Modern Slavery policy

This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes Neaves & Co - Chartered Surveyor's slavery and human trafficking statement, setting out the steps the business has taken to ensure that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in our supply chain or in any part of our business.  Introduction Slavery and forced labour can take many forms, including human trafficking or child labour. 

This statement sets out Neaves & Co - Chartered Surveyor's actions to understand all potential modern slavery risks. As part of the construction industry, the company recognises that it has a responsibility to take a robust approach to preventing slavery and human trafficking. The company is absolutely committed to maintaining and improving systems and processes to prevent human rights violations related to our own operations and those of our supply chain. 

The Company is committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships and to implement and enforce effective systems and controls to, as far as practical, ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in the company or our supply chain. We comply with all legislation – importantly the Immigration Act 2015 – to ensure we prevent any illegal working. Our supply chain comprises the engagement of sub-consultant organisations to carry out works and services on projects.

We play an active role in supplier development and have adopted various means to clearly communicate our expectations of suppliers. As part of our work to identify and mitigate risk: 

(a) We build long-standing relationships with our sub-consultants and make clear our expectations of business behaviour.

(b) We have in place systems to encourage the reporting of concerns and to protect whistle blowers. 

(c) We encourage anyone, including employees and sub-consultants, to report in good faith any issues or concerns about potential or possible ethics, human rights, legal or regulatory violations, including improper or unethical business practices. 

(d) We expect our supply chain to have suitable anti-slavery and human trafficking policies and processes, in line with the Modern Slavery Act 2015.