Introduction
Modern slavery in all its forms of slavery and servitude, forced or compulsory labour and human trafficking is a heinous crime and will not be tolerated within our services or supply chain. We will take appropriate steps to ensure everyone who works for This is Creative Enterprise has their fundamental human rights respected and anyone we do business with upholds these principles.

This is Creative Enterprise's Commitment

This is Creative Enterprise is committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in its supply chain or any part of its business.

This is Creative Enterprise is committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all its business relationships and to taking reasonable steps to ensure slavery and human trafficking are not taking place in any business or organisation that has any sort of a business relationship with our organisation.

Due Diligence Processes for Slavery and Human Trafficking

This is Creative Enterprise has a zero-tolerance policy towards slavery and human trafficking. This is Creative Enterprise expects all organisations in its supply chain and any contractors to comply with its values.

As part of its initiative to identify and mitigate risk, This is Creative Enterprise has in place systems to encourage the reporting of concerns and ensure the protection of whistle-blowers.

This is Creative Enterprise requires that all supply chain providers have suitable anti-slavery and human trafficking policies and processes.

Awareness and training

The 'This is Creative Enterprise' management team is responsible for compliance, for its respective sub-contracted services and supplier relationships and have been trained accordingly.

All employees and sub-contracted team members receive an induction into the organisation where its policies, procedures and expectations are outlined and reviewed on an annual basis.

This is Creative Enterprise' Effectiveness in Combatting Slavery and Human Trafficking

This is Creative Enterprise uses the following key performance indicators to measure how effective it has been in ensuring that slavery and human trafficking is not taking place in any part of its business or supply chain:
•Use of labour monitoring
    o Right to work documentation and payroll audits
• TICE maintains a level of communication and personal contact with the next link in its supply chain to ensure the understanding of and compliance with its expectations.
• TICE regularly reviews supply chain policies, codes of conduct and our working practices to show commitment.

We also have a number of associated policies including a Safeguarding & Child protection policy and Equality & Diversity policy and procedures, as part of our equality duty which includes the elimination of unlawful discrimination.

TICE is also committed to the continual assessment of recruitment procedures and practices in order to comply with current employment legislation, and recruit staff according to best practice.

OUR BUSINESS

We want to be a truly responsible organisation and to deliver our services successfully, our values – open, ingenious, collaborative and effective – and associated behaviours must guide all our decisions and actions, each and every day.

We are a people-focused organisation who has a deep understanding of our markets and needs. We operate in the UK, Europe, Asia and the US, and create value and better outcomes for all our stakeholders in how we design, implement and operate essential services; develop and creative, design and digital projects, and support the people and communities we serve.

THIS MODERN SLAVERY STATEMENT COVERS THE ACTIVITIES OF ALL BUSINESSES IN ALL JURISDICTIONS WITHIN THIS IS CREATIVE ENTERPRISE (TICE) FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR ENDED 31 AUGUST 2020, REQUIRED UNDER THE PROVISIONS OF THE MODERN SLAVERY ACT 2015 (THE “ACT”).

This Statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and has been approved and published by the This is Creative Enterprise CIC Board and will be reviewed annually.

Jennifer Barrett.
Managing Director - This is Creative Enterprise CIC.

(UPDATED October 2020)