Gordon Ramsay Restaurants Gordon Ramsay Restaurants The Gordon Ramsay Restaurant Group (‘GRR”) is committed to ensuring that its company policies and working practices help to combat the global issues of slavery and human-trafficking.
In the past year, we have worked with our suppliers to ensure their compliance with our company policies and requisite standards. We have focused on transparency in our supply chains.
This statement is published in accordance with the Modern Slavery Act 2015. It outlines the approach which we take to prevent slavery and/or human-trafficking in our business and supply chains.
GRR is an operator and licensor of restaurants in the United Kingdom, with its head office at 539-547 Wandsworth Road, London, SW8 3DJ. As at [DATE] we employed over [no] of people, and have a annual turnover of [£ ].
GRR’s supply chain includes food, drink and non consumable suppliers. We source products from small independent suppliers as well as from large international suppliers, both varying considerably in terms of size and our spend with them.
New suppliers are subject to a stringent approvals process. Before working with us, our suppliers agree to adhere to our terms of trade.
Many of our suppliers hold international quality standards and accreditations.
Our terms of trade include conditions on:
We also have in place systems to:
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 (‘modern slavery’), 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. We have a zero-tolerance approach to modern slavery. We are committed to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business dealings and relationships and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls, including assessing supplier’s relevant certifications, to ensure modern slavery is not taking place anywhere in our own business or in any of our supply chains.
We are also committed to ensuring there is transparency in our own business and in our approach to tackling modern slavery throughout our supply chains, consistent with our disclosure obligations under the Modern Slavery Act 2015. We have appropriate policies in place that underpin our commitment to ensure that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of our business. We continuously review and update all our policies.
This policy applies to all persons working for us or on our behalf in any capacity, including employees at all levels, directors, officers, agency workers, seconded workers, volunteers, interns, agents, contractors, external consultants, third-party representatives, and business partners.
The board of directors has overall responsibility for ensuring this policy complies with our legal and ethical obligations, and that all those under our control comply with it.
The Purchasing Director has primary and day-to-day responsibility for implementing this policy, monitoring its use and effectiveness, and auditing internal control systems and procedures to ensure they are effective in countering modern slavery.
Management at all levels are responsible for ensuring those reporting to them understand and comply with this policy and are given adequate and regular training on it and the issue of modern slavery in supply chains.
You must ensure that you read, understand, and comply with this policy.
The prevention, detection, and reporting of modern slavery in any part of our business or supply chains is the responsibility of all those working for us or under our control. You are required to avoid any activity that might lead to, or suggest, a breach of this policy.
You must notify the Chief Financial Officer or People Director as soon as possible if you believe or suspect that a conflict with this policy or a breach of this policy has occurred, or may occur, in the future.
You are encouraged to raise concerns about any issue or suspicion of modern slavery in any parts of our business or supply chains of any supplier tier at the earliest possible stage.
If you are unsure about whether a particular act, the treatment of workers more generally, or their working conditions within any tier of our supply chains constitutes any of the various forms of modern slavery, raise it with the Chief Financial Officer or People Director.
We aim to encourage openness and will support anyone who raises genuine concerns in good faith under this policy, even if they turn out to be mistaken. We are committed to ensuring no one suffers any detrimental treatment as a result of reporting in good faith their suspicion that modern slavery of whatever form is or may be taking place in any part of our own business or in any of our supply chains. Detrimental treatment includes dismissal, disciplinary action, threats, or other unfavourable treatment connected with raising a concern. If you believe that you have suffered any such treatment, you should inform the Chief Financial Officer or People Director immediately. If the matter is not remedied, and you are an employee, you should raise it formally using our Grievance Procedure.
To ensure a high level of understanding of the risks of modern slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains and our business, we provide training to our staff.
This statement is made pursuant to Section 54 (1) of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and constitutes GRR’s slavery and human trafficking statement for the financial year ending 31 August 2024.
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