 suppliers Tier 2 suppliers Tier 3 suppliers and below
• Group: Women Migrants Children
• Location: United Arab Emirates Bangladesh Brazil China Colombia Egypt Honduras Indonesia India Cambodia South Korea Sri Lanka Mexico Malaysia Peru Pakistan Thailand Tunisia Turkey Ukraine Vietnam Taiwan
• Mitigation: For more than 15 years we have taken a risk based approach to auditing in our supply chain, we are proud that our approach is a benchmark for ethical auditing in our sector and it allows us to provide a thorough level of oversight over our supply chain for our customers. In 2025, we continued to expand our audit programme and assessed 1,430 suppliers. We increased the proportion of high-risk spend covered by our assessment and auditing programme to 93% (up from 89% in 2024).
• Risk: Health and safety: • Evacuation routes and exits unsafe or blocked • Firefighting equipment difficult to access • Dormitories not located separately from production • Structurally unsafe buildings
• Risk: N/A
• Area: N/A
• Group: Other vulnerable groups
• Mitigation: N/A