ASTRAZENECA PLC modern slavery statement summary (2022)
Organisation address
Cambridge Biomedical Campus,
Cambridge,
United Kingdom,
CB2 0AA
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
ASTRAZENECA PLC modern slavery statement for 2022 is a group statement covering 4 organisations. See the full list of organisations covered by this statement
Legal requirement to publish
ASTRAZENECA PLC has confirmed it is required to publish a 2022 statement by law.
Statement period and sign-off details
The statement covers the following period:
1 January 2021 to 31 December 2021
The statement was signed off by:
Pascal Soriot (CEO)
It was approved by the board (or equivalent management body) on:
6 March 2022
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:
- Healthcare and pharmaceuticals
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 |
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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 | Yes |
Your front line staff | No |
Human resources | No |
Executive-level staff | No |
Procurement staff | No |
Your suppliers | Yes |
The wider community | No |
Other |
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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 | Yes |
Workers within your supply chain | Yes |
Central or local government | No |
Law enforcement, such as police, GLAA and other local labour market inspectorates | No |
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 | No |
Audit conducted by your supplier’s staff | No |
Third party audit arranged by your supplier | No |
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 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: NO DETAILS PROVIDED |
Actions or plans to address this risk | Organisation’s response: Throughout 2021 we carried out 3 onsite audits with suppliers on the construction site including announced virtual interviews and unannounced in person audits on site. |
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: We work closely with third parties to raise awareness of modern slavery, conduct training sessions with employees and third parties to raise awareness of what to look for and have a whistle-blowing hotline in operation. We have also started working with organisations like Ecovadis to assess third parties and benchmark what they are doing in areas such as modern slavery and how they can improve going forward. |
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: NO DETAILS PROVIDED |
Actions or plans to address this risk | Organisation’s response: We aim to have sustainability action plans in place for our major raw material and packaging supply chains known as our Raw Materials Responsible Sourcing Framework. We use existing certification schemes from reputable NGOs and engage in stakeholder dialogue where necessary to ensure that our purchases come from well managed and responsible sources based on supply chain transparency and credible verification. |