FIRST TRANSPENNINE EXPRESS 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

Training described

Human resources Executive-level staff Procurement staff

Worker engagement and working conditions

Your suppliers Professional auditors Workers within your organisation

Social audits

Third party audit arranged by your organisation

Grievance mechanisms

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

Other monitoring

Introduced a questionnaire on social risks as part of our supplier assurance process

Demonstrated progress

We have included several key performance indicators in this years statement including: Number of reports relating to modern slavery and human trafficking - 0 Number of high risk suppliers registered onto our monitoring system - 217, 84 in progress Number of cases, or allegations, of forced labour identified in our supply chain - 0 Percentage of managers completing training and attesting to the MS Code of Conduct - 100%

Reported risks and mitigations

• Risk: Lack of employee training on modern slavery
• Area: Within your own operations
• Group: Other vulnerable groups
• Location: United Kingdom
• Mitigation: FY 2024 all senior managers across the whole Group complete the mandatory, dedicated online training module and to read and attest to the Group MS Code of Conduct. This module was updated in FY2024 to ensure continued engagement with the training. These training and policy attestations also apply to other higher risk individuals across the Group, eg procurement teams. All individuals are required to repeat both annually. Rates of compliance are reported monthly to senior management and Board.
• Risk: Limited awareness among employees of our anti slavery policies and how to report suspicions
• Mitigation: FY 2024, all senior managers and high risk groups complete annually the mandatory, dedicated online training and read and attest to the Group MS Code of Conduct. This module was updated FY2024 to ensure continued engagement. Rates of compliance are reported monthly to the senior management team and to the Board on a periodic basis. We have systems and a Whistleblowing Policy to encourage and protect whistleblowers, supported by an independent reporting hotline, and is completely confidential.
• Risk: Limited number of suppliers signed up to risk monitoring software to assess risks
• Area: Within your supply chains
• Tier: Tier 1 suppliers
• Mitigation: We continue to implement a toolset requiring higher risk suppliers to provide evidence and assurance on a variety of risk factors including modern slavery. At the end of FY 2024, 217 of the highest risk incumbent suppliers have been fully registered on this system with a further 84 currently in progress. We anticipate this number will continue to grow as the implementation programme progresses and the toolset will be fully embedded into the Supplier Onboarding Process during FY 2025.