SSE AIRTRICITY ENERGY SERVICES (NI) LIMITED

Policies described

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

Training described

Your whole organisation Procurement staff Other

Worker engagement and working conditions

Your suppliers Professional auditors Workers within your organisation Businesses in your industry or sector

Grievance mechanisms

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

Other monitoring

Deep dive risk assessments using third-party human rights experts. External working groups that provide insight to industry risks and emerging risk areas.

Demonstrated progress

SSE has KPIs to monitor progress, see page 16 of it's Statement. These are continuously being monitored and developed to ensure they are appropriate and meaningful. It also benchmarks against the UN Guiding Principles, and the OECD Due Diligence guidance to ensure it is aligning to best practice and identifying and rectifying gaps within it's strategy to identify and address modern slavery. See pages 8 for details, and alignment is signposted across section 4 of the Statement.

Reported risks and mitigations

• Risk: Workers within facilities management services like catering, cleaning, security, and transport, as they are not recruited directly by SSE. (See page 10 of SSE's Statement for details).
• Area: Within your supply chains
• Tier: Tier 2 suppliers Tier 3 suppliers and below
• Group: Women Migrants Refugees
• Mitigation: SSE has a number of risk measures and due diligence measures in place to manage the risk to these groups. See pages 10-14 for information about risk assessments and due diligence measures. Recent work includes the development of a deep dive risk assessment, implementing additional due diligence for high-risk areas, remediation procedure, including human rights management requirements for on-site contractors, and training SSE SHE teams and employees to spot the signs of modern slavery.
• Risk: Workers on construction sites and vessels including low paid workers, migrants, workers indirectly recruited, and those from high-risk countries. (See page 10 of SSE's Statement for details).
• Tier: Tier 3 suppliers and below
• Group: Migrants Refugees
• Mitigation: SSE have included a requirement in it's Living Wage clause, including in supplier contracts, that vessels workers must be paid a UK Real Living Wage whilst working on SSE sites. The risk mitigation and due diligence measures in place for Risk 1 also apply to this risk.
• Risk: Rights holders in or linked to the supply chains of high-risk industries and in high-risk countries. This includes both workers and communities. (See page 10 of SSE's Statement for details).
• Group: Women Migrants Refugees Children Other vulnerable groups
• Mitigation: The risk mitigation and due diligence measures in place for Risk 1 also apply to this risk. SSE has a Modern Slavery Clause in supplier contracts, it sets requirements for Contractors through it's SHE documents, and works with experts and industry working groups to identify risks across the supply chain. It also has a number of supplier screening checks in place during tender process and on an ongoing basis when working with suppliers.