SUPPLY CHAIN & ORGANISATIONAL STRUCTURE
We (APEX IT SOURCING LIMITED) provide multiple brands and organizations around the world with analytics, IT hardware/software, customer service, and IT consulting solutions. The company's main office is located in United Kingdom. We don’t a conventional supply chain due to the nature of the company, which offers cloud-based software-as-a-service to its consumers, and considers itself to be low risk in terms of human trafficking and slavery issues.
We expect all of our manufacturers, distributors, associates, resellers, and other suppliers to meet all relevant laws and regulations, including the Modern Slavery Act of 2015. However, we will continue to track the level of risk in our existing supply chains and take action if we find a higher risk of modern slavery.
ANTI-SLAVERY AND ANTI-HUMAN-TRAFFICKING INITIATIVES
We expect all third parties with whom we work to follow all relevant laws and regulations (which may include the Modern Slavery Act 2015). We would not help a supply chain where there is a reasonable suspicion of slavery or human trafficking. We do not proceed with any purchases of products or services from third parties which we suspect in any manner are involved in slavery or human trafficking.
TRAINING
We have a procurement team that has been trained to ensure that we request contractual commitments from our contractors, distributors, partners, resellers, and suppliers to ensure that we comply with all relevant legislation, including the Modern Slavery Act 2015. Employees in charge of approving and onboarding vendors are aware of the problems of modern slavery and human trafficking. Any future problems with vendors must be reported to the General Counsel, according to our internal policy.
DUE DILIGENCE PROCEDURES
When it comes to our knowledge through any reasonable means possible exploitation or human trafficking problems, we takes a zero-tolerance approach when assessing vendors, partners, resellers, and other suppliers. Due to the nature of our sector, we rely on third parties to provide services that do not usually require slave or human trafficking labor. We perform due diligence on third parties to decide whether they are likely to participate in the forms of labor that are vulnerable to slavery and human trafficking.
NEXT STEPS/LOOKING AHEAD
The value of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 is recognized by our company, and we will continue to evaluate the possibility of modern slavery in our supply chain, including reviewing arrangements with our vendors, partners, resellers, and other suppliers.
THE APPROVAL
This statement is made in accordance with the Modern Slavery Act 2015, and it serves as our slavery and human trafficking statement for the fiscal year indicated. The company directors accepted this declaration, which was signed on their behalf by our authorized representative.