WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS LIMITED modern slavery statement summary (2023)
Organisation address
Gain Lane,
Bradford,
West Yorkshire,
BD3 7DL
We asked the organisation a series of questions about its modern slavery statement. Its answers are published on this page as a statement summary.
This statement provides information for all 6 recommended areas
What is a modern slavery statement?
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About this statement summary
All answers relate to the financial year covered by the statement. The organisation is responsible for all the information it provided. Some of our questions are optional, so organisations may not have answered all of them. The statement summary does not replace the full modern slavery statement – below we provide a link to the full statement on the organisation’s website.
Contents
- Organisations covered by the statement
- Legal requirement to publish
- Statement period and sign-off details
- Recommended areas covered by the statement
- The organisation’s sectors and turnover
- Number of years producing statements
- Policies
- Training
- Monitoring working conditions
- Modern slavery risks
- Finding indicators of modern slavery
- Demonstrating progress
Organisations covered by the statement
WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS LIMITED modern slavery statement for 2023 is a group statement covering 12 organisations. See the full list of organisations covered by this statement
Legal requirement to publish
WM MORRISON SUPERMARKETS LIMITED has confirmed it is required to publish a 2023 statement by law.
Statement period and sign-off details
The statement covers the following period:
1 November 2021 to 31 October 2022
The statement was signed off by:
Davis Potts (Chief Executive)
It was approved by the board (or equivalent management body) on:
26 May 2023
Recommended areas covered by the statement
Government guidance encourages organisations to cover a range of areas in their modern slavery statements, setting out the steps they’re taking to address modern slavery risks in their operations and supply chains. Read about the recommended areas in the statutory guidance.
We asked the organisation to tell us which areas its statement covers.
Areas recommended by government guidance | Organisation’s response |
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The organisation’s structure, business and supply chains | Covered |
Policies | Covered |
Risk assessment | Covered |
Due diligence (steps to address risk) | Covered |
Training about modern slavery | Covered |
Goals and key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of the organisation's actions and progress over time | Covered |
The organisation’s sectors and turnover
Sectors
The organisation operates in the following sectors:
- Durable consumer goods, including electronics and appliances, home furnishings and other accessories
- Fashion, textiles, apparel and luxury goods
- Food and beverages, agriculture and fishing
Turnover
Its turnover in the financial accounting year of this statement was:
Over £500 million
What does 'turnover' refer to in group statements?
Number of years producing statements
How does this work for group statements?
Policies (optional)
Policy provisions we asked about | Organisation’s response |
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Freedom of workers to terminate employment | Included |
Freedom of movement | Included |
Freedom of association | Included |
Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation | Included |
Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees | Included |
Prohibits compulsory overtime | Included |
Prohibits child labour | Included |
Prohibits discrimination | Included |
Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents | Included |
Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery | Included |
Other |
Not included
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Training (optional)
What counts as training?
We asked who the training was for | Organisation’s response |
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Your whole organisation | No |
Your front line staff | Yes |
Human resources | Yes |
Executive-level staff | Yes |
Procurement staff | Yes |
Your suppliers | Yes |
The wider community | No |
Other |
No
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Monitoring working conditions (optional)
Engaging with others
We asked who the organisation engaged with | Organisation’s response |
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Your suppliers | Yes |
Trade unions or worker representative groups | Yes |
Civil society organisations | Yes |
Professional auditors | Yes |
Workers within your organisation | Yes |
Workers within your supply chain | Yes |
Central or local government | Yes |
Law enforcement, such as police, GLAA and other local labour market inspectorates | Yes |
Businesses in your industry or sector | Yes |
Social audits
What are social audits?
Social audits we asked about | Organisation’s response |
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Audit conducted by your staff | Yes |
Third party audit arranged by your organisation | Yes |
Audit conducted by your supplier’s staff | Yes |
Third party audit arranged by your supplier | Yes |
Announced audit | Yes |
Unannounced audit | Yes |
Grievance mechanisms
We asked if workers could raise concerns this way | Organisation’s response |
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Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app | Yes |
Through trade unions or other worker representative groups | Yes |
Other ways of monitoring working conditions
Modern slavery risks (optional)
Priority risks for this organisation (1 of 3)
Questions we asked about this risk | Organisation’s response |
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Where it was most likely to occur | Organisation’s response: Within your own operations. |
Who was it most likely to affect |
Organisation’s response:
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In which country | Organisation’s response: United Kingdom |
Actions or plans to address this risk | Organisation’s response: Maintain Modern Slavery Steering Group to review incidents, assess emerging risk and drive improvement. Audits on key labour providers. Internal incident management and remediation process. Supported creation of UK Seasonal Worker Taskforce. Provided training and resources for growers. Quarterly worker welfare questionnaires Anonymous whistleblower hotline Bespoke e-learning & induction training plus live scenario training workshops delivered across manufacturing and logistics sites |
Priority risks for this organisation (2 of 3)
Questions we asked about this risk | Organisation’s response |
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Where it was most likely to occur |
Organisation’s response:
Within your supply chains.
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Who was it most likely to affect |
Organisation’s response:
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In which country |
Organisation’s response:
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Actions or plans to address this risk | Organisation’s response: Work with ETI Italian Agriculture group to assess and mitigate migrant worker risk. Supporting project to develop grievance mech for growers in Italy & Spain. Work with the Spain Ethical Forum to support the development of resources for growers. Maintain oversight through Technical team visits. Require Sedex membership & SAQ required for all growers. Third party audits of growers & processors required in high risk countries. |
Priority risks for this organisation (3 of 3)
Questions we asked about this risk | Organisation’s response |
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Where it was most likely to occur |
Organisation’s response:
Within your supply chains.
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Who was it most likely to affect |
Organisation’s response:
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In which country |
Organisation’s response:
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Actions or plans to address this risk | Organisation’s response: Third party audit at all tier one sites. Mapped component and tier 2 suppliers. Commissioned Centre for Child Rights & Business to deliver training for suppliers. Commissioned TRN to conduct worker-focused, dialogue based visits to our China and India factory base - highlight issues not normally picked up by audit. All cotton sourced from China must be BCI certified. Restrictions on sourcing from countries and regions at extreme risk of human rights issues and/or where audits cannot be conducted |
Indicators of forced labour (optional)
What are ILO indicators of forced labour?
ILO indicators we asked about | Organisation’s response |
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Abuse of vulnerability | Yes |
Deception | Yes |
Restriction of movement | No |
Isolation | No |
Physical and sexual violence | No |
Intimidation and threats | No |
Retention of identity documents | No |
Withholding of wages | Yes |
Debt bondage | No |
Abusive working and living conditions | No |
Excessive overtime | No |
Other |
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Actions taken in response to finding ILO indicators
Actions we asked about | Organisation’s response |
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Financial remediation, including repayment of recruitment fees | No |
Change in policy | No |
Change in training | No |
Referring potential victims to government services | No |
Supporting victims via NGO | No |
Supporting investigations by relevant authorities | Yes |
Other |
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