Anti-slavery policy

Modern slavery is a criminal offence under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (the “Act”). Modern slavery can occur in various forms, including servitude, forced or compulsory labour and human trafficking, all of which have in common the deprivation of a person’s liberty by another in order to exploit them for personal or commercial gain. Raw Charging have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery and we are committed to implementing systems and controls to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our business or those of our suppliers.

MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE POLICY:

The board of directors has overall responsibility for ensuring this policy complies with our legal and ethical obligations. The HR Department has primary and day-to-day responsibility for implementing this policy, monitoring its use and effectiveness, dealing with any queries about it, and auditing internal control systems and procedures to ensure they are effective in countering modern slavery. Management at all levels are responsible for ensuring those reporting to them understand and comply with this policy and are given adequate and regular training on it and the issue of modern slavery in supply chains.

EMPLOYEE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• All employees must read, understand and comply with this policy.

• All employees have a responsibility under this policy to avoid and report any activity that might lead to, or suggest a breach of this policy.

• All employees are encouraged to raise concerns regarding any issue or suspicion of modern slavery in any parts of the business or supply chains at the earliest possible stage.

• If any employee suspects a breach of this policy has occurred or may occur they must notify your line manager or HR who will address the suspicions with the concerned parties.

• If you are unsure, but concerned as to whether a particular act, treatment of workers of working conditions within any tier of the supply chain constitutes any of the forms of modern slavery please raise your concerns with your line manager.

Raw Charging commits to support any employee who raises a genuine concern regarding modern slavery under this policy. We are committed to ensuring no one suffers any detrimental treatment as a result of reporting in good faith their suspicion that modern slavery of whatever form is or may be taking place in any part of our own business or in any of our supply chains. Detrimental treatment includes dismissal, disciplinary action, threats or other unfavourable treatment connected with raising a concern. If you believe that you have suffered any such treatment, you should inform HR immediately. If the matter is not remedied, and you are an employee, you should raise it formally using our Grievance Procedure

Any employee who breaches this policy will face disciplinary action, which could result in dismissal for misconduct or gross misconduct.