Introduction from David Morrow, Managing Director – Unitrunk Group
We are committed to reviewing and improving our practices to combat slavery and human trafficking.
Our Organisation Structure
- Unitrunk is an internationally renowned manufacturer of engineered cable management products and associated support systems. We operate in the Manufacturing and Engineering sector. Our parent company is the Unitrunk Group of Companies and we have our head office in Lisburn, Co. Antrim in N. Ireland. We employ just under 300 employees in total and operate in Ireland, Great Britain, United States and Germany.
Our Business
Our business is organised into 13 business units across the countries indicated above. We have 2 manufacturing facilities and 10 distribution depots, and a sales office in the USA.
Our Supply Chains
Our supply chains include suppliers of steel, engineering consumables, transport and subcontract corrosion protection services i.e. galvanising and pickle and passivation.
Our Policies on Slavery and Human Trafficking
We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of our business. Our Anti-slavery and human trafficking policy and approach reflects our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in our supply chains.
Due Diligence Processes for Slavery and Human Trafficking
As part of our initiative to identify and mitigate risk we have in place systems to:
- Identify and assess potential risk areas in our supply chains.
- Mitigate the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our supply chains.
- Monitor potential risk areas in our supply chains.
- Protect whistle blowers.
Supplier Adherence to Our Values
We have zero tolerance to slavery and human trafficking. To ensure all those in our supply chain and contractors comply with our values we make them aware of our requirements at the outset of them doing business with us.
Training
To ensure a high level of understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains and our business, we have provided training to the relevant members of staff and to new staff on joining at Induction.
Our Effectiveness in Combating Slavery and Human Trafficking
Although we believe that our actions have proven effective to date, we recognise there is no room for complacency and we remain vigilant to potential threats.
Following a review of the effectiveness of the steps we have taken to ensure that there is no slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains we intend to take the following further steps to combat slavery and human trafficking
Highlight our policy and encourage vigilance to all employees annually through our Tool Talk process. This will reach every member of staff and refresh their knowledge.
This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes our Group’s slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending 31st December 2023.
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MANAGING DIRECTOR
Unitrunk Ltd
Date: 25.03.24