MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT FOR DIGITAL URBAN
Digital Urban is a proptech UK company that produces software as a service for 3D models and is based in Daresbury employing c. 20 staff that are now working from home or in our office or at public participation events. We do not operate any other business outside of this environment and we sell our products to just the UK market at this point.
We have a small set (<10) of professional & certified sub-contractors that provide bespoke services and use named suppliers for hosting our services (AWS & Yondercloud).
As a company we are committed to protecting and improving the rights, working conditions and well-being of the people who work for us directly and indirectly through our supply chain. We recognise modern forms of slavery can be very difficult to detect and we must therefore be diligent in our approach to understanding where the potential risks could be present.
In line with our own values, policies and processes, we operate a zero-tolerance approach to slavery and remain committed to tackling this type of human rights abuse through the effective due diligence and risk assessment of our supply chains.
OUR POLICIES
We are absolutely committed to ensuring our supply chain is free from slavery and human trafficking and that our partners manage in a way that is compliant to all applicable human rights, employment and environmental requirements, both on a local and national basis.
We have a number of internal policies to ensure we conduct business in an ethical and transparent manner. We operate robust recruitment policies, including conducting eligibility to work in the UK checks for all employees to safeguard against human trafficking or individuals being forced to work against their will. These requirements extend to 3rd party providers. Our internal policies include, but are not limited to:
Employee Code of Conduct
Whistleblowing Policy
Recruitment and Agency workers policy
Anti-Bribery and Corruption Policy
Health and Safety Policy
These policies clearly outline the expectation and potential outcomes of intervention should a policy be breached. Any reporting will be fully investigated, and appropriate remedial actions taken. This may include notifying statutory or legal entities as appropriate.
DUE DILIGENCE PROCESSES
We enjoy well-established and stable working relationships with our key suppliers and we have achieved full support to our approach.
We conduct regular supplier audits to ensure alignment to local laws, standards set out by the International Labour Organisation, the Modern Slavery Act and our internal policies and standards, which include:
Clear obligations on suppliers to comply and implement controls to prevent Modern Slavery;
Ensuring all employment shall be voluntary;
Provision of an employment contract confirming the employee's right to leave work and the ability to terminate employment upon expiry of reasonable notice.
We may terminate a contract at any time should any instances of modern slavery come to light.
TRAINING ON ANTI SLAVERY MEASURES
Training has been completed by all employees in our buying department to ensure a high level of awareness and understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our supply chain.
We do recognise the need to continually develop additional tools to effectively engage our suppliers, particularly those in high risk countries. As this development progresses and matures we will build key performance measures to help track the effectiveness of our audit processes. We will also monitor and learn from industry best practices as they develop and consult with external stakeholders as appropriate to help strengthen our efforts.
Everyone within the business is encouraged to report any concerns regarding slavery and /or human trafficking in accordance with our whistleblowing policy.
This statement is made pursuant to section 54 (1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes our anti-slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending March 2022. It sets out the steps taken, and those which Digital Urban Limited intends to take in the future to prevent modern slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of our business.
The statement has been approved by our Founder who will review and update it on an annual basis.
Simon Mabey
Founder
Digital Urban
March 2022