Assessment of High Risk Commodities and Services (Page 3).
"We believe from the results of our risk mapping that there is higher risk of modern slavery in 22% of our spend on products and services, represented by 80 direct suppliers".
(Page 2, 3) A key area of risk is within the supply chain - specifically in the role of products and services. There are 80 direct suppliers who are at a 'higher risk' of modern slavery. (Page 3) This risk lies predominantly in the lower tiers of the supply chain where Whitbread does not have direct control over the employment conditions. (Page 7) There is a lower risk of modern slavery within the Whitbread workforce as they are directly employed by the company who control working conditions. Nathalie Johnstone[https://wikirate.org/Nathalie_Johnstone].....2019-04-22 14:24:00 UTC While the above outlined statements all apply to high risk assessments, it is all too vague to really understand what high risk categories are in the Company's operations and supply chains. Laureen van Breen[https://wikirate.org/Laureen_van_Breen].....2019-08-21 10:38:58 UTC