According to the Modern Slavery Act 2015, commercial organizations that carry out all or part of their business in the United Kingdom are required to publish a transparency statement informing consumers about the efforts to eradicate slavery and human trafficking.

We, Chamber Nine UK Limited. (“Chamber Nine,” “we,” or “us”), are a part of the industry that can educate consumers on how to purchase goods produced by companies that responsibly manage their supply chains. Chamber Nine is committed to ensuring ethical and fair-labour practices within our own operations and we seek and expect from our suppliers to do the same.

The structure of our organization, business, and supply chains

Chamber Nine contracts a wide variety of various suppliers located in the UK, The Eu, Asia and other countries and regions to provide us with the materials for our production.

Chamber Nine policies in relation to slavery and human trafficking

When we partner with suppliers, we will ask them to sign an Anti-slavery or Forced labour certificate acknowledging that the supplier as well as its subcontractors will comply with all applicable laws that prohibit slavery and human trafficking. Chamber Nine has also drafted a Supplier Code of Conduct that intends to set forth our standards and expectations with respect to key areas of corporate responsibility, including a requirement for our suppliers not to support forced labour and not to collaborate with organizations that use illegal employment practices.

Due diligence processes

Although Chamber Nine does not currently provide specialized training on slavery and human trafficking to its staff working with supply chains, we require that all employees engaged in the sourcing process comply with our policies which prohibit slavery and human trafficking within our supply chain. Within our own internal operations, a part of our initiative to mitigate the risks for slavery and human trafficking is the implementation of internal policies which include Whistleblower, Anti-bribery, and Health and Safety policies.

Future plans

Currently, Chamber Nine does not conduct independent audits or unannounced inspections to our direct suppliers. Nonetheless, we plan to establish such protocols to be implemented in the future.

 

Lucas Knight

Managing Director