GENERAL DISTRIBUTION 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 Other

Worker engagement and working conditions

Your suppliers

Social audits

Audit conducted by your staff

Other monitoring

7 vendors were reassessed as part of our regular assessment auditing programme, employees can raise concerns through our grievance procedures

Demonstrated progress

Reassessment of 7 vendors in the past 12 months, six achieved 'pass' status and signed up to the Supplier Code of Conduct or had their own which was equivalent or superior to the RBA Code of Conduct. One supplier was removed due to cessation of business. No. of employees completing Modern Slavery Training within the organisation.

Reported risks and mitigations

• Risk: Absence of a formal risk assessment or independent audit of modern slavery in our organisation
• Area: Within your own operations
• Group: Women Children
• Mitigation: To conduct a risk assessment during the next reporting window
• Risk: Training completed by a limited number of employees within the organisation
• Mitigation: Make our modern slavery e-learning a mandatory HR training course for all new starter to the company, and then roll out for all.
• Risk: CIPS Trained Supply Chain professionals are not currently involved in our indirect spend/procurement of services in the organisation
• Mitigation: Have our trained Supply Chain team involved in our Indirect Spend contract sourcing and renewal processes.