Modern Slavery and Human Rights Policy

1.0 Introduction

Modern slavery is an international crime estimated to affect tens of millions of people around the world. This growing global issue transcends age, gender and ethnicities. It includes victims trafficked from overseas and vulnerable people in the UK who are illegally forced to work against their will across many sectors.

The Modern Slavery Act 2015 requires commercial organisations supplying goods and services with a turnover of above £36 million to prepare and publish an annual ‘Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement’. CloudRock Partners does not meet the financial threshold that requires it to publish such a statement. However, as an organisation, we fully support the objectives of the legislation and accordingly we have taken the decision to publish a statement on a voluntary basis.

As one of our core values, Integrity is at the heart of everything that we do at CloudRock Partners, and that’s why we seek to act in accordance with internationally-recognised human rights and standards, including the International Bill of Human Rights, the International Labour Organisation (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work and the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights, making them integral to the way we operate. We work hard to ensure that we are not being complicit in human rights violations and to uphold the human rights of our people and any other individuals that we’re in contact with, either directly or indirectly.

2.0 Policy

Our policy is to assess and address the risks and violations of any human rights, anti-human trafficking and anti-modern slavery laws. We adopt procedures that contribute to ensuring that no violations occur in our business or supply chains, and we expect organisations with whom we do business to adopt and enforce policies to comply with the legislation.

3.0 Compliance

3.1 Managing Risk

Employment: We have robust recruitment processes in line with UK employment laws, including ‘Right to Work’ document checks, background screening, contracts of employment and checks to ensure that everyone employed is aged 16 or above. Our pay and rewards are assessed against market levels determined by independent survey and are reviewed at least annually.

Supply chain: We recognise that our firm is exposed to risk when dealing with suppliers, particularly those based in other territories. 100% of our suppliers from territories outside the UK are professional services businesses like ours, regulated in their home market. We believe that this reduces the risk of slavery existing within our supply chain to an insignificant level.

3.2 Training

This statement on human rights & modern slavery is included within our policies that are available on our website. It is thus available to be viewed by our staff, our clients and our suppliers.

As part of our induction process, our staff are required to familiarise themselves with our policies on ethics and associated procedures, and under their contract of employment to abide by them in the course of their duties.

This statement is made in the light of the requirements of Section 54(1) Modern Slavery Act 2015, although the company is not required by statute to make any such statement. This statement will be subject to periodic review and the Company reserves the right to amend this statement without prior notice.

3.3 Grievance & remediation

Where a human rights violation is identified, we’ll work with all parties involved to seek access to remedy, compensation and justice for the victim. We’ll also investigate the root cause so that we can take appropriate steps to prevent such a violation reoccurring.

Our HR System includes ‘Your Voice’, which is an anonymous reporting tool that helps us foster and scale an inclusive culture built on trust. Using this platform, our staff have a safe space to easily and anonymously report misconduct or voice their thoughts, questions, and concerns. Anyone raising a genuine concern which is in the public interest will be protected from victimisation.