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Supplier governance leads in Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Singapore, and the UK were briefed on Aviva’s responsibilities regarding modern slavery. These sessions where delivered via WebEx or teleconference as part of our preparation for the launch of the corporate responsibility task in these markets.

In addition to this, more intensive face to face sessions on human rights and Aviva’s obligations regarding modern slavery where provided to procurement teams in Singapore and Poland and company secretary and legal in Singapore.

We also briefed our company secretary colleagues from all Aviva markets on our work on modern slavery and how it fits within Aviva’s responsibility to respect human rights.

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The purpose of this working group is to design and implement the Aviva

action plan on modern slavery which includes development of: policy improvements,

risk management processes, training for staff and suppliers, communications

regarding modern slavery etc. 8

 

In 2018:

Supplier governance leads in Canada, France, Ireland, Italy, Poland, Singapore,

and the UK were briefed on Aviva’s responsibilities regarding modern slavery.

These sessions where delivered via WebEx or teleconference as part of our

preparation for the launch of the corporate responsibility task in these markets.14

 

As part of this collaboration we:

peer-reviewed participants modern slavery statements (including

Aviva’s), received training on modern slavery issues, and shared

experiences and feedback to specific proposals from civil society

and government organisation working in the area of modern slavery.15

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In 2019 we wil.19

 

Deliver enhanced training on modern slavery for employees in procurement,

those managing supplier relationships, and other relevant business areas incorporating the

lessons learnt from our threat assessments.19