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Modern Slavery Statement
Modern Slavery Statement
Hotel Chocolat is committed to preventing acts of modern slavery and human trafficking from occurring within its business and supply chain and imposes those same high standards on its suppliers.
Structure of Organisation
Hotel Chocolat is a UK based chocolate manufacturer and multi-channel retailer with outlets based within the UK, US and Japan and an annual turnover of c. £150m. www.hotelchocolat.com. We work with a range of suppliers and partners from Ingredients and Packaging manufacturers to IT, Marketing services and equipment manufacturers
Policies
As part of our commitment to combating modern slavery we have implemented the following policies within our organisation:
Due Diligence
In our efforts to monitor and reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring within our supply chains, we review our business framework in conjunction with PwC to highlight any areas warranting exceptional focus. In conjunction with our whistle blowing policy we believe that we follow a best practice approach.
Risk and Compliance
We will regularly evaluate the nature and extent of exposure to the risk of modern slavery occurring in the supply chain. We have a heightened consideration based on cocoa supply:
Effectiveness and KPIs
We conduct independent reviews of our business and supply chains and take ongoing action to combat slavery and human trafficking.
We review all supplier relationships on a minimum basis of once a year ensuring we have a sourcing approach that has a zero-tolerance approach – no incidents raised or reported to date.
Training
We invest in educating our team to recognise the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our business and supply chains. Through our induction and training programmes employees are encouraged to identify and report any potential breaches of the organisation’s policies within the wider understanding of whistleblowing. Our School of Chocolate educational programme is under review during Summer 2019 to ensure all Employees are aware of the stance on modern slavery and human trafficking as well as the consequences of failing to eradicate them from our business and supply chains:
This statement is made in accordance with Section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes Hotel Chocolat’s slavery and human trafficking statement for financial year ending 28th June 2020.