Modern slavery act

This statement is made pursuant to section 54(1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes our slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending 31 March 2024. The statement applies to SSP Topco Limited and all its subsidiaries in the United Kingdom, and has been approved by the directors.

Modern slavery is a crime and a violation of fundamental human rights. It takes various forms, such as slavery, servitude, forced and compulsory labour and human trafficking, all of which have in common the deprivation of a person’s liberty by another in order to exploit them for personal or commercial gain. SSP have a zero tolerance approach to modern slavery and are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business dealings and relationships and to continuing to implement, monitor and enforce effective systems and controls to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our own business or in any of our supply chains. We are committed to improving our practices to combat slavery and human trafficking.

Commitments

SSP is committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of our business. This policy reflects our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships and we continue to implement, monitor and enforce effective systems and controls to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in our supply chains.

Due diligence processes

• As part of our initiative to identify and mitigate risk we have systems in place to:
• Identify and assess potential risk areas in our supply chains
• Mitigate the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our supply chains
• Monitor potential risk areas in our supply chains
• Protect whistle blowers

Supplier adherence to our values

We have zero tolerance to slavery and human trafficking. To ensure all those in our supply chain and contractors comply with our values we have in place a supply chain compliance programme, including binding contractual terms with suppliers.

Training

To ensure a high level of understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains and our business, SSP provides training to our employees.

Our effectiveness in combating slavery and human trafficking
SSP’s compliance function conducts reviews to bring insights on ways we can tackle slavery and human trafficking.