REPORTING CRITERION 2

The current practices involving the schools and offices using 3 different accounting systems and autonomy over supplier selection, has caused a high risk issue with data integrity and insight reporting. Due to inconsistent data across various accounting systems, the consolidation of the information is difficult to gain category analysis of the Supply Chain. In 2023 CES Ltd Procurement Team has commenced tendering strategy plan to mitigate risk in the high-risk area of Cleaning Contractors, as well as Chemical and Consumable suppliers with the aim to provide schools and offices with a Preferred List of Providers that have been vetted to Modern Slavery Risk and inducted with Modern Slavery Training.

The Procurement Team is continuing to work with Schools and Offices internally to promote and educate staff on the Procurement & Contracts goal and values. These tools are to support our social value decision making processes in alignment with the CES Ltd Strategic Plan and Catholic Social Teachings and are designed to encourage a balanced, conscious, “moral decision” based on value alignment, that supports our strategic plan objections for “Responsible Stewardship Communities”. Pope Francis’s message is to make a choice for respecting the rights and dignities of every human being by mitigating modern slavery risk in our supply chain and is the strategic goal for Procurement at CES Ltd.