Modern Slavery Statement Rev February 2024
This statement is made pursuant to s.54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and sets out the steps that we at The London Window Cleaner (The Company), part of the Hammersmith Works LTD group, have taken and are continuing to take to ensure that modern slavery or human trafficking is not taking place within our business or supply chain.
Modern slavery encompasses slavery, servitude, human trafficking and forced labour. The Company has a zero tolerance approach to any form of modern slavery. We are committed to acting ethically and with integrity and transparency in all business dealings and to putting effective systems and controls in place to safeguard against any form of modern slavery taking place within the business or our supply chain.
Our Business
The London Window Cleaner has been at the forefront of providing innovative and safe access solutions for high level cleaning around the Capital for the last decade. Our staff are drawn from a broad international background, forming a united team of specialist cleaners delivering high quality services.
Areas of Risk
With stringent employment policies and careful background checks on staff, we note that the area of greatest risk is through our supply chain. As such we have a limited range of carefully vetted, mainstream suppliers. We expect all of these companies to have a similar policy in place and an auditable system of works to show their adherence thereto.
Our Policies
We operate a number of internal policies to ensure that we are conducting business in an ethical and transparent manner. These include:
Our suppliers
The Company operates a supplier policy and maintains a preferred supplier list. We conduct due diligence on all suppliers before allowing them to become a preferred supplier. This due diligence includes an online search to ensure that particular organisation has never been convicted of offenses relating to modern slavery. Our anti-slavery policy forms part of our contract with all suppliers and they are required to confirm that no part of their business operations contradicts this policy.
In addition to the above, as part of our contract with suppliers, we require that they confirm to us that:
Training
Whilst our procurement chain is small, we regularly discuss our policy to ensure that all involved in buying understand the signs of modern slavery and what to do if they suspect that it is taking place within our supply chain.
Our performance indicators
We will monitor the effectiveness of this policy and the steps that we are taking to ensure that slavery and/or human trafficking is not taking place within our business or supply chain. We will determine that we have taken sufficient steps provided:
Approval for this statement
This statement was approved by the Board of Directors on April 6th 2016. The policy is reviewed and updated annually.
Christopher Turner
Managing Director
[email protected]
Freephone: 0800 633 5779
HSEQ Documentation: Modern Slavery Policy
Hammersmith Works Ltd, a Registered Company in England and Wales No. 5719189
VAT Registration No. 879 0330 06
Registered address: 107 Bell Street London NW1 6TL
Copyright © 2023 Hammersmith Works Ltd
Hammersmith Works Ltd, a Registered Company in England and Wales No. 5719189
VAT Registration No. 879 0330 06
Office address: Unit 8 Southbrook Mews, London, SE12 8LG
Copyright © 2024 Hammersmith Works Ltd