Modern slavery statement for 2024
This statement is made pursuant to s.54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and sets out the steps that CloudCoCo Plc (“CloudCoCo”) has taken and is 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. CloudCoCo 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.
CloudCoCo is an independent telecommunications provider. The company offers a complete unified communications portfolio, including fixed line calls, line rental, mobile, data connectivity, hardware, managed services, Wi-Fi, hosted and IP telephony and information technology (IT) services. CloudCoCo’s segments are fixed line services (being calls and line rental services) and managed services (which are data connectivity, hardware services, IP telephony, support and maintenance services). The company is engaged in the provision of voice and data communication services to both domestic and business customers.
CloudCoCo provides unified communications solutions to commercial and public sector customers across the United Kingdom, and offers technical and commercial options for on-site and cloud-based telephony.
We have carefully considered all aspects of our supply chain, and given that they are UK-based, committed to paying at least the national minimum wage (or living wage), we do not consider that we currently have any high-risk areas. We shall continue to monitor the supply chain and all aspects of our business for any potential high-risk areas and take appropriate steps to ensure that the supply chain ethics as set out in this statement are not compromised.
We operate a number of internal policies to ensure that we are conducting business in an ethical and transparent manner. These include:
CloudCoCo 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 offences relating to modern slavery.
In addition to the above, we require that suppliers confirm to us that:
Training
We regularly conduct training for our procurement/buying teams so that they understand the signs of modern slavery and what to do if they suspect that it is taking place within our supply chain.
This statement was approved by the Board of Directors on 31st March 2024 and was approved by Darron Giddens, CFO.