{"id":8475,"date":"2019-05-07T15:08:34","date_gmt":"2019-05-07T14:08:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.octagon.co.uk\/?page_id=8475"},"modified":"2020-06-30T16:57:29","modified_gmt":"2020-06-30T15:57:29","slug":"modern-slavery-human-trafficing-statement","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.octagon.co.uk\/modern-slavery-human-trafficing-statement\/","title":{"rendered":"Modern Slavery & Human Trafficing Statement"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Introduction<\/h3>\n

This statement is made on behalf of the Octagon Group pursuant to Section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and comprises our Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement.<\/p>\n

We adopt a zero tolerance to modern slavery, forced labour and human trafficking and fully support the Governments objectives to eradicate modern slavery.<\/p>\n

Our business<\/h3>\n

The Octagon Group operates from our Head Office at Weir House, East Molesey, Surrey building homes in and around London and the Home Counties. We are committed to acting ethically and with integrity and transparency in all business dealings, and to put effective systems and controls in place to safeguard against any form of modern slavery taking place within our business and in our supply chains.<\/p>\n

Our supply chains<\/h3>\n

Our supply chains include: –<\/p>\n

Professional consultants, sub-contractors and material suppliers, together with outplacement of other administrative tasks where external expertise is required.<\/p>\n

Our policies on slavery and human trafficking<\/h3>\n

We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in any part of our business. Our Anti-Slavery Policy reflects our commitment to acting ethically in all our business relationships and to implementing and enforcing systems and controls to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in our business or in our supply chains.<\/p>\n

We have in place systems across our business, our trading partners and our supply chains to: –<\/p>\n