JOHN MENZIES LIMITED modern slavery statement summary (2024)

Organisation address

Lochside House 3 Lochside Way,
Edinburgh Park,
Edinburgh,
Scotland,
Scotland,
EH12 9DT

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?

UK law requires certain organisations to publish an annual modern slavery statement on their website, setting out the steps they are taking to address modern slavery risks in their operations and supply chains. Read more in the government guidance on publishing modern slavery statements.

Link to full 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

JOHN MENZIES LIMITED modern slavery statement for 2024 is a group statement covering 4 organisations. See the full list of organisations covered by this statement

Legal requirement to publish

JOHN MENZIES LIMITED has confirmed it is required to publish a 2024 statement by law.

Statement period and sign-off details

The statement covers the following period:
1 January 2023 to 31 December 2023

The statement was signed off by:
John Geddes (Chief Governance & Sustainability Officer )

It was approved by the board (or equivalent management body) on:
30 June 2024

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
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:

• Transportation, logistics, and storage

Turnover

Its turnover in the financial accounting year of this statement was:

Over £500 million

If the organisation is a public body, this amount is based on the organisation’s budget for the year of the statement.

What does 'turnover' refer to in group statements?

If this is a group statement, this includes the total turnover for all the organisations covered by the statement.

Number of years producing statements

The organisation has been producing modern slavery statements for the following number of years:

More than 5 years

How does this work for group statements?

If the statement is for a group of organisations, this answer applies to the organisation with the longest history of producing statements.

Policies (optional)

We asked the organisation whether its policies include the following provisions in relation to its domestic and international supply chains, as well as its own operations.

Policy provisions we asked about	Organisation’s response
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	Not 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

Training (optional)

We asked the organisation whether it provided training on modern slavery, and who it was for.

What counts as training?

We explained that by ‘training’ we meant anything designed to increase knowledge and skills around identifying, addressing or preventing modern slavery risks. This could range from formal training courses to broader awareness-raising activities such as workshops or webinars.

We asked who the training was for	Organisation’s response
Your whole organisation	Yes
Your front line staff	No
Human resources	No
Executive-level staff	No
Procurement staff	No
Your suppliers	No
The wider community	No
Other	No

Monitoring working conditions (optional)

Engaging with others

We asked the organisation to tell us who it engaged with to help monitor working conditions across its operations and supply chains.

We asked who the organisation engaged with	Organisation’s response
Your suppliers	Yes
Trade unions or worker representative groups	No
Civil society organisations	No
Professional auditors	No
Workers within your organisation	Yes
Workers within your supply chain	No
Central or local government	No
Law enforcement, such as police, GLAA and other local labour market inspectorates	No
Businesses in your industry or sector	No

Social audits

We asked the organisation to tell us about any social audits it used to look for signs of modern slavery.

What are social audits?

A social audit is a review of an organisation’s working practices from the point of view of social responsibility, and should include an evaluation of working conditions in the organisation’s operations and supply chains. By their nature, audits of supplier workplaces represent a snapshot in time.

Social audits we asked about	Organisation’s response
Audit conducted by your staff	Yes
Third party audit arranged by your organisation	No
Audit conducted by your supplier’s staff	No
Third party audit arranged by your supplier	No
Announced audit	No
Unannounced audit	No

Grievance mechanisms

We asked the organisation how workers in its operations or supply chains could raise concerns or make complaints.

We asked if workers could raise concerns this way	Organisation’s response
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

We asked the organisation whether it had any other ways of monitoring working conditions across its operations and supply chains:

Organisation’s response

The organisation did not answer this question.

Modern slavery risks (optional)

Identifying modern slavery risks is a vital step towards eradicating it. The government encourages organisations to be as open and transparent as possible, to improve understanding, collaboration and best practice around tackling this worldwide problem.

We asked the organisation to describe up to 3 priority risks it focused on during the period of the statement, including details of the affected workers, the activity involved, and the location.

Priority risks for this organisation (1 of 3)

Through growth we inherit and engage new suppliers globally. There is a risk we inadvertently work with a new supplier who may not adhere to the same standards we do.

Questions we asked about this risk	Organisation’s response
Where it was most likely to occur	Organisation’s response: Within your supply chains. Tier 1 suppliers Provide their products and services directly to your organisation. Tier 2 suppliers Provide products and services to your organisation via your Tier 1 suppliers.
Who was it most likely to affect	Organisation’s response: Women Migrants Refugees Children
In which country	Organisation’s response: Australia Ivory Coast Chile Colombia United Kingdom India Kuwait Mexico Pakistan United States South Africa
Actions or plans to address this risk	Organisation’s response: Continue to improve our Supplier due diligence and Third Party Risk Management procedures. Communication with all suppliers. Review our audit process for high-risk suppliers. Ensure all suppliers are made aware and receive our updated Third Party Code of Conduct. Ensure all required suppliers complete required levels of due diligence. Review effectiveness of our risk-criteria and engagement levels with suppliers. Identify and implement pro-active remediation guidance for third parties.

Priority risks for this organisation (2 of 3)

As we increase our employee population and engage new labour agencies globally, there remains a heightened risk to unscrupulous recruitment practices, mainly with agency and temporary workers.

Questions we asked about this risk	Organisation’s response
Where it was most likely to occur	Organisation’s response: Within your supply chains. Tier 1 suppliers Provide their products and services directly to your organisation.
Who was it most likely to affect	Organisation’s response: Migrants Refugees
In which country	Organisation’s response: United Kingdom Kuwait Mexico Pakistan United States
Actions or plans to address this risk	Organisation’s response: Our risks apply in every country we operate although not all countries are selected individually above. Further upskilling for employees engaged with labour agencies and direct recruitment. Ensure all required suppliers successfully complete required levels of due diligence. Audits for high-risk third parties, such as labour agencies. Undertake our own spot checks of temporary and agency resource.

Priority risks for this organisation (3 of 3)

Risk of sub-standard or unsafe employee accommodation in Mexico and Kuwait, or restrictions placed on employees living there that may impact human rights or workers wellbeing.

Questions we asked about this risk	Organisation’s response
Where it was most likely to occur	Organisation’s response: Within your own operations.
Who was it most likely to affect	Organisation’s response: Women Migrants Refugees
In which country	Organisation’s response: Kuwait Mexico
Actions or plans to address this risk	Organisation’s response: Our Employee Accommodation policy and our internal checks and audit processes, as well as regular visits from senior leadership gives us confidence that we are meeting the required standards and protecting our employees’ human rights, as well as safety and wellbeing. We are establishing employee forums for workers in employee accommodation. We undertake internal audits and regular safety checks. Our whistleblowing hotline can be used to report complaints or concerns anonymously.

Indicators of forced labour (optional)

We asked the organisation whether its statement refers to finding any International Labour Organization (ILO) indicators of forced labour.

What are ILO indicators of forced labour?

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has produced a list of the most common signs of forced labour. They’re based on the definition of forced labour as ‘all work or service which is extracted from any person under the menace of any penalty and for which the said person has not offered himself voluntarily.’ More details and guidance are available on the ILO website, and in their publication ILO indicators of forced labour

Organisation’s response

The organisation told us its statement does not refer to finding any International Labour Organization (ILO) indicators of forced labour.

Demonstrating progress (optional)

We asked the organisation how its statement demonstrates progress over time in addressing modern slavery risks. They provided the following answer:

We have strengthened our policies over time and have reduced risks, for example, for employee accommodation, through due diligence and training internally. Overall, while we have exposed our organisation to greater risk through operating in more high-risk geographies and by introducing employee accommodation, our actual risk exposure has reduced through the steps we have taken.