Transport for London modern slavery statement summary (2020)
Organisation address
London,
London,
UK,
E20 1JN
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 5 of 6 recommended areas
What is a modern slavery statement?
PDF version of the statement (optional)
PDF statements were first introduced to the registry for the 2023 statement year.
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
Transport for London modern slavery statement for 2020 is a group statement covering 25 organisations. See the full list of organisations covered by this statement
Legal requirement to publish
Transport for London has confirmed it is not required to publish a 2020 statement by law.
Statement period and sign-off details
The statement covers the following period:
1 April 2019 to 31 March 2020
The statement was signed off by:
Howard Carter (General Counsel)
It was approved by the board (or equivalent management body) on:
29 September 2020
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:
- Public sector
- Construction, civil engineering and building products
- Transportation, logistics, and storage
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 | Not included |
Freedom of association | Included |
Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation | Included |
Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees | Not 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 | Not 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 | No |
Human resources | No |
Executive-level staff | No |
Procurement staff | Yes |
Your suppliers | No |
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 | No |
Civil society organisations | Yes |
Professional auditors | Yes |
Workers within your organisation | No |
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
What are social audits?
Social audits we asked about | Organisation’s response |
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Audit conducted by your staff | No |
Third party audit arranged by your organisation | No |
Audit conducted by your supplier’s staff | No |
Third party audit arranged by your supplier | Yes |
Announced audit | Yes |
Unannounced audit | No |
Grievance mechanisms
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 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: Requirements for construction materials in the Surface Transport Infrastructure Contract and Telecommunications Project to comply with Building Research Establishment's Responsible Sourcing Standard BES6001. Modern slavery referenced in our Responsible Procurement checklist so procurement managers can identify relevant risk. Training workshops held with the Supply Chain Sustainability School for key staff and general e-training which included Modern Slavery required for all procurement staff. |
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: Electronics Watch terms and conditions are our standard approach to electronics hardware contracts, requiring transparency from suppliers and sharing intelligence with EW. We have embedded this in a number of contracts including Bus Radios, Oyster cards and ICT hardware. The supplier of 950 electric batteries for Routemaster buses has committed to working with us to understand and address the risk of human rights abuses related to the sourcing of conflict minerals, cobalt and lithium. |
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: Suppliers of uniforms and workwear are required to undertake social accountability audits against the 9 principles of the Ethical Trading Initiative Base Code. We use Sedex to view and manage non-conformances. Recognising the limitations of audits, our uniform supplier is also required to undertake capacity building with their suppliers, educating factory workers on their labour rights including local health and safety laws, discrimination policies and rights to representation. |
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 | No |
Deception | No |
Restriction of movement | Yes |
Isolation | No |
Physical and sexual violence | No |
Intimidation and threats | No |
Retention of identity documents | Yes |
Withholding of wages | Yes |
Debt bondage | No |
Abusive working and living conditions | No |
Excessive overtime | Yes |
Other |
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