Last updated: August 2025
At Loop, we are committed to ensuring that all our team members, partners, and suppliers understand the nature and extent of modern slavery. This policy aims to raise awareness among everyone involved with Loop about recognizing the signs of modern slavery and empowers them to confidently report any suspicions through the appropriate channels, helping us uphold our shared ethical responsibilities.
Purpose of this Policy
Table of Contents
Definition of Modern Slavery
Understanding Modern Slavery: Scope, Causes and Impact
Scope and forms of modern slavery
Causes
Impact
Our Commitment
Our Actions
Partnerships and Supplier Commitments
Reporting Concerns and Suspicions
Continuous Improvement
Appendix 1 - Additional Learning Resources
Appendix 2: Supply Chain Risk Assessment Factors
We define modern slavery as the exploitation of an individual by others for personal or commercial gain. This exploitation may involve deception, coercion, threats, force, or abuse of power, resulting in the loss of personal freedom. Modern slavery includes, but is not limited to, human trafficking, forced labour, and debt bondage.
Modern slavery is a global issue affecting millions of people across all regions. Victims may be found in both developing and developed countries, often hidden in complex supply chains or informal work settings.
Modern slavery has been found in many industries, including garment manufacturing, mining, and agriculture, and in many contexts, from private homes to settlements for internally displaced people and refugees. Modern slavery impacts on all of us, from the food we consume to the goods we purchase. Many products on our local shop shelves might have been made by people in forced labour, but the complex supply chains that businesses have created might make it harder for business to spot exploitation and abuses in their supply chains. In many cases they even hide behind this complexity to evade responsibility.
According to the latest Global Estimates of Modern Slavery (2022) from Walk Free, the International Labour Organization and the International Organization for Migration:
Modern slavery takes many forms. Some traditional forms of slavery continue to exist in their original forms today, while others have evolved into new and different manifestations. The most common are:
People may end up trapped in slavery because they are vulnerable to being tricked, trapped and exploited, often as a result of poverty and exclusion and because laws do not properly protect them. Modern forms of slavery are fuelled by intersecting forms of oppression and inequalities. They often result from intersecting factors, such as race, ethnicity, caste, social and economic status, age, disability, nationality, sexual orientation, gender identity and migration status.
People can be particularly vulnerable to modern slavery when external circumstances push them into taking risky decisions in search of opportunities to provide for their families, or when people find they are simply pushed into jobs in exploitative conditions. Anyone could be pressed into forced labour, but people in vulnerable situations such as after a humanitarian disaster or being in debt are most at risk. Where do we find slavery?
Modern slavery severely undermines human rights, dignity, and social justice, leaving survivors with physical and psychological trauma, economic deprivation, and social marginalization. Survivors of modern slavery might face violence or threats, be forced into inescapable debt or have their passports taken away or be threatened with deportation.
Survivors often experience challenges in accessing law enforcement or justice due to fear of retaliation, lack of trust in authorities, language barriers, stigma, discrimination, limited knowledge of their rights, or the absence of accessible and survivor-centred reporting mechanisms.
We believe in securing freedom for everyone, everywhere, always.
Our commitment starts with protecting and respecting human rights and taking action to prevent slavery and human trafficking in all their forms. We are committed to act ethically and with integrity in all our relationships and use all reasonable endeavours to take action within our direct operations and wider sphere of influence to ensure that slavery and human trafficking are not taking place.
We recognise there are risks of modern slavery in the supply chains for all types of goods and services, often hidden within seemingly legitimate industries. By its very nature, modern slavery is difficult to detect but we remain vigilant.
We are committed to upholding the principles of the United Nations Guiding Principles on Business and Human Rights and the International Labour Organization's (ILO) Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.
Our commitment to eradicating modern slavery and human trafficking extends to requiring the same dedication from our partners and suppliers. We continue to work closely with them to ensure that modern slavery is not present in their operations or programming.
We expect all team members, partners, and suppliers to sign and adhere to our Codes of Conduct, which specifically reference our Anti-Slavery Policy. This policy is embedded as a mandatory requirement in our standard partnership agreement, which also includes clauses confirming awareness of and commitment to preventing modern slavery.
For any suspicions related to Loop, its partners or suppliers, please report directly to one of the following channel:
For reports related to modern slavery concerns involving other organizations, entities, or for support to survivors, we welcome and encourage submissions via our feedback platform, where these will be treated as sensitive feedback and managed appropriately in line with our safeguarding procedures: referring the concern to an appropriate service that can help, and, where possible, following up to ensure that the service can assist.
We commit to taking prompt and effective action to investigate and address any incidents or allegations of slavery or human trafficking within our operations or supply chains. Upon identifying a suspected violation, we will conduct thorough investigations to gather all relevant information and assess the severity and circumstances surrounding the alleged breach.
Depending on the nature and extent of the violation, appropriate remedial actions will be taken, which may include, but are not limited to:
In the event of a suspected violation of this policy, we aim to exhaust all possible remedial actions before considering termination of employment or termination of the supplier relationship. Termination will only be considered as a last resort, and we are committed to exploring alternative measures to address and rectify any identified issues.
We believe that a comprehensive and proactive approach, rooted in education, collaboration, and remediation, is vital in combating modern slavery and human trafficking. However, we reiterate that in cases where these measures prove ineffective or if there is a deliberate and willful disregard for this policy, responsible disengagement may be deemed necessary as a means of upholding our commitment to eradicating these practices.
We recognise that eradicating slavery and human trafficking is a complex and evolving process. We will continue to review and improve our policies and practices to ensure that we are doing everything we can to prevent slavery and human trafficking in our operations and supply chains.
This section contains some additional resources for team members and partners to learn more about modern slavery, where we can find it and how it still exists today.
Title of Video
Length in Minutes
The most affected countries07:05
Modern Day Slavery – Supply Chains02:33
Tackling Modern Slavery (UK/Europe Context) 08:49
Individual Experience of Labour Trafficking (In the US) 10:49
Slavery - A Global Investigation1 hour 17mins
Additional Resources
http://www.endslaverynow.org/learn/books-films
When considering using a new supplier or partner, we should consider the risk of modern slavery within the supply chain. This is a list of things to consider when assessing the risk of a certain supplier or partner: