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p. 20 in the statement

SSE has commissioned Stronger Together to undertake on-site human rights and modern slavery assessments at three of its project construction sites. Over 2021/22 two out of three on-site assessments took place, with the third scheduled to take place in July 2022.

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In addition to adhering to the code, all potential new suppliers must register on SSE’s Supplier Registration System (SRS) which includes sign-on to SSE’s Sustainable Procurement Code. For those suppliers who progress onto the Utilities Vendor Database (UVDB), a portal for suppliers in the utilities industry, questions relating to their approach to human rights and modern slavery risk within their own organisation and supply chain must be completed with documentation uploaded as appropriate. UVDB is operated by Achilles Information Limited, who also conduct independent audits of certain suppliers registered on the system against the information they have provided in the questionnaire.