Our Modern Slavery Statement

Lithe (we) recognise that Modern Slavery is a crime and a violation of fundamental human rights. We are aware that Modern Slavery takes various forms, including Slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour and human trafficking, all of which have in common the deprivation of a person’s liberty by another to exploit them for personal or commercial gain.

Modern Slavery is the term used within the UK and as within the Modern Slavery Act 2015.

The Act categorises offences of Slavery, Servitude and Forced or Compulsory Labour and Human Trafficking (the latter of which comes from the Palermo Protocol). 

We continue to adopt a zero-tolerance to modern Slavery, human trafficking, all forms of servitude and forced and compulsory labour. We fully support the government’s objectives to eradicate all types of Modern Slavery and human trafficking. We continue to set high standards of impartiality, integrity, transparency and objectivity. 

We will ensure that our activities and those of our contractors operate to the highest level of ethical standards operating under sound governance arrangements. 

We require all organisations we engage with to ensure their goods, materials and labour-related supply chains are unambiguous: 

• Fully comply with the Modern Slavery Act 2015; and are 

• Clear, transparent, accountable and auditable; and are 

• Free from ethical ambiguities. 

We call upon all organisations we engage with to influence their global supply chains by improving transparency, accountability, and training so that together we can help the government eradicate the injustice and brutality of Modern Slavery and human trafficking.