Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement 2024
Paladin Property Management Ltd remains wholly committed to meeting its obligations in addressing modern slavery risks across our business and supply chains. In accordance with the requirements of the Modern Slavery Act 2015, we have prepared the below statement which relates
to actions we have taken to prevent modern slavery during the financial year from
1 January 2024 to 31 December 2024.
The human rights of people working for or with Paladin Property Management (‘PPM’) is of the utmost importance to us. As per the Modern Slavery Act 2015 we are committed to ensuring that the company has a robust and collaborative approach to addressing Modern Slavery in our industry and within our supply chains.
We have implemented and will be tracking key indicators to ensure we continue to conduct appropriate supply chain due diligence including:
- Adopting a Responsible Supply Chain approach
to all of our supply partners - Reporting and recording the numbers of Modern
Slavery reported - Ensuring our procurement staff are appropriately
informed and trained
Our business
PPM is one of the largest privately owned property services companies in the United Kingdom and offers a wide range of services including lettings, property management, estate agency sales, financial services, surveys, planning, land, new homes and property auctions.
How we approach our business is as important as what we do. Our stated Purpose is to be ‘Partners in Your Property Journey’. This embodies our approach to building strong working relationships with all our customers and suppliers. Our values are clearly defined around teamship, a passion to perform, leading not following, doing the right thing and being transparent and easy to deal with.
We select our suppliers carefully and are committed to developing responsible relationships with them all. The delivery of our Purpose to our customers and clients is partly dependent on the quality of these relationships and that all our suppliers fully understand our business expectations and values.
Our risks
The majority of our suppliers are UK based although some do have an offshore element where people are employed to largely deliver manual operational processes and IT solutions. The vast majority of our suppliers are small companies, partnerships or sole traders.
For the purpose of Modern Slavery, we have identified the primary area of risk falls within offshoring. This is because these areas include recruitment and working environments that are widely outside of our direct influence.
Our commitment to managing our risks
Our procurement processes ask that our key suppliers confirm they have a Modern Slavery policy in place, and this is checked on a regular basis.
If we become aware of Modern Slavery this information is shared with the Leadership team and recorded as part of our governance structure to the Board of Directors. We keep open channels of communication with our suppliers so they can raise any concerns with us around Modern Slavery should it be identified.
Training
We are committed to ensuring our core procurement staff undergo training outlining the principals of our Purpose and Values and the implications that human rights abuses in our supply chain can have on our customers, our suppliers, our people and our business.
This statement was approved by the PPM Board in
January 2024.