Modern Slavery Statement

Modern slavery and human trafficking are both unacceptable to us.

Slavery, servitude, human trafficking, and forced labour are all types of modern slavery.

Modern slavery and human trafficking are both unacceptable to us.

In order to prevent any kind of modern slavery from occurring within the company or our supplier chains, Distinguished.World Ltd is committed to conducting all business interactions ethically, with integrity, and in a transparent manner. The company has also put in place effective procedures and controls to do this.

We will not tolerate any kind of discrimination, harassment, or bullying, and we expect all of our supervisors to put these principles into practise. This includes agency workers who are employees as well.

Our policies on slavery and human trafficking

This statement sets out the steps that Distinguished has taken and is continuing to take to ensure that modern slavery or human trafficking is not taking place within our business or supply chain.

We have several internal policies to ensure that we are conducting business ethically and transparently. These include:

• Whistleblowing Policy, which encourages personnel to report any wrongdoing, including human rights breaches like modern slavery, is primarily aimed at our employees but is also available to individuals working in our supply chains. We will closely collaborate with social care and health professionals to ensure that our policies and processes align with local practises and best practises. All reports will be thoroughly reviewed, and any necessary corrective measures will be done.

• a stringent hiring procedure that includes vetting each employee's eligibility to work in the UK.

We continue the following practises while making progress toward our goal of preventing modern slavery and human trafficking each year:

• All new workers must submit original documentation (such as a passport) before beginning their employment with us in order to confirm their eligibility to work in the UK.
• Review of strategies and policies to make sure they adhere to best practises in the fight against slavery and human trafficking.
• a requirement that all employees abide by the Code of Conduct, which contains guidelines for workplace conduct as well as equality and diversity.

In line with its commitment to ethics, social responsibility, and the environment, Distinguished carries out its corporate plan. We fully recognise that it is our duty to uphold the human rights outlined in the International Bill of Human Rights. All of our rules concerning the rights and liberties of every person who works for us, whether directly as an employee, through an agency, or indirectly through our supply chain, are informed by the IBHR. Additionally, we are dedicated to applying the UN's Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights across the board. Our national expectations for behaviour in every workplace are based on respect for each individual's dignity and the significance of their human rights.

Our Supply Chain - mitigating risks

1. We aim to conduct due diligence on all suppliers before allowing them to become a preferred supplier. We will include an online search to ensure that particular organisations have never been convicted of offences relating to modern slavery and include our modern slavery policy as part of our contract with all suppliers. Suppliers will be required to confirm that no part of their business operations contradicts this policy. As part of our contract with suppliers, they will confirm to us that:
2. They have taken steps to eradicate modern slavery within their business.
3. They hold their suppliers to account over modern slavery.
4. For UK based suppliers, they pay their employees at least the national minimum wage/national living wage (as appropriate) and to ensure that within their supply chains, where UK based suppliers have overseas supply chains, that their employees' pay is consistent with their national minimum wage requirements, working conditions are safe and fair, there is no child labour and working hours are not excessive.
5. We may terminate the contract at any time should any instances of modern slavery come to light.

Risk Evaluations

Our supply chains also cover the acquisition of personnel, consumables, facility upkeep, utilities, and waste management. We will perform a risk assessment, make sure that additional measures are taken to support the abolition of modern slavery, that staff members are trained to identify it, and that the proper safeguarding reporting procedures are followed in the event that there are concerns about our supply chains, clients, or suppliers.

Performance Measures

If the following conditions are met, we will know that the measures we are doing to prevent slavery in our business or supply chain are effective:

• There have been no reports of modern slavery activities from the public, employees, law enforcement, local safeguarding teams, or the general public.

Direct Interaction

The Company invites the general public and non-company employees to write to it in confidence if they have any questions or concerns about the possibility of modern slavery in any of our commercial operations.

Safeguards

We want to promote openness and will assist anyone who, in accordance with our policy, expresses sincere concerns in good faith, even if such worries turn out to be unfounded. We are dedicated to preventing any negative treatment for anyone who reports in good faith their suspicions that modern slavery in any form is or may be occurring in any aspect of our business. Dismissal, reprimands, threats, or other unfavourable treatment because of voicing a concern is considered detrimental treatment. Distinguished will accept and consider serious complaints sent in secret. However, maintaining anonymity makes investigations and validation more challenging and may reduce the process' effectiveness.

Evaluation of success in stopping modern slavery

We are aware that the risk of modern slavery is not constant, thus we will keep trying to reduce it. We will use our internal auditing procedures to evaluate the risk.

Ownership of this Statement

The Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking statement of Distinguished for the fiscal year ending 2023 is made in accordance with Section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

The Managing Director is in charge of preventing modern slavery and making sure that this policy and how it is put into practise complies with our moral and legal commitments. It is the duty of managers at all levels to ensure that those under their supervision are aware of this policy, comply with it, and receive proper and ongoing training on it and the subject of modern slavery.

The Managing Director of Distinguished has given his approval to this statement.

Updated January 2023