INTRODUCTION

Modern slavery is a crime and a gross violation of fundamental human rights. It takes various forms, 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 and are fully committed to preventing slavery and human trafficking in our corporate activities. 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 statutory disclosure obligations under Vietnam law. We all have a responsibility to be alert to the risks, however small, in our business and in the wider supply chain.

This statement sets out S.H. Vietnam Co., Ltd.’s (SHVN’s) actions to understand all potential modern slavery risks related to business and to ensure steps are maintained to prevent slavery and human trafficking.

OUR BUSINESS

SHVN is a company concerned with the design, manufacture, marketing and distribution of personal load carriage equipment for military, police, national, international organisations and commercial markets. Our factory is located in Thuan An City, Vietnam.

SUPPLY CHAINS AND SUPPLIER ADHERENCE

The relationship with all our suppliers has been established over a number of years and is built upon mutually beneficial factors, where we have close and personal links and contact with the owners or directors. As and when we have new contractors or suppliers come on-board we pre-qualify any new firm through a series of diligence, relating to company performance, legal compliance and references from other customers to establish that they are suitable. To date we haven’t been made aware of any human trafficking / slavery activities within the supply chain but if any were highlighted to us then we would act immediately in accordance with our legal and moral obligations.

POLICIES

We are committed to ensuring that there is no modern slavery or human trafficking in our supply chains or in any part of our business. Our Anti-slavery Policy reflects our commitment to acting ethically and with integrity in all our business relationships and to implementing and enforcing effective systems and controls to ensure slavery and human trafficking is not taking place anywhere in our supply chains.

DUE DILIGENCE

As part of our initiative to identify and mitigate risk we have in place systems to:

• Identify and assess potential risk areas when considering taking on new suppliers and regularly review our existing supply chains.
• Mitigate the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our supply chains.
• Monitor potential risk areas in our supply chains through factory inspection as required.
• Protect whistle-blowers.
• Provide training.

We have zero tolerance to slavery and human trafficking.