MODERN SLAVERY AND HUMAN TRAFFICKING

STATEMENT

Introduction

This Modern Slavery and Human Trafficking Statement is a response to Section 54(1), Part 6 of the Modern Slavery Act

2015 and relates to actions and activities for the financial year ending 31 March 2023.

Sigmoid Consultants International Ltd ('the Company', 'we', 'us' or 'our') is committed to preventing slavery and human

trafficking violations in its own operations, its supply chain, and its products. We have zero-tolerance towards slavery and

require our supply chain to comply with our values.

Organisational structure

Sigmoid Consultants International Ltd and has business operations in the United Kingdom.

We operate in the business and professional services sector.

For more information about the Company, please visit our website: www.sigmoidconsultantsintl.com.

Policies

We operate a number of internal policies to ensure that we are conducting business in an ethical and transparent manner.

These include the following:

Recruitment and selection policy

Supplier code of conduct

Whistleblowing policy

Staff code of conduct

Procurement policy

Safeguarding policy

We make sure our suppliers are aware of our policies and adhere to the same standards.

Due Diligence

As part of our efforts to monitor and reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our supply chains, we

have adopted the following due diligence procedures:

Internal supplier audits.

External supplier audits.

Our due diligence procedures aim to:

Identify and action potential risks in our business and supply chains.

Monitor potential risks in our business and supply chains

Reduce the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in our business and supply chains.

Provide protection for whistleblowers.

Risk and compliance

The Company has evaluated the nature and extent of its exposure to the risk of slavery and human trafficking occurring in

its UK supply chain through:

Evaluating the slavery and human trafficking risks of each new supplier.

Reviewing on a regular basis all aspects of the supply chain based on supply chain mapping.

We do not consider that we operate in a high-risk environment because The business operates in this risk level environment

because the majority of our supply chain is based in the UK and in low-risk industries, such as internet software and

services..

We do not tolerate slavery and human trafficking in our supply chains. Where there is evidence of failure to comply with

our policies and procedures by any of our suppliers, we will require that supplier to remedy the non-compliance.

Effectiveness

The Company uses Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure its effectiveness and ensure that slavery and human

trafficking is not taking place in its business and supply chains. These KPIs are as follows:

We will contact suppliers to enquire about their modern slavery practices every 12 months.

We will train our staff about modern slavery issues and increase awareness within the Company.

We will carry out a regular audit of suppliers - 60% of suppliers each year.

Training our staff

The Company requires its staff to complete training and ongoing refresher courses on slavery and human trafficking. The

Company'straining covers:

How to identify the signs of slavery and human trafficking.

What initial steps should be taken if slavery or human trafficking is suspected.

How to escalate potential slavery or human trafficking issues to the relevant parties within the Company.

What external help is available.

The statement was approved by the board of directors.

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